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Some investors get tax-free income by investing in municipal bonds. Yet, some muni-bond investments might not be quite as tax-free as investors hope.
Have policies and other pronouncements from the Trump administration had an impact on international travel to the United States?
Since the Congress recently overturned an FCC rule prohibiting internet service providers from selling personally identifiable data to third parties, interest in virtual private networks (VPNs) has...
A massive breach revealed almost 5 million job seekers' personally identifiable information last week.
Millions of login credentials have been stolen from US institutions of higher education and these are available for sale at premium prices on the dark web.
When gasoline prices are lower, Americans may be overpaying at the pump unless they pay attention to local price variations.
U.S. households continue to cut the cord to pay TV. More than 15 million households now pay only for broadband internet service.
Home buyers don't need to give up the amenities of big city living if they look in the right places. Here are 10 suburbs with plenty of charm and home prices that are more affordable than those in...
More than 1 million federal student loans went into default last year. The defaulted debt totals more than $137 billion, nearly 10% of total federal student debt outstanding.
Although its lags behind the big year-end holidays, Easter is a boom time for many retailers. Consumers will spend a record amount on the holiday this year.
Through March 21, U.S. data breaches have risen to 353 for the year, a 56% increase over the same period last year. More than 1.3 million records have been exposed so far in 2017.
The New York Attorney General reported Wednesday that the state suffered nearly 1,300 data breaches in 2016 and that more than 1.6 million personal records were exposed in the breaches.
In each of the past three years, U.S. productivity has risen less than 1%, well below an average of about 2.2% since the end of World War II. Josh Bivens suggests how to raise productivity back to...
CEO pay went up nearly 7% last year, while hourly wages rose by less than half that amount. Employees may have to be more forthright in asking for a raise, but their chances of getting what they want...
Give yourself the best chance to avoid a costly mistake and get the home you want by paying attention to these six insiders tips when hunting for a home.