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Dear Quentin, I went through a terrible divorce 15 years ago. I will finally be done paying off my ex-husband in July. My divorce was so…

“‘They are buying less stuff, even within food and beverage.’” — Target CEO Brian Cornell That was Target TGT, +1.40% chairman and CEO Brian Cornell on…

Mortgage rates fell for the first time in two months, amid uncertainty over monetary policy as well as the geopolitical conflict in the Middle East. The…

Programs offering “direct admissions”—without a formal application–are spreading. The trend could accelerate in the the wake of the Supreme Court decision killing affirmative action. By Emma…

The American consumer is on a spending spree — one that’s slated to last right through the busy holiday shopping season. Holiday spending is expected to…

Judge David Gustafson injected a good dose of common sense into the ongoing struggle between the IRS and the syndicators of conservation easements. His opinion in…

I expect tomorrow’s October jobs report will be so so. Why? Tuesday’s Labor Department’s monthly Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) indicated stagnating labor demand…

I think all of us can agree — money, in general, can be really frustrating sometimes. Over the past eight years since starting my site, I’ve…

A recent jury verdict in an antitrust case has thrust a century-old practice in the real-estate industry into the limelight, with the potential to upend how…

Interest Rates on Some Retail Credit Cards Climb to Record 33% Some store credit cards now charge more than 33% interest, after blowing past a symbolic…