Personal Finance
Walmart's "Lady de Guadelupe" casket: $999 (Walmart.com)
Walmart's discount-coffin controversy
Is retailing giant Walmart being smart or creepy by offering shoppers a way to cut funeral costs?
Gold fever or gold rush?
Why the price of gold is hitting new highs, and where it might be going next
Banks and the overdraft racket
Should banks be allowed to automatically charge $34 for overdrawing your account on a $2 cup of coffee?
The cost of being gay
Can we put a credible price tag on being in a same-sex relationship versus a heterosexual marriage?
Bad economy, better health?
A new look at the Roaring '20s and the Great Depression shows that good economic times have bad side effects.
Does marriage make you poorer?
The conventional wisdom is that getting married is good for your checking account. Is that still true?
The happy customers of Bernard Madoff, The liberated wearers of left-handed underpants
Good day for the other half, Bad day for inequality
How useful is Google's Sidewiki?
The new feature letting users comment on any website could be big—if people figure out how to use it.
Dow 10,000
Should we welcome the rebound in the stock market?
The great consumer pullback
Is the sharp U.S. drop in borrowing a sign of personal virtue, or economic trouble ahead?
Dooce vs. Maytag
Celebrity blogger Heather Armstrong's broken washing machine, and the power of Twitter
The trouble with your 401(k)
After the toll the financial crisis has taken on 401(k) portfolios, is there a better way to save for retirement?
Credit cards: Less rewarding?
As new federal regulations take effect, credit card issuers are raising costs and trimming rewards
Expensive babies, Profitable clunkers
Good day for adopting an 18 year old, Bad day for old-car lovers
Ford's 'cash for clunkers' stimulus, A student's demand for a refund
Good day for the Ford family, Bad day for customer satisfaction
Is organic food healthier?
A British watchdog says you're wasting money if you buy expensive organics thinking they're more nutritional.
The Dow’s 9,000 benchmark
With the DJIA breaking through a key psychological barrier, is the market rally gathering or running out of steam?
The 'cash for clunkers' rules
Not everyone will qualify for stimulus incentives to trade in old gas guzzlers for more efficient new cars.
Bozeman’s Facebook password grab
Is the Montana city’s request for job applicants' blog and Facebook passwords an invasion of privacy?
What dads want for Father's Day
And why they might not get it
