[UPDATE: Some offers mentioned below have expired and/or are no longer available on our site. You can view the current offers from our partners in our credit card marketplace. DISCLOSURE: Cards from our partners are mentioned below.] No doubt about it, this has been a very good year for credit cards. Sure, interest rates are... Read More

As a citizen, a voter, and a consumer, what do you think this country needs? Less partisanship in Congress? Less Congress? Easier credit? Lower taxes? Higher taxes? There are about 307 million Americans and given the state of the American economy, perhaps there are as many answers to that question. Here’s my take: We need... Read More

[Update: Some offers mentioned below have expired. For current terms and conditions, please see card agreements. Disclosure: Cards from our partners are mentioned below.] You bought a dress for a holiday party that looked great when you tried it on in the fitting room. But in better lighting, it’s an icky color that you wouldn’t... Read More

A leading Democrat in Congress opened an investigation this week into executive pay at for-profit colleges and universities, hoping to raise the question of whether high salaries for leaders of some of the nation’s largest for-profit schools are linked to students’ academic success. The other question: Whether American taxpayers are paying too much for lackluster... Read More

The Honorable Richard Shelby, Mitch McConnell and—to quote Spiro Agnew, “those nattering nabobs of negativism” (by which I mean the 43 Senators who always say “never”)—sure had their turkey shoot last week. The innocent bystander was Richard Cordray, the President’s nominee for Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The targets were Barack Obama and... Read More

Our series about six options if you are underwater on your home has drawn a lot of comments. Some readers are wondering whether they should stay and pay or try to get out. Here’s a reader question we received this week: I have been thinking a lot about whether to keep my home. I really... Read More