Charles Dickens, who visited in 1842, described Washington as a "city of magnificent intentions" because of the incongruity between the city's grand aspirations and muddy, swampy actuality. Today Washington's discrepancy is not architectural but political. It is between the extraordinary powers and competences the administration claims it has and the administration's inability to be clear or plausible about what it is doing. ...more

March 15, 2009

A stunning about-face in bank shares handed the stock market its best week since November. ...more

March 14, 2009

Have you noticed how many extinct words are working their way back into everyday conversations? Words like economize, budget, save and no, as well as brief phrases such as "just one" or "a small one please." ...more

March 6, 2009

Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union and GTE Federal Credit Union, two of the Bay area's biggest credit unions, plan to merge, the companies announced Tuesday. ...more

March 6, 2009

Tips to save money. ...more

March 6, 2009

Geoff Karlavage's plane had just touched down in Las Vegas in August 2007 when he learned that the mortgage lender he worked for was shutting down. ...more

March 1, 2009

We have absolutely no control of what the government, big business and nature has in store for us. Each of these entities has gotten so big and uncontrollable that they can do anything they desire and the general public takes a beating financially and emotionally. ...more

February 26, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House on Friday insisted it's not trying to take over two ailing financial institutions, even as stocks tumbled again. ...more

February 22, 2009

A gang of South Florida thieves dubbed the "Felony Lane Group" is accused of breaking into cars to steal identification, credit cards and checkbooks that they then used to defraud local banks of more than $50,000. ...more

February 20, 2009

The 20 largest banks that received government rescue funds slightly reduced their lending to consumers and businesses in the last three months of 2008, the government said Tuesday. ...more

February 18, 2009