Topic “Money”

By Jeannine Stein (Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Couples who rank money and things as important might be worse off in their relationships than those who aren’t as materialistic, a study finds.

Researchers discovered that it may be true what they say: Money can’t buy happiness. They surveyed 1,734 married couples across the U.S. about their attitudes toward relationship values and...

By Claudia Buck (Sacramento Bee/SHNS)

As the temperature drops and activities move inside, here are some new ways to entertain and enlighten your kids and teens.

How about some fun money lessons? Given Wall Street’s zany zigzagging and the relentless drumbeat of stories about debt and more debt, we’ve all been a little preoccupied with the ups and downs of finances lately....

By Sacramento Bee (SHNS)

Here are money-management websites aimed at kids and teens:

DON’T BUY IT

www.pbskids.org/dontbuyit

Funded by the Center for Public Broadcasting, the “Don’t Buy It” site teaches kids and teens how to be smart shoppers and avoid advertising “...

By Tim Grant (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/SHNS)

More than 500,000 men will pop the question this summer, by one estimate, and that means they will be buying engagement rings.

Many of them wondering how much to pay for the ring may recall the clever marketing campaign created decades ago by the DeBeers diamond company, which suggested that a groom should spend at least three months’...

By Kara McGuire (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Ina Poecher heard about a back-to-school sale at J.C. Penney on the radio. So with a mental list of wardrobe needs for fifth grade, the Vadnais Heights, Minn., 10-year-old spent a recent Saturday morning with her head in the clearance racks.


In the past, her picks would have been paid for with her mom’s credit card. Not this...