Lifestyle and Budget

An Air Force veteran has created an ice cream empire using liquid nitrogen.

You know when your own car has received a recall notice, but what about a rental car?

A group of leaders from Oklahoma churches, nonprofits and Native American tribes called Tuesday for changes to the state's payday loan industry, which they say preys on poor people and often keeps them trapped in a cycle of debt.

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week amid expectations in financial markets that an increase in interest rates by the Federal Reserve may be on the horizon.

The recovery in Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's mobile business suffered a blow on Thursday as reports of exploding batteries forced the firm to delay shipments of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, and knocked $7 billion off its market value.

The U.S. Department of Education has often stated that few borrowers are taking advantage of the repayment options available to them.

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Former Food Network star Willie Degel hopes to create ‘willionaires’ by taking his Uncle Jack’s Steakhouse brand into the franchise world, with plans to go public within two years.

Artists are taking advantage of the digital age, using the Internet as a tool to promote their creative works and expand their consumer base on a global scale.

Once a staple of American households and the commodities market, frozen concentrated orange juice now appears to be vanishing from breakfast tables across the country as well as market portfolios. Ingalls & Snyder Investment Management Senior V.P. Roger Corrado weighed in on the factors that caused it to fall out of favor with consumers and investors.

Millennials have worked hard to avoid debt, with many refusing to take out credit cards and other types of unsecured debt.

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For cash-strapped life insurance companies, the deal sounds almost too good to be true: A state law allows them to create complex financial instruments to transfer liabilities to new subsidiaries, instantly wiping huge debts off their balance sheets.