Lifestyle and Budget

SolarCity will begin offering loans to homeowners for solar systems, a move that industry analysts say could reshape the market for rooftop solar and propel its rapid adoption.

The list of companies moving to cut hours for part-time workers continues to grow, as employers look to keep staffers below the 30-hour threshold set by the Affordable Care Act.

A source tells FOX Business that despite Fisker's claims, A123 was fully capable of making batteries for the troubled automaker's plug-in vehicles.

Most presidential candidates lack a solid plan to fix Social Security and AARP wants some answers. Only 10% of Americans ages 25 to 69 are 'very confident' they will get as much as Social Security delivers today, and 18% believe they will get nothing..

The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs was hit with a federal lawsuit on behalf of seven veterans who allege they have waited years for records needed to file for disability benefits.

Fast-food workers in 190 American cities are protesting today to raise the national minimum wage to at least $15 an hour – a campaign  dubbed by organizers as the “Fight for 15.”  The current national average is $7.25 an hour.

U.S. consumers picked up spending by a modest amount in October, a slight improvement after no gain at all in the previous month.

The country is facing an epidemic of unscrupulous debt collectors willing to pose as law enforcement and threaten arrest to squeeze dollars out of Americans, a top prosecutor said Tuesday as he announced the arrests of seven people who worked for an Atlanta-area company.

Attention all super heroes competing for our attention this summer on the big screen: We’re just not into you anymore. Or at least not as much as we were, or our kids were.

The FDA looks to improve the safety of food for animals and pets after a warning this week about potentially fatal dog jerky treats.

Newly designed $100 bills that aim to thwart counterfeiters with advanced security features will hit the market in October, but still bear the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is laying out a new plan to rein in the rising cost of prescription drugs, seeking to build upon President Barack Obama's health care law.

With the public concerned about the high cost of new prescription drugs, a policy center that's often in sync with the Obama administration is coming out with new recommendations.

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week after a sharp drop the previous week, as global markets continued to whipsaw amid economic disruption in China and uncertainty over Federal Reserve interest-rate policy.

Battles over rooftop solar electricity in Western states emerged as a key topic during an annual green power conference hosted Monday by U.S. Sen. Harry Reid.

Federal regulators say brokerage firm Edward Jones has agreed to pay more than $20 million to settle claims that it overcharged customers in new municipal bond sales.

As Social Security approaches its 80th birthday Friday, the federal government's largest benefit program stands at a pivotal point in its history.

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell for a second straight week, with the key 30-year rate slipping below 4 percent.

Anthem is buying rival Cigna in a deal valued at $54.2 billion that will create the nation's largest health insurer by enrollment, covering about 53 million patients in the U.S.

Looking at the big picture, the financial health of Social Security and Medicare doesn't appear to have worsened.