Lifestyle and Budget

Co-workers tend to look at me as someone who dives head-first into projects and generally meets deadlines ahead of schedule, so they don't realize my hidden secret.I'm a recovering procrastinator.

How do parents stop children from making the same financial mistakes they did?

A study finds many teens expect to rely on money from mom and dad until their mid-20s. Is there any way to help them become independent more quickly?

Hurricanes can whip up steep home insurance deductibles. Superstorm Sandy may be different.

You can't control hurricanes, but you can minimize losses and save on insurance premiums.

Opinion: Are colleges – some of which offer degrees seen to have little real-world use, and others that sport failing business models -- exacerbating income inequality? Possibly.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's plan to make college more affordable and ease the burden of student debt could easily end up costing more than her proposed $350 billion.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's plan to make college more affordable and ease the burden of student debt could easily end up costing more than her proposed $350 billion.

As a dirt-poor rookie boxer in the southern Philippines, Manny Pacquiao started his phenomenal rise to global fame not as the Pacman, as he is sometimes called, but as "Kid Kulafu." That moniker — the title of a new local film about Pacquiao's childhood — was taken from the label of a cheap wine whose empty bottles he returned for recycling to earn money to help his family.

The Australian government has ramped up pressure on parents who oppose vaccination by threatening to withhold child care and other payments from families that fail to immunize their children.

A Pennsylvania judge is being asked to make trustees account for money spent from a $210 million trust controlled by the late billionaire publisher of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Fast food workers from around the country will gather this weekend in Chicago to discuss how to escalate their campaign for higher wages and union representation.

An international study says the United States runs in the middle of the pack when it comes to the financial knowledge and skills of 15-year-old boys and girls.

Your vacation is supposed to be a time to unwind. Unfortunately, there are thieves who make a living off your relaxation—waiting for your guard to be down.

Amazon.com Inc. is delivering a long-awaited benefit for new fathers: paternity leave.

We complain that we can’t pry our kids away from their gadgets, but who do you think they learned that behavior from?  

Tony Robbins says America lacks a vision.

Living in a multigenerational home requires compromise and understanding from all parties. Everyone has a different lifestyle and to keep the family peace, experts suggest planning for this living arrangement.

The famous Boston-based burger franchise Wahlburgers is spreading their patties with a plan to open 68 stores over the next eight years.

The Hershey Company talks about its multi-year plan to reformulate all its products with simple ingredients and hows it's expanding its "snacking" portfolio.