Price calculators were supposed to make estimating the cost of going to college easier. But some families are feeling burned by them. Beginning last fall, nearly every public and private college in the
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KEY BISCAYNE, Fla.—Rapidly hitting the buttons on his calculator, John Devaney totes up some of the things he had to jettison as his hedge fund crashed: a $36 million jet, $10 million helicopter, $45 million art collection and $22 million ...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy will likely fall into recession in the first half of 2013 if large tax increases and scheduled government spending cuts are allowed to go into effect in January, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.
NEW DELHI—When voters turn out for municipal polls in the Indian capital next month, they may be confronted with a bewildering gallery of household items: possibly a cauliflower, nail clippers, a TV antenna and a calculator.
Cognitive dissonance describes the ability of the human brain to hold contradictory beliefs simultaneously. A version of it seems to run through investing public at the moment. At once, financial assets are reviled while there is a frenzy ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — For the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen college seniors don cap and gown, march to the sounds of “Pomp and Circumstance” and collect their diplomas, the fruit of years of work and sacrifice.
By Maya Jackson Randall A new online tool launched by a federal regulator last week offers students - and check-writing parents - one of the most comprehensive databases on college financing, with price tags on more than 7,500 schools and ...
Why did Facebook go public? They couldn't figure out the privacy settings either. This was the best of the Wall Street jokes about last week's $100 billion-plus valuation for Facebook. The punch line is a reminder that the company's business ...
Who can resist the lure of ultralow interest rates? Not the U.K. government, which is considering issuing 100-year bonds. Admittedly, the U.K. is no stranger to borrowing for long periods: The oldest gilt outstanding, a 2.5% perpetual bond, ...
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Bonds are typically seen as a lower-risk accessory to a stock portfolio, a cardigan sweater tossed over a party dress.
Status updates are the new public-service announcements. Facebook this week encouraged its 850 million users to declare themselves organ donors, a move experts say could prompt social-media companies to take on roles once reserved for ...
Silicon Valley is going back to school. Education, long a favorite cause among Bay Area philanthropists, is also starting to attract technologists who want to make money in it. That's generating a boom in start-ups trying to make ...