When Sue De Chiara first heard of BB cream, the hybrid skin care-makeup product, she thought it was a concealer or a type of foundation. A 44-year-old mother of three from Pound Ridge, N.Y., she did some research online and learned BB cream ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — As IndyCar readies for its biggest weekend of the season at the Indianapolis 500, the sport is seeing a relative boom in business.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Retirement health-care costs are enough to cause a severe anxiety attack. Even with Medicare benefits, a 65-year-old couple retiring in 2012 will spend at least $240,000 in retirement, according to the latest ...
Realty Q&A is a weekly column in which Lew Sichelman, a nationally syndicated columnist who has been covering the housing market for more than 40 years, responds to readers’ questions on real estate.
When Teacleopatra Biscay's Sapphire—a fluffy, chocolate-colored pooch better known as Cleo—gave birth to 11 puppies this past Thanksgiving in Indiana, the U.S. population of the Barbet breed spiked by 15%.
In the weeks after Andi Smith's 13-month-old son, William, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, the mother of two was dealt another blow: Her day-care providers refused to treat his condition. So for six months, Ms. Smith, a veterinary ...
One mistake elder-law attorney Gregory S. French sees people make time and time again: waiting until they're nearly retired themselves to get involved in their parents' plans for old age.
A health-care consultant was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday, following his guilty plea earlier this year in a wide-ranging corruption scheme that ensnared two prominent Brooklyn politicians.
Families hoping to use Medicaid to help pay for long-term care are facing tougher restrictions—though some states are getting stricter than others.
Long-term-care insurance. It's a subject most people don't want to think about—but many people know they need to. At first blush, policies that help pay the costs of extended nursing care make perfect sense. Bills add up quickly when you can ...
Charles Ward fell behind on his mortgage in September, just as his late wife began a losing battle with lung cancer and her medical costs soared.
Every year, Fidelity Investments calculates the amount a recent retiree will need to cover medical costs throughout retirement. And almost every, the number rises. This year is no exception. According to a news release Fidelity issued ...
Nobody ran for president in 1988. No, we haven't forgotten George Bush and Michael Dukakis, or even Bob Dole, Al Gore, Ron Paul and the other also-rans. "The 'Nobody for President' campaign came to the White House" on Election Day, Reuters ...