Finances

City officials in Chicago are considering a proposed “violence tax” on guns and ammunition in hopes that it will help shade in the gray areas of a $115 million black hole in the city’s budget and police the number of guns in circulation on the streets. This has Second Amendment supporters ticked off because sources say the proposed tax will increase the prices of these items exponentially, even though no one yet knows what the tax would be.

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We've all seen the USPS ads on television: "If It Fits, It Ships." Drug dealers have seen them, too.

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A Las Vegas cab driver has done the right thing over a huge pile of money he found.

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These days more credit card customers are paying their bills on time than they have over the course of the last decade.

A report released earlier today by the American Bankers Association indicates that delinquencies on credit cards are currently at an 11-year low, with only 2.93 percent of credit accounts reported past due by 30 days or more. These figures come in substantially under the 3.91 percent 15-year average.

So, what’s with all of the newfound responsibility?

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What do you predict YOU'LL spend? And be sure to include everything you'll likely pick up on clearance in November for next year!

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Because legislators felt the state transportation budget needed help, the cost of a license is going way up Monday.

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Spending on the First Family has shot upwards to record highs.

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Business owners must often expand their workforce or replace someone in the company.  How do you find the right people for the job? How (and where) do you look?

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Many of us have "free" checking accounts at the financial institution of our choice.  But will that soon go away?

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People sure do love their iPhones, but they also can't seem to stop dropping them—good news for the booming iPhone-repair business. In fact, a recent accident survey by SquareTrade found that the American population has spent nearly $5.9 billion fixing their damaged phones since the first device hit the market in 2007.

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