We extend your Money Senses
Interview by Harriet Meyer
The patient
After splitting up with her boyfriend a month ago, Helen Beckett, 29, wants her financial independence back.
She is anxious it may be a struggle to make ends meet as living costs have soared now that her ex has moved out of the one-bed flat they rented in Crouch End, north London.
“I’ve […]
Demand remains high for props, posters and other items linked to blockbusters such as ‘Star Wars and ‘Star Trek’, writes Angelique Ruzicka
Collecting film memorabilia is just a hobby for most enthusiasts. But in rare cases, they could be sitting on a celluloid fortune.
Take Star Trek memorabilia. At an auction in New York in October, one […]
by Penelope Trunk
Every generation revolutionizes something, and Generation X is revolutionizing how family and work are balanced. There’s a new emphasis on keeping families together over career aspirations, and it’s what makes me most proud to be a part of Gen X.
One for History’s Dustbin
Generation X knows that the belief that both parents in a […]
Yahoo has moved to further strengthen its service to advertisers by buying web marketing business BlueLithium for $300m (£149.4m).
Set up in 2004, BlueLithium provides technology enabling websites to better match adverts with users’ interests.
The purchase is the latest in a series of deals by Yahoo as it seeks to regain ground on market leader […]
LONDON, Sept. 3 — London’s subway network virtually shut down at the height of the rush hour this evening when 2,300 maintenance workers walked off their jobs in what they said would be a three-day strike over pensions and security.
Transportation officials then closed nine subway lines, the bulk of the system. They said it […]
By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER, Associated Press Writer
GENEVA - American workers stay longer in the office, at the factory or on the farm than their counterparts in Europe and most other rich nations, and they produce more per person over the year.
They also get more done per hour than everyone but the Norwegians, according to […]