Fixed mortgage rates were modestly higher, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate rising to 6.19 percent. Read more »

Determine what you need in terms of insurance and how much is really enough. Read more »

Two in three U.S. adults (66 percent) who plan to take a road trip this summer say rising gas prices have changed their travel plans. Read more »

Nearly half (48 percent) of attorneys interviewed feel networking is the most effective way to find work in the legal field. Read more »

Fixed mortgage rates have largely gone unchanged. Read more »

NEW YORK -- More than 64,000 students graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting in the 2006-07 school year, according to a new report by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.... Read more »

WASHINGTON -- Older workers without other health care insurance options are more likely to defer retirement to stay covered under their employer's plan, according to an analysis by Watson Wyatt Worldwide,... Read more »

Employers may now be at risk of being sued by individual 401(k) participants. Read more »

A major campaign of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in offshore fields will be crucial for sustaining the world's future oil supply Read more »

While the nation's current level of mortgage distress seems reminiscent of the Great Depression, a closer examination reveals the underlying causes are far from similar. Read more »