The Philadelphia-area swim club involved in a nationally publicized incident this summer after allegations of racial discrimination has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy due to legal fees from the incident, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. In July...

The auction web site Swoopo.com may initially seem like a hotspot for amazing bargains – the front page includes products like laptops, digital cameras, and Windows 7 software. And the prices are astonishingly low: with a little more than four...

Sales of existing homes in the U.S. took a 10% jump in October, fueled by foreclosures, tax credits and low prices, while new home construction starts dropped by 10.6%. Purchases of new homes, which make up 90% of the realty market, rose to an annual...

We all know that credit is tight right now, which means credit card issuers aren’t bombarding Americans with quite as many free offers for credit cards as they did in years past. Getting credit may be the first step in building credit, but that may not...

More than 15 million Americans may have to repay tax credits issued by the Obama Administration when they file their taxes next year, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune. More than 10 percent of all taxpayers who file individual tax returns...