The average total cost of a private four-year college rose to $32,307 for the current school year, but the rate of increase has slowed compared to public school prices, according to a report released Monday.
Can't remember the number of the restaurant you wanted to go to for dinner, or the name of that movie theater around the corner? Before you dial directory assistance from your cell phone, think for a minute about what it will cost you.
Some insurance decisions are easy. Take life insurance. You know you need it to replace the income your spouse and kids would lose if you died. Insurers don't have much leeway to dispute claims for death benefits because "deceased" is a pretty definite condition.
Tulsi Tanti made his fortune building windmills, not tilting at them. But executives at French nuclear energy giant Areva might be forgiven for conjuring images of Don Quixote when the 49-year-old Indian entrepreneur squared off against them this year for control of Germany's leading wind-turbine manufacturer.
Oil prices fell over $1 Monday, unwinding from a recent record high of over $90 a barrel as the front-month contract expires, the dollar rose, and traders reassess supply threats in northern Iraq.
A week after a Wall Street consortium said it would form a fund to buy mortgage-backed debt, doubts are growing over whether the plan will offer any swift relief to the beleaguered credit markets.
The Janus fund group just received a big blow - star manager David Corkins, a 12-year company veteran who currently runs the flagship Janus fund, is leaving at the end of this month.
