Finance

Bank of America and other big banks are killing unpopular new debit-card fees. Yet it's a safe bet that they'll recover that revenue one way or another.

Find out how credit and debit card "blocking" can put an unexpected dent in your balance.

Too many company parties end up something employees dread rather than look forward to. Learn how to plan an event your staff will remember for a long time.

Want your company to foot the bill for washing your socks? The solution might be closer than you think.

Older Americans are now 47 times wealthier than their younger counterparts, a new study reveals.

It could be a Saturday Night Live sketch: The National Restaurant Association is sending out a sexual harassment poster to its members. But this is no laughing matter.

The infamous tabloid decided that foresight is better than hindsight when it comes to controlling legal costs. Here's how you can use the same strategy.

It's a fact of life: customers and suppliers sometimes go belly up without warning. Learn how to protect your business against other companies' failures.

A tax-policy advocacy group's study of the 280 most profitable companies finds that they pay far less tax than small businesses.

Your business needs direction, and writing a business plan will provide it. But make sure to include these components -- and avoid a few common mistakes.

Printing more money won't create more jobs. What we need to do is recognize that our economy has changed forever and learn how to adapt.

Having just one bank for all your company's financial needs is a risk, particularly during tough economic times when you need them the most.

Entrepreneurs in the 2010s are poised for a comeback. And a lot of credit for that belongs to Generation Y, or what I call "Generation Entrepreneur."

If it's time to close the doors on a dormant business, there are good reasons to do it before the end of the year. Here's how to take care of the issue.

Big banks don’t really care if you leave them, and that's exactly why you should do it anyway. Also: busting the government-regulation myth.

The credit crunch is killing small businesses. If we're serious about creating jobs, we need to get serious about solving this problem.

When the going gets tough, even the tough dread banking. That's why these five phrases are indispensible -- even if they're not always 100 percent accurate.

It's a common myth that factoring will lose a business customers. Here's the real scoop.

It's far more important to have a consistent, effective anti-harassment policy in place than it is to quibble about what to call the aftermath of a harassment dispute.