Couples who live together without getting married don't enjoy the same legal protections that married counterparts have, especially if one of you gets really sick or passes away.
GDP is projected to slow to 2.8% for 2020, which BofA Global Research said would be the first sub-3% reading since the recession.
U.S. stock index futures dropped more than 1% on Thursday as investors stayed away from making riskier bets after the rapid spread of the coronavirus outside China deepened worries about growth and corporate earnings.
As talk increases of a financial transaction tax, some industry groups are raising the alarm that average Americans will be hurt by any such levy. Their warnings, however, misleadingly rely on selective and often inappropriate data, says Taylor Lincoln, research director for Public Citizen.
German drugs and pesticides company Bayer was at pains on Thursday to quell expectations it was nearing an out-of-court settlement laying to rest claims its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer.
Oil prices are getting whacked as investors fear that the coronavirus outbreak will lead to steep demand reductions for crude.
If you failed to use all the money in your health-care flexible spending account in 2019, you're running out of time to do so. March 15 is the deadline for employees who received a reprieve from their employers. Here's how to best use the money.
Huawei will build its first European manufacturing plant in France, the chairman said on Thursday, as the Chinese telecom giant seeks to ease worldwide concerns based on U.S. allegations that Beijing could use its equipment for spying.
From retirement savings to mortgages to credit card interest rates, there are many areas of the economy that the coronavirus could touch. Here's what we know now about the ways the outbreak could affect your money.
Wall Street's main indexes slipped into correction territory minutes after the open on Thursday as the rapid spread of the coronavirus outside China deepened worries about growth and corporate earnings.
The U.S. central bank will move to reduce borrowing costs as soon as next month to cushion the world's biggest economy from the impact of the coronavirus, traders of futures contracts tied to the Federal Reserve's policy rate are now betting.
Researchers at a travel insurance comparison site report a 60% jump in policies sold since the coronavirus outbreak. But before buying trip insurance, read the fine print.
The U.S. economy grew moderately in the fourth quarter, the government confirmed on Thursday, and is facing a bumpy road in early 2020 amid the fast-spreading deadly coronavirus that has roiled financial markets.
Futures indicated that the Dow Jones Industrials index would shed more than 300 points at the open on Thursday after the rapid spread of the coronavirus outside China deepened worries about growth and corporate earnings.
Oil prices plunged more than 4% on Thursday, down for a fifth day to their lowest since January 2019 as more new coronavirus cases outside China fed fears of a pandemic that could slow the global economy and dent demand for crude.