Your child has finally finished college and started his/her first full-time job. What is the most important financial advice you can give your child? The first piece of financial advice you should give...

The advice sounds simple enough — to force yourself to save regularly, treat those savings as a bill to yourself and pay that bill first every month. But when you’re faced with a...

Mangingmoney.com recently asked an interesting quesion, “is 10% enough for retirement?” A common rule of thumb when planning for retirement is to save 10% of your gross income during your working years. Since...

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley joined the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 35 states in announcing an agreement with LifeLock, Inc., a Tempe, Arizona-based identity theft protection provider, resolving an investigation into...

BOSTON – Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office has reached a $3.6 million settlement agreement with Actavis Elizabeth LLC (“Actavis”), an Elizabeth, New Jersey-based pharmaceutical manufacturer, resolving a Massachusetts False Claims Act case pending...

There is a lot of misconception and misunderstanding amongst people regarding the social security benefits. Most of us who want to get social security benefits hardly know how one can maximize the benefits....

“The Mass Save Great Appliance Exchange is the latest example of the Commonwealth’s use of federal Recovery dollars to lower household energy costs, cut energy waste and reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” said Governor...

Governor Deval Patrick today announced that the Commonwealth’s bond ratings have been affirmed by the three major rating agencies, all of whom cited the Governor’s responsible and proactive stewardship of the Commonwealth’s finances...

There is a connection between fiat currencies and trade deficits, and many cynics have argued that the US dollar’s status as global reserve currency allowed Americans to consume more than they produced for...

“In the United States alone, consumers spent about US $110 billion on fast food in 2000 (which increased from US$6 billion in 1970). The National Restaurant Association forecasted that fast food restaurants in...

My parish, St. John the Evangelist in Hingham, Massachusetts, has opened a search for a curate. What’s a curate you ask? It’s a clergy person who serves as assistant to the rector (that...