Despite being burdened with large student-loan debt and high unemployment rates, millennials are the fastest-growing segment of luxury shoppers.
Nabisco's decision to drop the 'fig' from Fig Newtons brings out the brand's lovers -- and haters.
A survey shows that individuals aged 50 to 66 expect to work longer and to have less financial security in their retirement.
As baby boomers' offspring graduate from college and enter the workforce, their parents are getting involved in the job search.
More members of Generation Y are taking advantage of both IRAs and 401k's to sock away money for retirement.
Baby boomers have had to radically adjust their retirement plans to fit a new reality.
It turns out the wealth gap is also a generation gap, with the financial disparity between older and younger Americans widening sharply in recent years.
Some expenses never make it into our retirement calculations. How to plan for curve balls.
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