Stimulus pays for 600,000 jobs

The White House’s massive stimulus plan funded 599,108 jobs in the fourth quarter, administration officials said Saturday.

Your Career: Smart blogging can set you apart

If you’re looking to land a job out of college, enhance your career or find a new one, maybe you’re thinking about jumping on the blogging bandwagon.

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Six banks fail, in Florida, Georgia and California

Regulators shuttered six banks Friday night, notching up 15 failed banks in the first month of in 2010.

Cell phone dead? Buy a charge

Paul King was headed to the airport in Pittsburgh in 2006 when he suffered an ill-timed communications blackout. His cell phone died — and the Carnegie Mellon student realized he still had his roommate’s house key in his pocket.

The largest charity donation ever made

Bill and Melinda Gates said Friday that their foundation it will spend $10 billion over 10 years to develop and deliver vaccines for the world’s poorest nations in the largest donation ever to a single cause.

Own a Toyota? What do you do now?

With the recall of millions of their Toyotas, some customers are swearing off the brand, others are being lured by rivals and many are still driving their vehicles but are becoming very confused.

Bailout cop: TARP’s not working

The watchdog charged with monitoring the government’s $700 billion bailout unleashed one of his harshest criticisms of the program to date, questioning its overall effectiveness.

87,000+ jobs: They’re hiring!

These 22 Best Companies to Work For have at least 500 openings each, totaling more than 87,750 jobs. What are they looking for?

CBS rejects ManCrunch Super Bowl ad

Super Bowl network CBS rejected an ad Friday from ManCrunch.com, a gay dating Web site.

Understanding Long-term Care Insurance

Getting older is not fun. Many middle age adults tend to ignore the fact that they are indeed getting older, and as they contend with their own approaching mortality, they all too frequently find themselves face to face with their parents’ issues of advancing years. As these adults try to provide whatever assistance they can for mom and dad, they rue the day that they decided that long term care insurance just wasn’t worth looking into. But, what is long term care insurance?