The bottom line

feature Working families continue to struggle; The least-trusted industries; The bestselling vehicle; Mobil device use triples; Global unemployment among the young

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature The cost of e-filing; Dipping into nest eggs early; What Americans are drinking; Planning for death; How tax refunds are spent

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature Building bigger houses; And tuition at OSU is?; Christmas at McDonald's; Self-gifting at Christmas; Lloyd’s prepares for Hurricane Sandy claims; Google's billions

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature Good results for the third quarter; Compensation at financial firms hits a high; Three cities with recovering economies; Good year for car sales; Broadway's best performance ever; Tax bite is less in 2010 than in 1980

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature Airlines cut domestic flights; Income up in small cities and rural areas; Bond and Lincoln lift box office earnings; Don't be fooled by Black Friday; The high toll of identity theft

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature The gender pay gap; U.S. economic growth; Parents who argue about money; Online subscriptions rise

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature Can the U.S. keep up?; Airlines spend billions on runway taxiing; Americans exaggerate their working hours; The Dow Jones's 67.9 percent gain; Success and summer babies

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15

feature Consumer confidence jumps; Wall Street cuts jobs, raises pay; Goldman Sachs's muppet hunt; Desktop web searches decline; Pizza Hut scraps debate freebie

By The Week Staff Last updated 8 January 15