Mortgages: Foreclosures dip from January levels
Foreclosure filings in the U.S. rose 6% from a year earlier and fell 2% from January 2010, RealtyTrac reported on Thursday.
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Financial jobs abound in Hong Kong amid upturn
While financial-services workers in the West are still reeling from the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Hong Kong's finance sector is desperately looking for personnel at all levels.
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Video: Health Minute: Urgent-Care Centers
If you don't have a regular doctor, you've got a few different options for finding medical care. In this week's Health Minute, MarketWatch's Kristen Gerencher looks at the advantages and disadvantages of urgent-care centers.
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Personal Finance Daily: Banks will find ways to replace overdraft fees
Bank of America said it will soon prohibit most debit-card transactions if the account owner doesn?t have money in his or her account, and other banks are expected to follow suit ahead of new rules that will require banks to alert customers before covering an overdraft.
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Don't count on your bank covering overdrafts
Bank of America customers will no longer complain about that $40 cup of coffee because they won?t be able to buy it if there?s not enough money in their debit account.
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B. of A. to end debit overdraft fee:reports
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Bank of America Corp. is expected to say on Wednesday that it is eliminating overdraft fees on debit card purchases, according to published reports. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the bank is ending the $35 fee in an effort to keep ahead of new regulations. According to the report, after the new plan goes into effect, bank clients with insufficient funds will be denied the purchase. The paper said that the new policy will take effect for new accounts beginning June 19, and for existing customers in August.
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Landing a job won't solve all your problems
With the unemployment rate at about 10%, you?d think landing a job in times like these would be enough to make anyone unequivocally happy. But a long-term period of unemployment can bring emotional baggage and financial stress -- even after the new job begins.
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Write-offs are driving decline in credit-card debt
Credit-card debt has been falling for 16 straight months but consumers aren?t paying off their financial obligations as much you might think. Instead, they?re walking away from the debt, forcing credit-card issuers to write off as much as 90% of that reported drop, according to a new report by CardHub.com.
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Robert Powell: Three ways to boost retirement confidence
I know, I know, we?re starting to sound like a broken record, or MP3 player. But researchers are once again sounding the alarm that Americans are not saving enough for retirement.
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Personal Finance Daily: A few more signs of life in the job market
For the some 15 million Americans officially classified as unemployed right now, this is not much consolation, but the job market does seem to be inching toward a slightly better place.
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