Searching for a 1909 Ty Cobb baseball card, part of the rare T206 series printed by the Sweet Caporal Cigarettes company? How about a 1938 Goudey card featuring Joe DiMaggio?

KABUL -- The road that rings the old city district of Murad Khane is thick with smoke from the hearths of a row of blacksmiths. Until recently, few people in the Afghan capital had much reason to venture beyond the plumes of black smoke into the district.

AP - Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer.

The credit crisis and economic slowdown have become so grave that many companies are chopping dividend payments to their shareholders.

Should companies use levity to boost their bottom line? Could laughter help firms keep workers?

If you bought shares of a mutual fund, wouldn't it comfort you to know that the fund's manager had sunk some of his own money into the same investment? And what if you were to learn that your fund manager -- the custodian of your investment dollars -- didn't have enough faith in the fund to toss ...

After last week's big jobs report, settle in for a quiet week of readings on the economy. More interesting than any data this week may be congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., who will explain to the Senate Banking Committ...

If you've ever complained about an unexpected interest-rate hike on your credit card, now's your chance to have your gripe heard. But you don't have much time.

As the mortgage foreclosure crisis ripples through the economy some experts say it's increasingly difficult for low-income renters forced out of foreclosed apartment buildings to find other affordable places to live.

Much like everything else, spamming has gone mobile. It used to be that you could expect your email inbox to be assaulted with unwanted messages. Now your phone can fall victim too. Even if you don't pay for text messaging, you can still receive unwanted solicitations.