Make a date with a financial planner You need help with a crucial decision, such as figuring out how to invest a six-figure insurance payout or how you’ll pay for your kid’s education. Ingredients: • Internet access. • Telephone. Instructions: • Visit NAPFA.org to locate planners in your area. (If you have time to spare, […]

BANKING: Put your savings on autopilot – There is less to think about when you transfer cash automatically to savings and investing accounts. Ingredients: • Internet access. • A bank account for receiving your paycheck.• A savings account or money market fund, a brokerage or mutual fund account, and routing numbers.Instructions: • Sign in to […]

Verizon says the rules were clear, but the FCC is looking into the ‘unpleasant surprises’ that customers sometimes face. When the St. Germains of Massachusetts got their cell phone bill, they thought surely there had been a mistake. The bill that month for the family, normally about $100, was more than $12,000. When Bob St. […]