Kate Gosselin, half of TLC's much talked about Jon and Kate Plus 8 show, appeared on the Today Show this morning. She revealed that Jon had emptied their joint account of more than $200,000, leaving her with only $1,000 and unable to pay her bills. She is also considering having her wedding ring remounted with eight small diamonds.

Even though most families' incomes do not seem to be increasing and many actually decreasing, it seems that the cost to send a child to college just continues to increase. This leaves many families wondering how they can afford college tuition now and in the future.

As most parents with teen drivers can attest to, car insurance can become a significant annual expense when teenagers take to the road. Most families can expect to pay an additional $2,000 or more per year when adding a young driver to the policy. There are steps families can take to help make and keep the family car insurance rates affordable.

If you are planning on taking your family for a holiday this summer you're probably interested in how you can do that and still save some money. There are all types of options for you, and one of the best ones is to stay closer to home. There are so many rich and beautiful areas that can be explored right in your own country that there's no need to go to an exotic location this summer.

The economy is in the tank. We all know that. The unemployment rate is sky-rocketing. No new news there either. The question is, what are you doing about it? How are you taking this information and adjusting your budget to bare bones?

The economy is changing the American family dynamics in one more way as men are losing their jobs and women are stepping up as the breadwinners in their families.

Over half (59%) of the people feel under pressure to save money on digital services due to credit crunch, but all the people in UK are spending £900 million on digital TV, broadband, phone services.

President Bush has signed into law a $165 billion economic stimulus package providing rebate checks to taxpayers. You might receive a check for $300, $600, $1,200, or even more depending on your conditions.

The Household Bank Credit Card, issued by HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A., start from 0% introductory rate and go for 12 months on that rate. This makes The Household Bank Credit Cards a great tool for family finance.

Family tax benefit recipients will be means tested as part of Federal Government moves to slash spending.

The economic stimulus package, agreed tentatively by the democrats and republicans omits UI and Food Stamp Provisions.

Fewer than one in three middle-class families in America is financially secure, and the remaining majority are either borderline or at high risk of falling out of the middle class altogether, according to a new study published this week by Demos and the Institute for Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University.