Choosing a credit card can be almost as important as choosing the proper mortgage or the right car loan. Believe it or not, if you want to save money and get the most value from that little piece of plastic in your wallet you really need to give some thought as to which credit card is right for you.

Samantha Chang of TheImproper.com discusses the top 10 financial resolutions you should make for the new year!

Managing a socially responsible investment fund is one of the new learning experiences the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business is offering its graduate students for the first time this fall.

Balance transfer credit cards are cards that offer no-interest or low-interest rates on balances you transfer from your other credit cards or debts. Balance transfer credit cards don't tolerate late payments, so if you miss out on a particular repayment all the benefit is lost and instantly the high regular annual percentage rates are applied.

Bear Stearns is planning to increase the risk controls at its money management division following the blowup of two of its hedge funds, according to a report in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal.

Breeden Capital Management LLC said Wednesday it is turning its attention to tax preparation firm H&R Block Inc., The Associated Press reported.

U.S. insurance company Prudential Financial Inc. said on Wednesday that it will shut down its institutional stock research and trading business, Prudential Equity Group, ending a rocky 26-year stay on Wall Street, reported Reuters.

India has become the largest market for VISA debit and pre-paid cards in Asia-Pacific with about 3.39 crore card-holders in 2006, accounting for about 34 percent of the company's total customer-base of 10 crore in the region.

Inflation in India has come down to 5.77 per cent for the week ended April 21, 2007, as compared to 6.09 percent for the previous week while the Finance Minister of India has promised new Income Tax Code as Parliament clears Finance Bill.

Congressional investigators probing the $85 billion student loan market pushed into new areas by raising concerns about collection tactics and seeking an inquiry into possible conflicts of interest inside the U.S. Education Department.

NRI Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal for the third successive year topped the list of the richest person in Britain with a wealth of 19.250 billion pounds even as the Hinduja brothers and Lord Swraj Paul emerged as the second and third richest Asians in the UK.

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