money

We spent the weekend getting our taxes done. Okay, my wife spent the weekend getting our taxes done. Because of Patriot's Day on Monday, our taxes aren't due until Tuesday.

How financially literate are you? I know the answer for me would be, "Not much!" However, for a majority of Mainers, it seems that is not the case. National Financial Literacy Month is in in April and the website WalletHub has released its report on 2016’s Most & Least Financially Literate States. Th...

It's a TON of money! ...but was it her tip?

Maine election officials yesterday (Feb. 16) determined that a petition to increase the state's minimum wage is valid. The petition proposes raising the minimum wage to $9 per hour in 2017 and by $1 per hour each year after that until it's $12 per hour in 2020.

It took about 10 seconds. Both my late father and and my oldest son have money unclaimed. My dad had a check not cashed and my son's is well over $100. How about you?

29-year 0ld Ren wants a girlfriend. He's a good guy...at least that's what his mom says on his website.

After many years, about 90 when it happens, Hamilton will be ousted from the ten dollar bill.

You can credit the mild weather during the holiday shopping period, you can credit Governor LePage, President Obama or any other number of factors, but judging by last year's taxable sales it seems that the economy is moving in the right direction.

It took about 10 seconds. Both my late father and and my daughter have money unclaimed. My daughter's is from an account she thought was closed and my dad had a check not cashed. How about you?

After 65 years of saving, an 81-year-old Texas man deposited $816 worth of pennies at his bank. They weighed in at 500 pounds.

Please note my sarcasm in my headline.  Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says the ‘Great Recession’ showed that a large number of American families are "extraordinarily vulnerable" to financial setbacks because they have few assets to fall back on. Really? This is news? But I guess maybe if you are Chairperson of the Federal Reserve you are probably a bit disconnected with the realitie

I have heard of the website wheresgeorge.com, but I have never taken part. I never came across a dollar bill with the site written on it and I've never wanted to start a tracking. Today I spotted a bill.

Dollar Tree is buying Family Dollar to better compete with Walmart and Dollar General at a cost of 8.5 billion dollars.

If you’re young and talented in music, film, television or sports and right out of college or high school and you hit the big time with a mega million dollar contract what would you do? How would you handle the fame, pressure and getting all of that cash figuratively overnight?

What would you do with $10,000? Would you save it? Spend it on something fun like a fancy vacation? Maybe you would spend it on something practical, like a home renovation. Start planning because we're giving away cash all this month!

You are the jury. Watch and decide as a 9 month old puppy is asked, "Did you eat my money?" The pup, Luna, probably should never play poker.