Assets hadn't been below the milestone since crossing it in November 2007. Individual investors have been steadily leaving money-market funds and heading into bond funds as markets recover.

Oh happy day, all that hard work you endured to research and apply for scholarships has paid off! Or has it?

For a market looking for a reason to rally, an end to the health-care debate could be just the prescription.

Instead of competing on price, the big razor makers largely seem to be engaged in a silly arms race to improve a product that already works perfectly well.

For some business owners, creating a maternity or paternity policy isn't top of mind — until a staffer becomes pregnant.

Marianne Gentry, 66, lives with her disabled husband and desperately ill son. And they're about to get kicked out of their home.

With incomes down and insurance premiums up, more Americans are qualifying to take medical and dental deductions on Schedule A of their individual tax returns.

Investors wondering when, and how quickly, the U.S. central bank will move on interest rates are probably better off paying closer attention to changes in the unemployment rate.