A modest salary increase is only a fraction of the effort needed to keep employees happy. From telecommuting options to unlimited vacation days, employers are mixing traditional benefits concepts with outside-the-box offerings.

Women have been thrust into breadwinner role by economic crisis, but say they're not well-prepared to make financial decisions.

Foreclosure-battled inland California cities are contemplating condemning pension-fund owned mortgages to save them; investors are outraged.

The debate in Texas over whether to fully implement the new federal health care law has little to do with health care, and a lot to do with ideology and politics.