Portfolio Planning: A Case Study - BusinessWeek - Fri 8:08 am ET
Five advisers come up with a financial plan for a hypothetical baby boomer couple with kids in college, aging parents, and a decimated retirement account

Web retailers, states tussle over tax rules - AP - Thu 9:08 pm ET
In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence.

Hawaii gas prices surge - AP - Thu 9:00 pm ET
Hawaii gas prices jumped by double digits this week, adding as much as 14 cents per gallon in the state that already had the most expensive fuel in the nation.

Stop The Madness That's Killing Jobs - Investor's Business Daily - Thu 6:43 pm ET
Stimulus: More grim news -- 467,000 jobs lost in June, with unemployment hitting a 26-year high of 9.5%. Some people are rightly starting to...

California, running short on cash, issues IOUs - CNNMoney.com - Thu 6:07 pm ET
Here come the California IOUs.

Bank of America sets $713 million TARP payment - AP - Thu 5:45 pm ET
Bank of America Corp. said Thursday its board has authorized roughly $713 million in dividend payments to the U.S. government under the troubled asset relief program.

Tax revenue drop fuels states' financial crisis - AP - Thu 5:32 pm ET
An across-the-board drop in tax collections, coupled with a prolonged recession, has states facing their worst fiscal crisis in decades.