The Iraqi dinar “investment” opportunity — a scam that has been around for a few years — has recently been regaining much of its former popularity.

Target-date funds would be great if fund managers could foresee the future. But because they can't, the actual returns from these products may be disappointing for many investors.

Nothing's better than free candy and with that in mind, Nestle has devised this latest online marketing strategy to drum up sales of the Butterfinger bar: "Butterfinger Insurance." The company promises to give away 100,000 free candy bars. Also, there's free candy involved.

...and other facts that demonstrate that, even in a recession, foot-fashion is still important. For some. Apparently.

Massive budget cuts that have already led to furloughs for government workers and increased class sizes for public school teachers are claiming another victim: libraries.

Congressional auditors posing as companies found it easy to win the official stamp of approval for energy-saving products.

An article -- brilliantly subtitled "They’re young, they’re broke, and they pay for organic salmon with government subsidies. Got a problem with that?" -- profiles a pair of significantly underemployed urban intelligentsia types who get a combined $350 a month from the government to spend on food.

The foreclosure crisis in Philadelphia is now becoming a matter of life and death. Eyewitness News has learned that in the past month, 2 homeowners took their own lives before sheriff's deputies arrived to tell them that they were being evicted. On March 5, deputies arriving to post an eviction notice on Lynda Clark's South Philadelphia home

Traditionally, the Irish are renowned as being big drinkers, but figures published by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) would suggest that this is not the case anymore.

Somalian pirate operations are becoming increasingly sophisticated, according to a March 10 UN Security Council report, with a funding and incentive model that could double as a business school curriculum.