Even if most of us never use bitcoin, it's important to be aware of its evolution and where it is headed in the financial world.

When employees consider their out-of-pocket costs for medical tests, procedures and prescription drugs, terms like "free" and "copay" obscure reality and result in bad choices.

Increasing retirement savings is important -- but an even bigger impact can be achieved by working longer, new research shows.

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We asked our audience, what word or phrase would you like to see eliminated from the industry, and why?

There's a simple reason fee-based life and annuity product sales have been low: typical insurers have paid too little attention to the needs of RIAs, the people who have been selling fee-based products all along.

While the prescription drug businesses at pharmacies has been relatively stable, front-of-the-store sales have been in decline. Giant retailers like Walmart Inc. are also looking to play a bigger role.

Pilots at American and Delta are studying ways to reconstitute or replace retirement plans that were scrapped or frozen during the airlines past financial struggles.