Money

For many years, it was pretty much a given that when you bought a house it would increase in value. Oh, how times change.

Merle and Patricia Butler, a retired couple in their 60s from the small town of Red Bud, IL, stepped forward on Wednesday to claim their share of the record-breaking $656 million Mega Millions jackpot.

For decades, many groups have highlighted the pay disparities between men and women, and a new report from the American Association of University Women pointed out just how big the earnings gap is.

Signed pieces of Cartier and Tiffany jewelry belonging to a late Montana copper mining heiress have sold for nearly $21 million at a New York City auction.

Money may not buy happiness, but it just might buy you a whole heap of trouble. One Michigan lotto winner discovered that firsthand after she was arraigned on two felony counts of welfare fraud.

The recession resulted in nine million Americans getting pink slips from their employers, with the workers who remained often forced to pick up the slack by putting in longer hours for the same pay. Now some of those employees have filed suit demanding overtime wages to which they say they were entitled but never received.

When we were first introduced to the Dragon Dog it was just a really expensive item on the menu at DougieDog Hot Dogs in Vancouver, Canada. But now the $100 Frankfurter, a foot-long bratwurst topped with kobe beef, truffle oil, fresh lobster and hundred-year-old Louis XIII cognac, has been officially recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive hot dog in world.

If you have a pile of cash and want to stow it away for safekeeping in your home, where are you most likely to do it? A new poll shows the term “frozen assets” may be more literal than you think.

You might think teenagers worry about nothing more important than their Friday night plans, but it turns out they’re worried about their financial futures, too — and they’re already incredibly pessimistic.

Garage sales are a great way to unload unwanted items and make a few extra bucks. But some residents across America have been holding yard sales of epic proportions and now towns are looking to crack down.