AS many a Kodak commercial makes clear, child-rearing involves plenty of cuddles, angelic smiles and moments of treacly sweetness. But parents know that raising children also involves those other times — when the bowl of oatmeal overflows in the microwave while you...
Women have much to celebrate in the world of money these days, from increasing rates of business ownership to a shrinking or disappearing wage gap among younger women. They also dominate financial decision-making. But that’s where the good news ends. Studies...
WHEN consultants at Bain & Company are transferred to the Delhi office, they don’t pack just their BlackBerrys and toothbrushes. Each one also receives a copy of a manual written by consultants who are, or have been, posted there. It spells out in precise...
Try describing the financial gap between men and women, and 78 cents probably comes to mind. That’s what a woman earns for every dollar a man brings home, and it is publicly noted every year on Equal Pay Day. But the gender pay gap pales in comparison to a...
Consumers were rightly shocked by the news that Wells Fargo will be paying $185 million in fines and penalties for opening accounts for customers without their knowledge. But the scamming was not the only unnerving part of the announcement. Wells Fargo employees had...
Millennials have it bad, from student loan debt to a sluggish job market to cutting commentary about their arrogance and entitlement. But millennial women have another problem: They aren’t saving, or at least not nearly as much as their male counterparts. A...
Women, it’s time take stock. Tuesday is Equal Pay Day, the date in 2016 that marks how far into this year women must work to earn just what men earned in the previous year. But before you get too comfortable, consider this: that gender pay gap has implications...
THINK of retirement and a picture emerges of a grand send-off at the office, followed by travel, hobbies, grandchildren, and a pension and a Social Security check to pay for it all. But after awhile, the retirement fund may start to feel a little skimpy, or the golf...
You need to know this number: $18,433. That’s the median amount in a 401(k) savings account, according to a recent report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. Almost 40 percent of employees have less than $10,000, even as the proportion of companies...
John Thain has one. So do Richard Fuld, Stanley O’Neal and Vikram Pandit. For that matter, so does John Paulson, the hedge fund kingpin. Yes, all five have fat bank accounts, even now, and all have made their share of headlines. But these current and former giants of...
