The new girl power: Why we're living in a young woman's world

Youth, eh. Who'd have it? Graduate unemployment, up 25 per cent. One million young people, stuck out of work. 600,000 public-sector jobs headed... well, not to the private sector, that's for sure: they've already warned that they won't be picking up the pieces. And the debt! £23,000 a head, just for a degree. A degree which, as it turns out, doesn't equate to quite the career it once promised ...

Medicare buy-in plan meets resistance

A plan to let people as young as 55 buy into Medicare, heralded as a breakthrough in the Senate’s health care debate, encountered resistance yesterday from lawmakers who can make or break Democrats’ efforts to reshape the nation’s health insurance system.

Bentley University Stresses Personal Financial Management for Incoming Students

The University's Center for Marketing Technology Helps Launch Online Financial Service for Young People WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As young people face daunting personal and professional financial challenges including college loans, employee benefits, budgeting, and investing for the future, Bentley University is providing incoming freshmen with tools to find effective ...

Your Money: Balancing Romance and Big Debt

Nobody likes unpleasant surprises, but when Allison Brooke Eastman's fiancé found out four months ago just how high her student loan debt was, he had a particularly strong reaction: He broke off the engagement within three days.

What the Russian papers say

Government to draft different kind of budget/ Young Russians hungry for success/ Officers and computers/ Lower limit of punishment likely to be scrapped/ Improbable inflation of Russian apples, potatoes