MoneyNews.com   An unofficial gauge of human misery in the United States rose last month to a 28-year high as Americans struggled with rising inflation and high unemployment. The misery index — which is simply the sum of the country's inflation and… more »

UK Daily Mail By Ruth Sunderland Families are resorting to cutting their own hair and only half-filling their petrol tanks as they struggle to make ends meet. The average household saw its already over-stretched purchasing power shrink by £11 a… more »

Conservative RefocusBy Barry Secrest It would now, almost posthumously, appear that America has had about all of the "Hope and Change" that She can ill-afford for the next good little while. As a large number of nations have now met in order to reach… more »

by Catey Hill/Smart Money Yahoo News Lawmakers are considering changes to how Social Security is adjusted for inflation. When inflation rises, retirees' social security checks keep pace with small increases. But if some lawmakers get their way, tho… more »

Bernard Condon, AP Business Writer Braden Janowski has never planted seeds or brought in a harvest. He doesn't even own overalls. Yet when 430 acres of Michigan cornfields was auctioned last summer, it was Janowski, a brash, 33-year-old software exec… more »