Buried in credit card debt? Experts across the board suggest adopting a cash only lifestyle.  It’s not easy, but it’s one of the only ways to dig out.

Money is known to get contaminated with cocaine when drug dealers make a transaction or when users snort the drug using a rolled bill. But a new study says large-scale contamination takes place when the money is whisked into currency-counting machines.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will get a chance to argue his side of the fight over stimulus money to the state Supreme Court.

Counterfit cash is circulating throughout the Lowcountry. North Charleston Police need the public to notify them if they are the victim of the phoney money scam.

Democratic aides say Speaker Nancy Pelosi intends to seek legislation to provide relief to the battered auto industry, and wants it done in a post-election session of Congress likely to convene in the next few days.

Greer Police say they are looking for two boys, around 4 years-old, who went into the Sprint cell phone store with their mother last week

A report to the Federal Election Commission shows huge difference in candidates’ campaign money.

Through the end of September, Ketner had raised just over $850,000, compared to about $760,000 for Brown.

Meantime house Democrats are floating plans for a new, $300 billion stimulus package.

In these tough economic times do you know everything you can about all those credit cards in your wallet? 

Japan’s key index shed nearly 10% to close out its work week in history.  On Wall Street, the Dow opens below 9,000 for the first time in five years.  President Bush will address the economy this morning from the White House.

Everyone seems to be tightening their belts a bit these days. But when people do go to make a purchase, you may be surprised by how they are paying for it.

Many Americans are reevaluating how much cash they spend and what they spend it on as the economy continues to sputter.

U.S. stocks, nursing deep losses from the past few days, opened higher Thursday after the Federal Reserve and central banks throughout the world pumped $55 billion dollars into the markets.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s action comes in addition to its regular market operations to inject $20 billion into the system slated for the day.