Parties with a vested interest in your retirement savings — employers, investment firms, employee advocates, you name it — hotly contested most of the provisions in the recently passed Pension Protection Act of 2006.

What to Buy
The latest market swings should have you reaching for your shopping list.

Healthcare, energy drive up college costs
State university tuition has leaped 40 percent in the past five years, hitting the three out of four American college students who attend public universities.

QUESTION: Why do you advise people planning for retirement to figure on living to 90 or beyond? I hope to retire at 57, but I’m not going to plan on living beyond 85. That just seems iffy at best. — Paul, Bridgeport, Connecticut

New film takes swipe at debt problem
With Americans seemingly overwhelmed by mortgages, credit cards and automobile loans, it seems like everyone has something to say about the state of consumer debt in America nowadays.

Buying in a Cooling Market
It’s stressful, but we’ll tell you how to come out ahead.

Companies are getting crushed when they miss numbers. That’s making me nervous.

Lincoln Zephyr sub-par in crash test
The redesigned 2007 Toyota Camry earned the top score of “Good” in side and front crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway safety.

Escape From Timeshare Hell
Selling your timeshare doesn’t have to be a nightmare. Here’s how to make the best of it.

It’s so easy to have those credit card balances sneak up on you, leaving you with a number of credit card and charge card balances high enough that you’re only able to meet the monthly payments. On top of that, the interest rate is eating up the majority of your payment, so that it will take you years to pay off the balance owing. This is where you should consider credit card debt consolidation.

Round two of my eBay/Yahoo experiment ended badly. Time for a new approach.

Art of the Deal
There are less risky ways to capitalize on the recent energy and commodities mergers.

Homes going lean, mean and green
Many homeowners are scrambling to pay utility bills and trying to find ways to reduce power consumption. For those considering home improvement projects, there’s an abundance of new techniques and products that can be used to create a more energy-efficient home.

Forget AOL. It’s the media giant’s other businesses that are keeping me in the stock.

After the Pause
The Fed has never resumed rate hikes after pausing. Prepare your portfolio accordingly.

Aston Martin: full speed ahead
Tradition can be a such a wonderful thing. It keeps us in touch with our past and it communicates our varied cultures.

Lincoln Zephyr sub-par in crash test
The redesigned 2007 Toyota Camry earned the top score of “Good” in side and front crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway safety.

State university tuitions have leaped 40 percent in the past five years, hitting the three out of four American college students who attend public universities.

A New Yahoo Strategy
Round two of my eBay/Yahoo experiment ended badly. Time for a new approach.

Taming Inflation
The Federal Reserve has put the brakes on inflation without harming the economy.

It’s About Time Warner
Forget AOL. It’s the media giant’s other businesses that are keeping me in the stock.

Companies are getting crushed when they miss numbers. That’s making me nervous.

College cars: cheap, functional and fun
If you’re thinking about helping your college-aged son or daughter get their first new car, your plate of options has never been more full.

QUESTION: Why do you advise people planning for retirement to figure on living to 90 or beyond? I hope to retire at 57, but I’m not going to plan on living beyond 85. That just seems iffy at best. — Paul, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Earnings Jitters
Companies are getting crushed when they miss numbers. That’s making me nervous.

Best credit cards for college kids
Laptop, iPod, a messenger bag and yes, a credit card - all the staples of modern college life. Nowadays, owning a piece of plastic has become as much as part of the college experience as griping about the dorm food.

The redesigned 2007 Toyota Camry earned the top score of “Good” in side and front crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway safety.

New film takes swipe at debt problem
With Americans seemingly overwhelmed by mortgages, credit cards and automobile loans, it seems like everyone has something to say about the state of consumer debt in America nowadays.

7 Steps: Uncover hidden assets
Whether it is stored in your head, lost in the back of a filing cabinet or buried deep in a computer beyond the reach of the advanced search feature, you no doubt have The Folder: the list of financial tasks great and small that you’ve been meaning to get to forever but have put off.