Jason and Amanda Purnell met while getting their Ph.D.s in psychology at Ohio State, married in 2007, and were ecstatic when Amanda became pregnant shortly before they moved to St. Louis last July to be near family. Then they learned that their 22-week-old fetus had Down syndrome. They were shocked -- at 29, Amanda was well below the at-risk age to conceive a baby with this condition. "The first ...

New York -- The toughest financial regulations since the Great Depression are headed for final votes in Congress next week, covering everything from debit card swipes to the most complex securities, in an election-year salve for public anger over Wall Street risk-taking that cost millions their jobs, homes and nest eggs.

New York -- The toughest financial regulations since the Great Depression are headed for final votes in Congress next week, covering everything from debit card swipes to the most complex securities, in an election-year salve for public anger over Wall Street risk-taking that cost millions their jobs, homes and nest eggs.

The euro's collapse has been spooking financial markets of late, driving down stock prices worldwide from recent highs. But your overseas returns are probably even worse, because when you translate a foreign market's gains or losses back into dollars, you also have to take into account how the local currency is faring against the greenback.

Credit card issuers increasingly use complicated formulas to analyze their cardholders' purchasing patterns for signs of increased risk.