The smuggling network uses gold to barter for goods, and cartels in Bangladesh help deliver gold across the border, with Indian suppliers exchanging it for cash. This cycle perpetuates the illegal ...

State Superintendent Ryan Walters, who promised to overhaul social studies standards for classrooms, has released his set of ...

Most lawmakers encouraged patience as proposed new social studies standards for Oklahoma classrooms wind their way through ...

This comes months after State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced plans to completely 'overhaul' the states approach to the ...

Barter trade is one of the oldest forms of commerce, where people exchange goods or services directly without using money. Long before currency was invented, people would trade items they had for ...

If there were no money, we would be reduced to a barter economy. Every item someone wanted to purchase would have to be exchanged for something that person could provide. For example, a person who ...

From strategic investing to maintaining control of your money, finance expert Pattie Ehsaei shares strategies for financial ...

Social Security has a big birthday coming up next year -- it's turning 90! It's kept many millions of people out of poverty for decades and was recently supporting more than 71 million people with ...

As an experienced Licensed Clinician, I provide counseling for adolescents and adults utilizing both brief and long term treatment methods. This is a positive setting to enable my clients to heal ...

Although often perceived as a bonus, the COLA is not "extra" money but rather an inflationary adjustment. Its purpose is to preserve the purchasing power of Social Security benefits amidst rising ...

The labour movement is sounding the alarm over domestic helpers falling prey to illegal activity, with social service agencies reporting a rise in maids involved in money-mule activities.

First up will be those who have been receiving Social Security since prior to May 1997 or who also collect SSI payments getting their money on Friday, January 3. From then onward, retirement ...