The rich are sharing your financial pain — and contributing to it.

NEW ORLEANS - Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts.

NEW YORK - Making cannoli is serious business in New York. It's a dessert so tempting that even a hit man in the "Godfather" couldn't leave a box behind.

ATLANTA - The Southwest has the lowest rate of health insurance coverage in the country, with 30 percent of non-elderly adults and 18 percent of children uninsured, according to a new government study.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Authorities increased security Friday at a tuberculosis hospital where patients with drug-resistant forms of the disease went on a rampage to protest prison-like conditions.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Americans over the age of 55 are paying about $4.5 billion in fees per year for overdraft loans they did not ask for, a new study by an advocacy group shows.

CHICAGO - One look at Eileen Mulligan lying soberly on the exam table and Dr. John Marshall knew the time for the Big Talk had arrived.

Top UK companies are better than their European rivals when it comes to creating wealth or value, a report published by the UK's Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) in collaboration with the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), has revealed.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sometimes during peak hours, the phones are silent in Andy Freitas' pizza restaurants, yet the cooks are busy keeping pace with hungry customers.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Shares of eHealth Inc., which markets health insurance plans online, rose Tuesday as analysts praised the company's new instant underwriting product.

Democrats plan to introduce a package of bills to require health insurance firms to get prior approval for rate hikes, punish them for improper denial of claims and encourage efficiencies.

NEW YORK(IBTIMES) - Sir Paul McCartney divorce to Heather Mills was concluded on Tuesday with the judge awarding Mills a $48.6 million divorce settlement amidst claims she lied about her finances.

WASHINGTON - Thomas Mahoney came out of a seizure last December surrounded by paramedics ready to take him to the hospital by ambulance. Mindful of the cost, he asked his mom and girlfriend to drive him instead, slipping in and out of consciousness along the way.

WASHINGTON - Back in the day, a 200-point move in the Dow really meant something. Now it's just the typical morning routine; and after lunch, there's often an equally large swing in the opposite direction.

LONDON - Thousands of borrowers are poised to challenge lenders over debt insurance, in what has been hailed a new consumer revolution against mis-selling and "unfair" charges.

Consumers are wasting thousands of pounds on useless and expensive insurance policies, consumer group Which? said on Monday.

The professionals who managed your pension fund used to ensure you'd be ready for retirement. That was their job. At many companies, pensions are no longer a promise, which means you might need to do the work of a professional retirement fund manager yourself.

Life cycle funds that are becoming increasingly popular are meant to make retirement planning easy. But that's not how investors have been using them, mutual fund companies say.

MetLife Inc. , the largest life insurer in the U.S., said on Thursday that first quarter operating income rose by nearly 25 percent due to higher premiums.