paychecks

Workers saw a bit of a rise in their paychecks in December – and the money went right into their saving accounts.

Fed up with banks, many consumers now use Wal-Mart to cash their paychecks, pay bills or buy a prepaid debit card — all at significantly lower costs.

Most of us are still working our jobs, waiting for our paychecks and hoping or wishing to someday be millionaires.

The problem with that is that having the title of "millionaire" just doesn't hold the same oomph that it once did.

Being a millionaire no longer means you won't have to work, nor does it mean that you can get anything you want.

Are we now having to shoot for billionaire status if we really want to have "made it" in this world?

After shrinking during the 2008-9 recession, paychecks are growing again for top American executives in finance, technology, energy and beyond.

John Paulson earned a record $4.9 billion in 2010 after a wager on gold. Other managers reaped big paychecks as their funds earned single-digit returns.

The executive hired to turn around mobile phone maker Nokia is getting $6.2 million to make up for the paychecks he lost when he left Microsoft last fall.

A fight at a Mott’s apple juice plant pits a company seeking cost cuts, while earning record profits, against workers determined to resist wage and benefit givebacks.

Unless the economy’s sluggish pace of growth picks up, some 15 million Americans sidelined by the recession will remain without a steady paycheck. No paychecks means lower spending.

A weak jobs market crimped the paychecks of Americans in February, a government report indicated on Monday, with household incomes remaining flat.

The president wants more lending, less gouging and smaller paychecks. But after a year of pro-bank policies, he may not carry a big enough stick.