Betterment, a service for investors with low balances, has dropped its fees by more than half and added individual retirement accounts to its product mix.

The Port of Vancouver is offering tours of its operations in honor of its 100th birthday, which is this year. The first "Centennial Public Tour" kicks off at noon Thursday at the port' main office, 3103 N.W. Lower River Road.

Barrett Business Services, Inc. has promoted Gregory Vaughn from vice president to the newly created role of chief administrative officer, effective immediately, the Vancouver-based company said Tuesday.

Using leg hair to treat baldness, consumer bureau inquiry on overdraft fees, playing chef on vacation and other consumer-focused news from The New York Times.

Even when financial institutions spell out terms for consumers, the objective can be obscured by the wording, a study finds.

Clark County’s Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center has eliminated 30 jobs as part of a larger cost-cutting move to deal with the impacts of reduced Medicaid payments and a weak economy.

A look at when gay employees can enroll their spouses and partners in their employer-provided health care plans.

Even if dollar-cost averaging doesn't necessarily promise better returns, it may make it easier to get a lump sum invested at all given general fears of putting a pile of money to work.

The City/County Telecommunications Commission will conduct its annual public review of Comcast Cable’s performance at 3:30 p.m. March 7 in Vancouver City Council chambers, 415 W. Sixth St. The session will also be televised live on CVTV Cable Channel 23.

There is finally a bit of good news from Olympia. The state’s Revenue Forecast Council reports that tax revenues for this biennium will be $96 million higher than projected last November, and state tax collections for 2013-15 are projected to grow by 6.6 percent.