Your 5-minute guide to saving your retirement. Retirement is just around the corner and you're not ready? Let these 18 tips help you get to where you need to be.

Beware these 5 insurance traps. You might think your pets, your kids' toys and your personal problems are your own darn business. But insurers watch these things -- and they could cost you.

Venture investors hold & 'Come to Jesus' meet. Venture capital investments will probably fall this year for the first time since 2003 as the financial crisis cripples the markets for acquisitions and initial public offerings.

What Will the Crisis Mean for Venture Capital? In the lingo familiar to the kids toiling away at Web startups, the U.S. financial system is on the verge of an epic fail.

The Votes Are In: 100 VCs and Angel Investors Have Chosen the Top 50 Emerging Companies. NEW YORK, NY, October 09, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ -- FundingPost proudly announced today the winning companies from its fifth annual Pitching Across America competition.

Music Community Company ReverbNation Gets $3 Million Second Round. ReverbNation, an online music community service used by artists to market their wares, has received $3 million in its second round of funding.

Trilibis Mobile Secures $5.7 Million in Funding Led by Altos Ventures. SAN MATEO, CA, October 8 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Trilibis Mobile, the leading publisher of interactive network applications for mobile phones, announced today that it has raised $5.7 million in Series B financing.

Inside Wisconsin: The clock is ticking faster for human embryonic stem cell research. Madison, Wis. One of the speakers at last month's World Stem Cell Summit in Madison wasn't a scientist, a patient advocate, or a university administrator.

A chat with CIA chief-turned-venture capitalist R. James Woolsey. Once America's top spy as head of the Central Intelligence Agency, R. James Woolsey has reinvented himself as a Silicon Valley venture capitalist.

Simbionix USA raised third round of venture capital. Simbionix USA Corp., the Cleveland-based maker of medical procedure simulators, has raised an undisclosed amount of venture capital in its third fund-raising round.

ATEL Completes Lease Facility, Equity Financing With Primet Materials. ATEL Ventures has committed to a $1 million capital lease facility with Primet Materials and has separately made a $250,000 equity investment in the company.

Reel changes for Oscar ads. For the first time in more than 30 years, the Feb. 22 Oscar broadcast will allow commercials for motion pictures. In the past,..

U.S. bank problems likely to spark mergers, asset sales. The unrelenting financial crisis is pounding U.S. commercial banks, transforming the industry landscape and likely leading to..

Hackers got into 18 computer servers at World Bank. Cyberintruders used the Internet to crack into at least 18 computer servers at the World Bank Group last July.

Even star stock funds take major abuse these days. Your stock fund's performance probably isn't as bad as your most recent statement says. It's worse.

How Congress set the stage for a fiscal meltdown. During last week's presidential debate, John McCain and Barack Obama sparred over what caused the financial crisis. It was a..

Ask an Expert: Entrepreneurs, it's time to do the hustle. Q: The stock market meltdown is frightening on many levels, but for my small business it could be catastrophic. What now? John.

What the candidates mean for your energy bill. McCain and Obama want to pursue electric cars, 'clean coal' technology and at least some new offshore drilling. But an older solution may remain your best bet for cutting costs.

Danger: The wipeout is still ahead. We haven't seen the moment of capitulation that ends a market bust, so the fear and pain will get worse before they get better. The good news: We're close.

How to rescue your retirement. You may think you can make up for today's painful savings losses simply by working longer, but it's not going to be that easy. Start by taking these 3 vital steps now.