Specialist lender aqua card has released a graphic which will help home-movers understand the impact that moving house might have on their credit rating, and the steps they can take to minimise the damage.

America is car country. We drive everywhere, and we all pay the price: transportation alone accounts for 20% of an American family’s budget, the 2nd biggest cost after housing. A sedentary lifestyle doesn’t just kill our pockets, either – it kills us. After tobacco, inactivity-related diseases are the number one killer in the US. But research has proven that swapping out driving in favor of biking can have wondrous result. Following Europe’s lead, a few American cities are already testing [...]

The media enjoys getting a laugh (or twenty) mocking the educational background of recent candidates entering the Republican nomination. So how educated are these candidates really? Here, we break down exactly what degree each possesses… and what their chances for success are.

The average American spends over 4 hours of their day glued to the tube and while TV consumption is at an all time high, according to a recent Forrester survey it seems Americans are spending just as much time on the Internet. While it may not come as much of a surprise that social networking has become a favourite online pastime in the United States, other American browsing habits just might.

As Facebook has become more and more popular—if it were a country, it would be the third largest in the world—its use in the field of education has expanded, too. In fact, more than 80% of college admissions officers report using Facebook as part of their recruiting process. Are admissions officers really looking at the Facebook profiles of prospective students? And if so, are they making admissions decisions based on these profiles? Below is an infographic that highlights the answers [...]

KISSmetrics has collected this handy infographic on how colors affect our buying decisions, including which colors attract impulse buyers or budget shoppers. All of this quantified data, however pretty, is just another window into the terrifyingly sophisticated psychology behind consumer marketing.

As the housing boom began to slow in 2006 investors became nervous about the riskier parts of their investments. Therefore, banks created and ultimately provided most of the money for new CDOs.

The very minute that you drive a new car off a dealer’s lot, it loses value. That’s just a fact of life, and the infographic below gives you a roadmap of depreciation milestones. But depreciation doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy a new car. In fact, if your plan is to drive the wheels off your car, then depreciation has no effect on your purchase. But if you do intend to trade it in, you need to be smart about the [...]

The idea that ‘laughter is the best medicine’ isn’t just a cliche. While a bit of an exaggeration (it’s no replacement for penicillin), laughter can certainly do wonders for your health. Here’s a look at why exactly laughter is good for you and our way of encouraging you to be happy (though not fat and happy).

Most of the shark attacks in the US happen in the waters of Florida. Find how sharks attack and how sharks don’t attack…