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5 retirement myths that can derail saving 08/29/2014 12:00am • Retirement planning can be difficult at any age because we have many competing financial obligations in our lives. However, saving for retirement is necessary, and everyone needs to plan for their own retirement. Here are some of the myths or "rules" that can lead savers astray: It's too early US economy forecast to grow by 1.5 percent in 2014 08/28/2014 05:20pm • ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday forecast that the U.S. economy will grow by just 1.5 percent in 2014, undermined by a poor performance during the first three months of the year.The new assessment was considerably more pessimistic than th US economy forecast to grow by 1.5 percent in 2014 08/28/2014 05:20pm • ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday forecast that the U.S. economy will grow by just 1.5 percent in 2014, undermined by a poor performance during the first three months of the year.The new assessment was considerably more pessimistic than th India urges millions of poor to open bank accounts 08/28/2014 10:24am • KATY DAIGLE Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's state-owned banks are conducting a massive campaign to open millions of accounts for poor Indians who are off the financial grid and vulnerable to black market money lenders.Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launched the program on Thursda 10 things to know about corporate inversions 08/28/2014 09:00am • STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Burger King is drawing a lot of flak over plans to shift its legal address to a foreign country by merging with Tim Hortons, the Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain.The transaction is called a corporate inversion, a maneuver that is becoming popu SEC adopts rules on loan-backed securities 08/28/2014 05:40am • MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal regulators on Wednesday voted to require financial firms that sell securities backed by loans, like the kind that fueled the 2008 financial crisis, to give investors details on borrowers' credit records and income.The Securities and Exchange How to adjust your budget when your income drops 08/28/2014 12:00am • The economy has been on the mend for some time, but it's a fact of life that not everyone's personal economy will be in concert with the rest of the world. Maybe you're expecting a baby and you or your spouse plan to take time off from work to be a stay-at-home parent. Perhaps you are being laid 5 ways millennials can achieve financial independence 08/28/2014 12:00am • Financial independence is a rite of passage for 20-somethings. Yet, between student loans, expensive urban housing markets and pressure to start saving early for retirement, those first paychecks are in high demand and there's little room for error. Managing your finances as an adult should be v Super PAC changes anti-Shaheen ads after complaint 08/27/2014 10:30pm • PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A conservative super PAC was forced Wednesday to edit a negative ad against Sen. Jeanne Shaheen after the New Hampshire Democrat's attorneys flagged inaccuracies in the spot with the broadcaster.In letters to television station managers in New Hamps Low-budget Ryanair launches business-class 08/27/2014 10:10pm • SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) -- European budget carrier Ryanair is offering business-class tickets in an attempt to woo companies and governments during penny-pinching times.Marketed under the slogan "Your boss will approve," the new ticket reverses some of the airline's more revile Low-budget Ryanair launches business-class 08/27/2014 01:40pm • SHAWN POGATCHNIK Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) -- European budget carrier Ryanair is offering business-class tickets in an attempt to woo companies and governments during penny-pinching times.Marketed under the slogan "Your boss will approve," the new ticket reverses some of the airline's more revile AP survey: Fed's outlook correct but not solution 08/27/2014 08:08am • CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Economists appear to be of two minds about the Federal Reserve.They agree with the Fed that the job market still isn't healthy. Yet the latest Associated Press survey of economists finds that most fear the Fed will wait too long to raise Annual tomato battle leaves Spanish town red 08/27/2014 06:30am • ALBERTO SAIZ Associated Press BUNOL, Spain (AP) -- The streets of an eastern Spanish town are awash with red pulp as thousands of people pelt each other with tomatoes in the annual "Tomatina" battle that has become a major tourist attraction.At the annual fiesta in Bunol on Wednesday, trucks dumped Maine Governor LePage embraces candor in campaign 08/27/2014 01:44am • ALANNA DURKIN Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine Gov. Paul LePage sometimes can't help mouthing off, once telling the Portland chapter of the NAACP to "kiss my butt," calling the IRS "the new Gestapo" and saying he wouldn't be afraid to tell President Barack Obama to "go to hell."But inst Air China profit falls as weaker yuan hits costs 08/27/2014 12:10am • HONG KONG (AP) -- Air China says its six-month profit fell by more than half as the weakening yuan raised financing costs and other expenses.The carrier late Tuesday reported profit fell to 474.4 million yuan for the January-June period from 1.1 billion yuan last year.Revenue rose 7 percent to 49 bi