Belinda G Atlogic

When it comes to retirement savings, many Americans seem to be "winging it" -- or heading for retirement without a realistic plan of how to fund it.Or so suggests a recent survey by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.

You've likely known that credit scores are important since long before you got your first credit card.

CIT Group Inc. (CIT), the business lender led by Wall Street veteran John Thain, reported a wider loss in the second quarter as expenses tied to debt refinancing continued to weigh on results and interest income declined.

Natural-gas futures rallied Monday as forecasts of above-average temperatures boosted hopes that strong demand would continue for gas-powered electricity to fuel air conditioning.

China Gas Holdings Ltd. (0384.HK) said Monday that company co-founder Liu Minghui will rejoin the firm as a director, days after he was formally cleared of embezzlement allegations in China that resulted in his arrest and later sparked a hostile takeover bid from the nation's biggest oil company.

The World Bank on Monday said it is prepared to take action to prevent looming food-price volatility from negatively affecting the world's poorest populations.

Shares of Frisch's Restaurants Inc. leaped 16% premarket. The Cincinnati parent of Frisch's Big Boy restaurants declared a $9.50-a-share special dividend. The dividend is payable Sept. 14 to holders of record Aug. 31. Frisch's said in a Monday statement that it would fund the $46.9 million payout

Edison SpA (EDN.MI), a leading Italian energy company in which Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR) is the majority shareholder, Monday said its first-half net loss narrowed thanks to the positive performance in the exploration and production operations, although margins remain weak for natural gas