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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Bank of America Corp. is expected to say on Wednesday that it is eliminating overdraft fees on debit card purchases, according to published reports. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the bank is ending the $35 fee in an effort to keep ahead of new regulations. According to the report, after the new plan goes into effect, bank clients with insufficient funds will be denied the purchase. The paper said that the new policy will take effect for new accounts beginning June 19, and for existing customers in August.

With the unemployment rate at about 10%, you’d think landing a job in times like these would be enough to make anyone unequivocally happy. But a long-term period of unemployment can bring emotional baggage and financial stress -- even after the new job begins.

WASHINGTON - As tax day approaches, the Internal Revenue Service is giving agents more flexibility to work with taxpayers who have seen their incomes drop during the recession.

NEW YORK - Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It’s a move that may become common ahead of new regulations limiting overdraft fees.

Credit-card debt has been falling for 16 straight months but consumers aren’t paying off their financial obligations as much you might think. Instead, they’re walking away from the debt, forcing credit-card issuers to write off as much as 90% of that reported drop, according to a new report by CardHub.com.

I know, I know, we’re starting to sound like a broken record, or MP3 player. But researchers are once again sounding the alarm that Americans are not saving enough for retirement.

Holding on to matured bonds is like stashing money under the mattress. Just don't be shy about getting help with redemptions, advises Andrea Coombes.

For the some 15 million Americans officially classified as unemployed right now, this is not much consolation, but the job market does seem to be inching toward a slightly better place.

New money coming to stock mutual funds has been negligible even as returns have been among the best on record. An influx into stocks in the coming months would suggest investors once again have waited too long.

GEN Y AT WORK: Millenials want more vacation and time for themselves away from the job than young people did 30 years ago, and they also value compensation more, according to a recent study.

After tying the knot, your single filing status goes the way of the little black book. If you wed in 2009 -- even if it was on Dec. 31 -- you were married all year in the eyes of the Internal Revenue Service.

Supply-chain inventories for technology companies in particular are at low levels, so given global demand there's an opportunity for traders and investors, according to Cody Willard. Simon Constable reports.

David Trainer, president of New Constructs Inc., a Nashville-based research firm, says the easy pickings of a momentum-driven market are over, and that investors will need to be much more choosy to make profits in the coming months.

Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, evidence that employers are slowly ramping up hiring as the economy improves.

Credit card companies are expected to implement a variety of creative fees to cushion the impact of a reform bill signed into law last year.

A combination of fiscal deficits and military overstretch suggests that the United States may be the next empire on the precipice.” Yes, America is on the edge.

A net 5% of employers said they expect to hire in the second quarter, a moderate increase compared with -2% in the prior year, but essentially flat from the prior quarter, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released Tuesday.

After his girlfriend’s parents hit tough financial times and received an eviction notice, Jesse invited them to move into his home in the San Francisco Bay Area. That may have been a bad idea.

Hiring in the Boston area is expected to accelerate across several industries over the next few months, according to a survey by Manpower Inc. , the national staffing agency.