Personal Finance

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Tom Coughlin, the former Wal-Mart executive who was sentenced to home detention in a fraud case, must be sentenced again, an appeals court ruled yesterday.

CINCINNATI -- The Kroger Co. here is displaying information in more than 2,200 stores chainwide about pet health insurance services from PetFirst Healthcare LLC, as part of a deal between the retailer and the two-year-old Jeffersonville, Ind.-based company.

CINCINNATI -- The Kroger Co. here is displaying information in more than 2,200 stores chainwide about pet health insurance services from PetFirst Healthcare LLC, as part of a deal between the retailer and the two-year-old Jeffersonville, Ind.-based company.

NEWTON, Mass. -- Upromise, Inc. said yesterday that it has reached a record 8 million members, and has unveiled a redesigned Web site that will help consumers of any age achieve the goal of higher education for themselves, a family member, or a close friend.

NEWTON, Mass. -- Upromise, Inc. said yesterday that it has reached a record 8 million members, and has unveiled a redesigned Web site that will help consumers of any age achieve the goal of higher education for themselves, a family member, or a close friend.

WASHINGTON -- A new series of advertisements launching this week to draw more attention to "interchange" fees will ask Americans if they ever wonder who pays for all the credit card junk mail they receive. Merchants Payments Coalition, a group of merchant trade associations seeking a more competitive and transparent credit card fee system, said it placed the ads.

CINCINNATI - The Kroger Co. here plans to start selling more financial products at its supermarkets later this year, according to c.e.o. David Dillon, who spoke at the chain's annual meeting yesterday.

CINCINNATI-- Rich Manka, v.p./pension investment officer for The Kroger Co. here, has been tapped by President George W. Bush to serve on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) advisory committee.