Personal Finance

HOUSTON -- Texas supermarket chain Fiesta Mart, Inc. here has joined forces with San Francisco-based Visa USA to launch a Spanish-language financial wellness magazine called "Vías," to empower Hispanic consumers with basic financial education.

BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- More than 6,700 top-notch high school seniors and graduates this week will receive scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $25,000 from the Sam M. Walton Community Scholarship program, a nationwide program funded by the Wal-Mart & Sam's Club Foundation.

Estate planning at its most effective includes more than just divvying up the assets.

New York -- As the rich get richer, they get online, according to The U.S. Affluent Market: The New Luxury Consumer, a new report by market research publisher Packaged Facts, based here.

NEW YORK - Older American consumers are spending proportionately more on food that they consume at home, according to "The U.S. Market for 55+ Consumers," a new report by market research publisher Packaged Facts.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Many U.S. consumers say they are short on cash this holiday season, which could point to a holiday selling period that's moderate at best, according to a new study from ACNielsen, a provider of consumer and marketplace information.

LYNDHURST, Ohio - Seventy-eight-year-old Eugene J. Sukie, a retired glass plant worker/supervisor from Barberton, Ohio, broke a national all-time record for the most pennies collected and cashed in at a Coinstar machine by a single customer, when he brought more than 1 million pennies to a Giant Eagle supermarket here.

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Local shopper Nell Ann Massion won $1 million in the Bashas' Supermarket summer sweepstakes late last week, which would normally be the occasion for a brief photo op in the area press, except for one thing: The Green Valley, Ariz. resident just happens to be an employee of Bashas' arch-rival, Wal-Mart.