Prudential Financial Incorporated

Other life insurers would probably join MetLife in turning down federal bailout funds, and only the most stressed companies will take the money if it's offered, analysts are predicting. MetLife, citing its strong balance sheet and previous efforts to...

Back To School Splash - July 30-31, 2005 The 2005 Back to School Splash was a free, family fun time at The Falls on July 30 & 31! Kids spun the wheel for back to school supplies, made crowns, watched the Miami Seaquarium Splash Attack and Hip Hop Kidz on...

Patricia and Pat Guadagno were terrified about the prospect of his ailing father going home. The 86-year-old widower had spent weeks in a hospital rehabilitation unit after breaking his hip in a fall. Mostly confined to a wheelchair, he seemed weak and...

You can put almost any task on autopilot: making the morning coffee, driving on a stretch of highway and paying bills. Automatic investing also could become commonplace, especially for twentysomethings. A study last month by Prudential Financial Inc., a...

Here's a sampling of what some employers provide in elder-care benefits: -- Consumer products-maker Unilever USA provides a "concierge" service that one employee used to arrange the repair of a parent's storm-damaged house in another state. -- McGraw-...

The Hartford received preliminary approval Thursday for a $3.4 billion federal loan under the emergency bailout program, a deal that would give the insurer breathing room and could ease the company's need to raise money by selling businesses. Other major...

Financial markets rebounded today from morning losses in the wake of a heightened terrorist alert that left many of the nation's most prominent financial institutions — including the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan and the International...

Discount stock trading pioneer Charles R. Schwab has long supported the idea of diverting a share of Social Security taxes into private investment accounts. Schwab endorsed a book on the subject in 1999. His San Francisco-based company is helping to fund...

Financial markets rebounded today from morning losses in the wake of a heightened terrorist alert that left many of the nation's most prominent financial institutions -- including the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan and the International Monetary...