Schoolwear spending hits new high
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Parents are spending more than ever before on what their children wear at school, according to a survey.
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Costs for elite prep schools are staggering, but parents say they're worth it.
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French consumer spending rises more than expected as clothing sales recover.
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Groups representing most facets of the nation's health care system are lining up in support of a large spending increase for a popular children's insurance program.
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Back-to-school shopping used to be pretty low-tech. You'd get pencils, a notebook with blue-lined paper, some clothes, and maybe a new backpack.
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The amount of money England's secondary schools spend on ICT has risen by a third in a year.
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The increases in the cost of higher education continue to drive up the amount that students and families borrow, according to a new report by the College Board.
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Grade-school math plus time can add up to big bucks in the bank.
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By Robyn Meadows  Manheim Township, Warwick and Conestoga Valley high schools to share $850,000 to boost classroom technology.  If you've always hated the sound of chalk scraping across the board, oh, then this is for you.
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A panel has found that an additional $5.6 billion must be spent on schoolchildren every year to provide a basic education.
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Consumer spending in the US rises by its largest amount in three-and-a-half years in November, figures show.
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The $105.5 billion budget proposal for New York state also included an increase of $526 million in public school spending.
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New facilities and competition for top professors have costs soaring vastly higher than inflation.
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Apparel retailers are hoping their back-to-school fashions will make the grade among style-conscious teens and young adults this fall, but it could be a tough sell, with students and parents keeping a tighter hold on their wallets.
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Spending by Americans shopping online during this year's holiday season rose 24 percent to $8.8 billion, with sharp gains in purchases of clothing and entertainment, Web company VeriSign Inc. said on Thursday.
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Spending by Americans shopping  online during this year's holiday season rose 24 percent from a  year earlier to $8.8 billion, with sharp gains in purchases of  clothing and entertainment, Web company VeriSign Inc. VRSN.O  said on Thursday.
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With a shake-up of student fees set to be introduced, figures reveal how much students are currently paying.