Filed under: People , Lifestyle In the late 1980′s, the Great Recession was far in the future, Gordon Gekko was in theaters, and Wall Street’s movers and shakers were some of America’s greatest heroes. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, the Soviet Union was a grim, cold wasteland filled with long lines and cabbage-based cuisine. Everybody wanted to be in finance and nobody wanted to be in Moscow.

Filed under: Technology , Sprint Nextel Corp , AT&T , Verizon , Deutsche Telekom , Consumer Ally If the “Big Four” telcos — AT&T ( T ), Verizon ( VZ ), T-Mobile ( DT ) and Sprint ( S ) — are to be believed, soaring cell phone bills could be in our future — if their requests aren’t met. According to The New York Times , cell phone providers are using this fear tactic to lobby for greater slices of the radio spectrum (a bundle of radio frequencies controlled by the federal government). Bandwidth on wireless networks is increasingly strained

Filed under: Retirement As the Huffington Post reported last week , AARP is planning a “salon style” invitation-only gathering in Washington later this month. In this DailyFinance exclusive, two retirement experts propose dramatically different solutions to the Social Security crisis. Below, Chuck Saletta weighs in

Filed under: Investing , Media Internet radio has never been as popular as it is right now. Between the booming popularity of smartphone apps and cars that allow smartphone owners to stream Web-served radio through Bluetooth wireless connections, terrestrial radio and perhaps even satellite radio have good reasons to fear their future.

Filed under: Energy , Autos , BP If you own a gas guzzler, here’s a public service announcement for you: Sell it soon. According to global oil giant BP, you’ve got maybe 18 years left before that vehicle is obsolete — and probably a lot less than that.