If someone asked you to accept a U.S $1 million dollar bill you'd no doubt realize the bill has to be a fake, since such large-denomination currency doesn't exist in the US. Yet, surprisingly, there has been instances of people actually trying to use these bills when making purchases. One example is of a man who, one Saturday in 2006, tried passing the bill at a grocery store in Pittsburgh....

Americans use a variety of methods to pay their utility bills. A third of U.S. residents (36%) prefer to pay their receipts online. And the number of bills paid online increases in the 18-34 age group and in upper-middle-income households. Bill payments are one of the main areas of consumer payments, reflecting the payment preferences of consumers. Although online payments do not completely...

Foreigners can buy property in Canada with no restrictions, and they can use government mortgages with 4-5% interest rates. They can even rent or sell the property out of Canada by signing a power of attorney to their agent. What are the other features of owning property in Canada? What are the taxes and fees associated with owning property? What are the living costs and peculiarities of the...