Doing the laundry is a chore, especially if you have no idea how to do it properly. A study into basic clothing repair and laundry skills in the US has found that, when compared with previous generations, Gen Y don't know anything about laundry. But why?

In Turkey, popular bank Garanti is causing a stir with its revolutionary banking-on-the-go app iGaranti. As more services go mobile, the future of seamless, social money management seems likely to come in the form of smartphone integration and a consumer driven-approach.

With the UK officially out of the recession, have things improved for young people? Many still can't afford their own home, with a record 25% of those aged 20-34 living with their parents - particularly young men, with one in three still living at home.

Dividend yield, PEG factor, EPS undiluted. Financial terms don’t mean much to the everyday person. Kathryn Cicoletti - who worked in asset management - has created MakinSense Babe, a site that translates finance news and investment advice into language that everyone understands.