In this economy, it seems like everyone is soft saving. But is it a smart idea? A financial expert sets the record straight.

Beth Ann Malow is a professor of neurology and pediatrics at Vanderbilt University. As people in the U.S. prepare to turn their clocks ahead one hour in mid-March, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily ...

Daylight saving time, where clocks are turned one hour ahead, is meant to save energy and capitalize on more sunlight during the day and has been in place for over 100 years. The practice began after the Standard Time Act was passed and went into effect back in March 1918, as the Library of Congress notes.