Bartering has become the new currency of economic necessity. March 20, 2009— -- Meg Madison, a mother of three who lives in a suburb outside Indianapolis, can't get much done without her van. She ...

With many businesses struggling under the economic ravages of the pandemic, some are finding relief in bartering – a trade practice that’s been around for millennia but could prove to be a very old ...

More people are trading goods and services instead of spending cash, and it’s growing fast. Rising prices are pushing people to barter to get what they need without extra spending. Local swaps and ...

You’ve cut expenses to the bone. But how do you keep operating when you simply have a lot less cash coming in? For many business owners trying to survive the Covid-19 pandemic, part of the answer is ...

Until about a month ago, Ari Koontz had never traded food with their neighbors in Providence, Rhode Island. But when Koontz decided to leave part of an extra-large batch of chocolate chip cookies on ...

When it comes to travel, many people find their vacation dreams limited by their budgets. For a growing group of business owners, however, the world is their oyster. Brian Beal with Value Card ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Interest among municipal bond investors in California's IOUs is increasing and trading the promissory notes is poised to start, a spokesman for an online marketplace creating ...

Russia will swap chickpeas for Pakistani mandarin oranges under a new barter system launched in response to payment woes caused by international sanctions in place over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

I'm getting ready to liquidate some vintage tech stuff, so I'm refreshing some stuff I haven't visited in a while. I am aware of Beerology going dark and checked my Heatware profile. I'm wondering if ...

Here's how barter works: an optometrist who belongs to a local barter exchange writes a $700 barter check to his mechanic for auto repairs. Because the mechanic, also a member of the exchange, does ...

A tray of eggplant parm set out on front steps, swooped up by a man in a mask. A bag of lemons and herbs draped over a decorative stone bulldog. Bottles of beer left on a porch, and fresh-smoked ...