Death may be one of life’s two certainties — but profits from selling caskets are not. That’s the view of a New York hedge fund that on Thursday announced it was shorting a major casket manufacturer ...

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 31, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eternal Image, Inc. (the "Company") (OTCQB:ETNLD), a public company engaged in the design, manufacturing and marketing of officially licensed ...

A columbarium is like a mausoleum but for cremated remains. A columbarium "niche" (essentially an urn cubby) can range inprice from about $300 to $2,800. The costs associated with passing on can vary ...

You can learn a lot about your options for the afterlife at the annual trade show, which recently ended at McCormick Place.

Trusted Caskets offers a great selection of high-quality caskets handmade from durable wood and metal. These premium funeral products come at affordable prices to fit any customer's funeral budget.

Beth McGinley has no use for burial plots. She wants her friends to sprinkle her ashes somewhere memorable when she dies. “My main motivating factor is the cost of funerals,” said McGinley, 53, of ...

Dear Abby: “An Avid Reader in Woonsocket, R.I.” wrote you about a funeral home that charged $1,200 for a casket when the deceased was to have been cremated: Perhaps you didn’t know that if the ...

At some malls, you can buy a J. Crew sweater and a casket in the same trip. Til We Meet Again, a company specializing in caskets and urns, has outlets in malls in Texas, Louisiana, Indiana, and Kansas ...

A state lawmaker who owns two businesses that manufacture caskets helped kill legislation that would have legalized a new alternative to traditional burial in Indiana. State Rep. Dick Hamm delivered a ...