GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In about a year's time, one man with a paperclip shaped like a dog bone was able to trade his way into a new truck, and a new business venture. To pull all the dramatics out of ...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A 6-year-old boy in Milwaukee is on a mission to help out his family in one of the most unique and imaginative ways possible. Starting with a paperclip, Jackson Promo is trying to ...

Kyle MacDonald is on the verge of successfully completing a project that on its surface sounds nothing less than absurd: Trading--with the help of a blog--a single red paper clip for a house. Since ...

Got something interesting to barter with? The blogger who achieved fame and a house by trading up from a single paper clip wants to hear from you. Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, where ...