AURORA, Ind. — 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 ...

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 ...

Data: National Funeral Directors Association; Chart: Axios Visuals Cremations are now twice as common as burials in the U.S., reversing a norm from two decades ago, according to the National Funeral ...

With an ever-growing list of ways to deal with human remains, it can be hard to know which method is best for the Earth. Most of us try to be responsible global citizens while we’re alive. We sort ...

The costs associated with passing on can vary wildly depending on how someone prefers their death to be handled by loved ones. At the low end, direct cremation (with ashes stored at home or scattered) ...

This green approach avoids the release of smoke from cremation and the leaking of fluids from burying embalmed bodies.

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 ...