Whipping out a platitude isn’t just annoying. Using some platitudes also shows you’re lazy–and not just in words but in actions.
The New Way to Pick a Place to Retire
Retirement living is no longer about sunshine, golf, hospitals and low costs. It’s about senior-friendly activities, jobs, transportation and technologies. A new report examines 78 criteria in 359 cities to rank the very best …
Last Gasp for the Stick Shift?
Sales of new manual-transmission cars are up significantly this year, on pace to hit the highest rate of stick shifts sold since 2006. That news must put smiles on the faces of the dwindling breed of drivers who prefer stick …
10 CEOs Trying to Do the Nearly-Impossible
It’s hard to generate much sympathy for people who are making tens of millions of dollars a year. But at least the CEOs we’ve listed here can justify their paychecks by having taken on seemingly impossible challenges.
What Can You Learn from Your Small Business Data?
The term “big data” is all the rage these days, but what does it mean for small businesses?
The World’s Nine Most Interesting Hotel Rooms
Sixty years ago today, the first Holiday Inn opened, and thus began the process of standardizing the hotel experience across the U.S. and the world. While most of us are grateful to find a simple, clean hotel room while on the …
TV Prices Shrink — Yet Average TV Purchase Costs More
The longer technology is around, the cheaper products get for consumers. The price of a 32-inch flat-panel television, for instance, reached an all-time low average of $435 during the second quarter of 2012, down from $546 in the …
Is It Time for Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to Step Aside as CEO?
Mark Zuckerberg may be a visionary, but with Facebook’s stock hitting new lows on a daily basis, it may be time for the company to find new leadership.
Post Office to Default on $5.5 Billion Pre-Retiree Health Payment
Today the U.S. Postal Service will fail to make a $5.5 billion Congressionally mandated payment to cover health care costs for future retirees. At post offices around the country, everything will function normally. Postal trucks …
Why Kids Will Feel the Pinch on Back-to-School Duds
If any good came of the recession it was that individuals refocused their values and that families started discussing debt and what they could and could not truly afford. Psychologists predict it’s just a matter of time before …
Why We Stopped Buying Fast-Food Combo Meals
Bundling is everywhere: Insurance policies, TV and Internet connectivity and cellular service packages are ubiquitous. Yet the granddaddy of bundled purchases, the fast-food combo meal, has fallen out of favor. According to …
How Holiday Inn Changed the Way We Travel
Before Holiday Inn was at every interstate exit in America, it was a pioneer of the franchising phenomenon that now touches every aspect of the consumer world.