During a one-day sale from JetBlue, flights are available starting at $29 (Las Vegas to Burbank or Long Beach), $39 (Boston-Baltimore), $44 (Washington, D.C., to New York City-JFK), $49 (Buffalo-Boston, Sacramento-Long Beach, Burlington-New York), $59 (Richmond-Boston), $89 (Hartford-Orlando), and $109 (Orlando-Austin, Bermuda-New York). …
Congratulations, College Graduates! But Did You Just Waste Your Money, and Four Years of Your Lives?
There seems to be no stopping the argument that college is overpriced, overvalued, and not particularly good at preparing students for their lives after being kicked out of the dorms. Upon hearing some of the factoids gathered by …
81 Money Tips: Memorial Day Sales, Budget BBQ Advice, Garage Sale Pointers, and More
Also in this week’s link roundup, what you can still buy for just $1, and why fast food “value meals”—which cost way more than $1—aren’t really good values.
Is the U.S. Economy Worse Off than Europe’s?
The U.S. economy is still only muddling through, according to revised GDP numbers out by the Commerce Department. That’s bad news. But more disturbing is the accompanying dollar slump against the euro, and what it says about perceptions of our economy versus Europe’s.
The Commerce Department’s revised report on first quarter GDP …
It’s a Deal: Bring In Used Clothes and Get 30% Off at Gap
This weekend wraps up a Gap promotion in which customers who bring in a clothing donation will receive 30% off their in-store purchase. The promotion is valid through Sunday, May 29, and donated clothes collected at Gap stores will be sent to Goodwill.
Patriotic Consumer’s Dilemma: Hard to Afford, Or Even Find Truly American-Made Products
It takes a certain breed of patriotism to be willing to pay six times more for a product simply because it’s manufactured in the U.S.A., especially in today’s hard-times economy. But even if you are willing to pay a hefty premium …
G8: Why Trade Fell Off the Global Agenda
So far, the G8 is all about getting a Marshall plan for the Arab world, a little juice for Japan, and a dose of sanity for Europe. But what ever happened to that global deal on trade?
It’s not like boosting trade isn’t on everyone’s minds. In a letter to the G8, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Treasury Secretary Tim …
Did Lobbying Cause the Financial Crisis?
The HBO docu-drama Too Big To Fail and the book by Adam Ross Sorkin by the same title are billed as the defining history of the financial crisis. But it may be time to rewrite history again.
Recently, there has been some griping about financial lobbying because it seems the big banks are attempting to roll back every regulatory change …
Which Would You Prefer: $1 Million or a Hot Body?
Talk about a million-dollar body: In a new poll, nearly one-quarter (22%) of Americans say they would rather have their dream body for the rest of their lives than win $1 million in the lottery.
It’s a Deal: Free Ice Cream This Saturday at Walmart
On Saturday, May 28, Walmart is hosting an ice cream social, in which participating stores are dishing out free samples of Edy’s ice cream with toppings to all customers.
Is the euro zone headed for an Arab Spring?
The title of this post may make some of you suspect that I’m smoking something. How can I think genteel Europe could see public upheaval massive enough to overthrow long-entrenched, democratic regimes, in the way Arab countries have witnessed popular movements upset the political order? Well, maybe the Europeans aren’t ready to storm …
The Tightwad’s Tablet: Finally, a Decent (and Cheaper!) Alternative to the iPad
Apple all but owns the tablet market: More than 80% of the tablets sold are iPads. Will it finally face some legit competition this summer?
