If you take advantage of your local library’s e-book lending services, or make use of your cable company’s “TV Everywhere” …
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Best Library Freebie Ever? Loaner iPads Available
Think your local public library is hot stuff because it’s loaded with DVDs, e-books, and audio books? Some libraries not only loan out these items—oh yeah, regular old print books, too—but laptops, digital cameras, MP3 …
Netflix Customers Outraged as DVD-Streaming Movie Combo Gets 60% More Expensive
Et tu, Netflix? Besides offering a great product with enormous selection, Netflix has gained legions of loyal customers over the years because of the perception this company was different. It was fair. It didn’t nickel and dime customers with late fees or hidden charges. It addressed problems quickly when customers complained. It wasn’t …
Ten Signs of a Still-Troubled Economy
Falling birth rates! Record numbers enrolled in anti-poverty programs! A spike in murder-suicides! Homeowners taking on remodeling projects! (OK, that last exclamation point wasn’t justified, but I was on a roll.) And more.
Why Your Local Public Library Is More Popular Than Ever
As the economy tanks, library use surges. Makes sense, right? The library is a magnet for the unemployed: Last year, 30 million peopled used the library to help in the quest for a job. Many unemployed have no Internet access at home, and so the library is the only place they can search online for employment. Tons of libraries also career …
114 Money-Saving Strategies, Tips, Resources, and Unconventional Ideas
Take a look at insights that’ll help you negotiate, shop smarter, and get the most out of your local library, along with lists of stuff that’s overrated, stuff that’s cheaper than you thought, and stuff that you can always get for less than the retail price.
What You Wind Up Spending to Snag Free Wi-Fi: About $5
Starbucks made customers happy with its recent announcement giving everybody free Wi-Fi. But, as many a Starbucks patron knows, it’s highly unusual to enter one of its coffee shops without spending some money.
Harvard Free for All: Course Notes Free for Anybody, Anywhere
“I’m a big believer that educational resources should be free, or as free as possible, and in a sense I would like to do it not only at Harvard but at every top institution in the world.”
Reading Your Way Through (and Perhaps Out of) Tough Financial Times
Who doesn’t love a good page-turner about economic meltdowns?
In the Market for a Cookbook? Save Your Money
It’d be nice to have a personal library next to the stove that’s loaded with recipes and cooking advice. But here are three sensible reasons why you shouldn’t buy cookbooks.
Lessons on How to Save, from China
Why are Chinese households so much better at saving money than their American counterparts?
Are Redbox DVD Prices Increasing to $2 a Night?
The ubiquitous DVD kiosk company, which made its name by offering movie rentals for just $1 a night, has been testing higher prices in about two dozen markets around the country.
