Print out this coupon (thanks Fat Wallet) for an easy $5 off any purchase of $20 or more at CVS. Valid through January 16.
Has the invention of TIPS made hyperinflation less of a threat?
The WSJ reports that the Treasury Department is making its biggest offering of inflation linked bonds in five years today:
In a bid to meet the demands of big creditors such as China and Japan and keep its funding costs low, the Treasury will kickstart this year’s offerings of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities by selling $10
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How to Break Your Cell-Phone, Gym, Apartment, or Car Lease Contract
All of them are actually leases, and you’ll endure more than your fair share of headaches by trying to break any such contract.
The (missing) road work/jobs connection
I’ve read through that headline-grabbing AP report on the impact of stimulus-funded road and bridge spending on employment about five times, and I’m still not entirely clear what the AP’s reporters discovered. But I think it’s this: That there was no correlation between the movement of county unemployment rates and the presence or …
Porno for Student Loan Payments
A survey in the UK says that 60% of university students would star in a porn film to help pay off student loans.
Strategic Mortgage Default: The Irresponsible, Amoral, But Best Strategy?
If you voluntarily walk away your mortgage because you owe more than the home is worth, are you a bad person? Should you even care?
Weekend video: Just add Tang
This was linked to in the comments Friday, and it made me laugh:
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Why government search engines can’t handle misspellings
In my post Thursday on the failure to connect the dots pointing to the underpants bomber (can dots point?), I declared without offering any evidence that:
Any halfway affluent individual can assemble a better set of communication devices and networks on her own than she’d ever get from the IT department of a large corporation (or large
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What’s More Annoying: Charity Solicitations at the Cash Register or at Your Doorstep?
People should feel good about giving to charity. Then why is it you’re left with a bad taste in your mouth after being guilted into giving by store clerks and door-to-door solicitors?
How to Get that ‘Jersey Shore’ Look—for Cheap
Style tips from the Guido, errr Garden State: Amazingly, it doesn’t cost a fortune to look like the stars of MTV’s new “reality” show Snookie, JWOWW, and the Situation.
It’s a Deal: $4.99 All-You-Can-Eat Pancakes at IHOP
For a limited time, all-you-can-eat pancakes are available at IHOP restaurants starting at $4.99. More details here.
Can You Hear the Money Disappearing?
A report shows there’s a correlation between hearing loss and income loss. When the ears go, the result is that household income dips by up to $12,000 a year.