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Top Speculative Quotes About the Economy
Are we heading for a boom time? A slow slog? Another recession? A ’90s-Japan-like lost decade? A full-on depression? The experts have weighed in, as they’re apt to do.
The Great American Job Destruction isn’t over quite yet
The long-awaited end of the Great American Job Destruction of 2008 and 2009 did not arrive in December, as some forecasters hoped it might, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported another 85,000-job decline in nonfarm payroll employment this morning. The BLS did revise November’s payroll number, initially estimated at -11,000, up to …
Homeownership: More Nightmare Than Dream?
Buying a home—the wrong home, at the wrong time—can wreak havoc in your life. As many buyers know, you can lose money and drive yourself nuts with stress even when you’re not in the middle of a housing market crash. That’s why in a newly emerging version of the American Dream, a lot of people (men especially) are most content renting.
Boo Berry Is No Substitute for Franken Berry
To save money, create a more simplified shopping experience, and potentially even increase sales, Walgreens, Kroger, Wal-Mart, and other stores are whittling down the options on their shelves. It’s a move that most consumers appreciate, at least in theory: Now they only have to consider 187 varieties of shampoo, rather than 248. But if …
Time to revisit the terrorism futures market?
I’ve already shared Sam Savage’s take on the failure to keep the underpants bomber from getting on that plane to Detroit: that it’s just really really really hard to identify a vanishingly small segment of the population and keep them off airplanes without mistakenly preventing scads of harmless people from boarding. But there are other …
How to Haggle Your Way Out of Credit Card Debt
The first rule is: Never accept the collection agency’s first settlement offer. The second rule is: Don’t accept the second offer either. Are you getting the idea?
Got Tax Questions? There’s a 29% Chance You Won’t Get Answers from the IRS
Average wait time to talk with IRS via its 800 number: 12 minutes. Percentage of callers the IRS actually expects to answer this tax season: 71. And believe it or not, this is a big improvement from 2008, when barely over half (52.8%) of phone calls from taxpayers were answered.
It’s a Deal: Buy One Get One 50% Off Shoes at Sears
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Former NBA 3-Point Specialist Tim Legler
“Who wouldn’t want a bargain?”
Looking into the Crystal Ball and Seeing More and More Credit Card Fees
Some credit card industry observers are asked to predict what’s in store for plastic with the new year and new legislation.
It’s a Deal: JetBlue Flights from $29
Routes all over North America are on sale, generally starting at $29 to $59 each way for shorter flights (Fort Lauderdale to Nassau, Long Beach to Sacramento) and $99 to $119 for cross-country flights (New York to Long Beach, Seattle to Boston). Sale prices are available until January 13. More details here.