Tickets on AirTran are on sale for flights all over the country, starting at $49 each way. The cheapest seats are for departures any day of week other than Friday and Sunday, and flights must be purchased by March 4. More details here.
Doubly Annoying: When a Store Charges Your Credit Card Twice
Here’s one more reason why you really must read your credit card statements: Stores have been known to double-bill, and the only person capable of finding the mistake and getting the extra charge cancelled is you.
Why Is Health Care So Expensive? Let Us Count the Conspirators
I wonder if anybody is talking about health care reform today. If they are, instead of grandstanding and bickering, perhaps it’s worthwhile to take a hard look at the factors leading to more expensive care for everyone, and to make a real effort at bringing those costs down to earth. Because while one of the noble goals to health care …
Time to Worry about China?
I’ve gotten a bit of a reputation around the TIME office in Hong Kong of being something of a China basher. I don’t think that’s fair, since I have absolutely no doubt China will be the next great superpower. But I do have an issue with what I consider blind optimism on the part of many observers about the China growth story. Too …
4 smart things Barack Obama said about job creation
I’ve been pretty critical of a lot of the ideas coming out of Washington about how to encourage job creation, so I thought I’d take a breather and do a more glass-half-full post. As it turns out, I’ve been out in America this week doing some reporting on the topic, speaking with a lot of small-business owners, start-up CEOs and …
Guest Post: Visa at the Olympics–Everywhere, Even if You Don’t Want it to be
Greetings from sometimes beautiful, but often rainy Vancouver! My name is Sean Gregory, and I’m a TIME staff writer on assignment covering the Winter Olympics. Though I’m not as curious about business and economics as the excellent gatekeepers of this blog (I’m a weirdo who tends to get stoked about the Nordic Combined event), …
Eating “Very Well” for Less Than $20 a Week
Here’s how one blogger is doing it.
Become a DIY Master
Want to learn how to frame out a house, hang drywall, install light fixtures, and become an overall do-it-yourself sort of person? Luckily, someone has done some of the work for you, compiling a how-to for free or cheap how-to resources where you can learn the tricks of nearly any trade.
A Bad Credit Score Can Cost You Over $200K
Two friends go about their lives, taking out student loans, buying cars and homes, and taking on a bit of credit card debt. While their expenses are identical, their credit scores—and corresponding monthly payments and interest charges—are not. Over a lifetime, the person with credit rated “fair to poor” can expect to pay over …
It’s a Deal: Buy One, Get One Free at CVS
Through February 28, everyday practical products such as daily vitamins, cotton swabs, trash bags, batteries, toddler wipes, and fabric softener are available on a buy one, get one free basis at CVS. Check out the items on sale (online only) here.
Cheaper Coffins and Happier Hours
In a tough economy, the casket-making business is getting buried, and the restaurant business is trying to get more appetizing.
It’s Alive! The dollar, that is.
The U.S. dollar was supposed to be at the end of its rope. Kicking the bucket. A dying symbol of a dying empire. Well, maybe not. The dollar continues to defy gloom-and-doom predictions. After a swoon last year, the dollar is again enjoying a major rally. The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s value against other major …