I am thrilled, as are many others, that Congress has found a way to actually move forward on an issue. I refer to the apparent progress of the $15-billion job-creation bill.
Unfortunately, as I’ve explained before, I’m pretty sure the legislation won’t have as much of an impact as we’re hoping for. I saw another survey just today that …
The Curious Capitalist family is getting bigger! Michael Schuman, Time‘s Asia correspondent extraordinaire, will be joining the blogging ranks as early as tomorrow (or today for those of you, like Michael, who are reading this from Hong Kong).
Michael has his own Wikipedia entry, which covers a lot of ground but fails to mention what a …
Being treated at an urgent care facility can cost six times less than a visit to a hospital ER. Then again, if you go to a clinic when you really need a hospital, the consequences could be way worse than a fat bill.
The truth is that there are a lot more buyers and a lot fewer homes on the market than you’d expect.
The overwhelming majority of bank customers don’t want overdraft protection. According to one survey, 80% of debit card holders say they’d rather skip on the arrangement, in which banks allow customers to spend more money than their accounts hold, in exchange for a fee of $30 or $35 each time the customer overdraws. The program amounts …
“Pretty please” probably isn’t going to cut it. You want to be polite but firm, knowledgeable but not a know-it-all. And when the time comes, you might have to threaten to close your account—and it’s best if you mean you’d actually do just that.
Besides foreclosures, one of the lasting problems of the financial crisis is the fiscal trouble many states are in. The Journal has a good story today about Neveda’s budget squeeze. And over the weekend, a study from the National Governors Association found that state economies were likely to continue to worsen.
Just one sign of how bad …
Here’s a mini round-up of stories of interest to consumers of the value-conscious persuasion.
It’s hard to justify a trip to the drive-thru first thing in the morning when you don’t have a job. Also, when you’re unemployed, “first thing in the morning” may occur sometime after fast food restaurants have already begun serving lunch.
From 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 23, IHOP is celebrating Free Pancake Day by giving out a free short stack to each customer.
The final step in the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act (or CARD) goes into effect today. That final letter in the acronym is key: Consumers get a lot more disclosure as to rate changes and fee increases (you must be give 45 days notice) and how long it would take you to pay off your balance by making only …
