At this point, most economists agree that the best way to save the economic recovery is to get moving on jobs. The question is how to do that. After months of dithering, it looks like we may be getting an answer from a down-trodden President Obama. His administration is coming out with a jobs plan next month. And today, the White House …
Wall Street Unfazed by Hurricane Irene
Sure, Hurricane Irene wasn’t the raging monster that forecasters and the media had warned about, but it still left billions of dollars in damage in its wake. Investors, however, have largely shrugged off the storm.
How to Mend Your Home After Hurricane Irene
I have never been happier to live on the fifth floor of an apartment building than over the past weekend, as I watched Hurricane Irene pound single-family homes in the New York metro area. (I have one relative who was rescued …
Success at the Post Office: Fewer Workers Are Paid to Do Nothing
The U.S. Postal Service, which is expected to lose $9 billion in 2011 and may have to close 10% of post offices and resort to five-day-a-week mail delivery, has figured out at least one way to cut costs. By more carefully …
Gas Prices Aren’t Dropping Like the Experts Predicted
Three weeks ago, with crude oil prices plummeting and the stock market in turmoil due to the U.S. debt downgrade, experts foresaw a steady decline in gas prices for consumers. Indeed, prices dipped for a while, but now, after the …
How to Know When the Stock Market’s Hit Bottom
These four indicators, often overlooked, will help you decide when it’s smart to start buying stocks again.
Credit Card APRs Nearing Record Highs
Listen up, cardholders: Make the most of teaser rates while they last. Credit card issuers are aggressively courting new customers with zero percent introductory APRs and balance transfer rates equally as low, but standard APRs …
3 Electric Cars You Can Buy Soon (And 3 That’ll Blow Your Mind)
For American drivers interested in electric vehicles, the options have been limited. The only true EV currently sold in the marketplace is the Nissan Leaf, and until recently it’s only been available in a handful of states. The …
Bernanke to Investors: Don’t Hold Your Breath for QE3
The message out of Ben Bernanke’s Jackson Hole speech: Nothing to see here. Time to move on.
The markets had been clamoring for another round of quantitative easing to give stocks a lift. But Fed chair Bernanke didn’t discuss it, or any of the other blunt tools the central bank has on offer. The Fed “will continue to assess the …
New Tool Uses Webcams to ‘Read’ Credit Cards
There’s been a lot of buzz lately about mobile payments technologies like Square, a little white box that plugs into an iPhone and essentially turns it into a credit card processing tool. Small business owners and entrepreneurs …
How Consumers Fool Themselves Into Thinking They’ve Made Good Purchases
If you think you make purchases because you logically and objectively evaluate the options at hand, then decide based strictly on your personal preferences and individual sense of value, think again. Here are four examples of how …
Confessions of an Accidental Entrepreneur
Elizabeth Grace Saunders is the founder and CEO of Real Life E, a time coaching and training company that empowers individuals who feel overwhelmed and frustrated to feel confident and accomplished through an exclusive Schedule …