Gas prices, once all but guaranteed to hit record highs this summer, are now forecast to keep retreating well into autumn. At the current pace, by Thanksgiving if not sooner the national average should dip under $3 per …
Renouncing Your Citizenship to Stick It to the Tax Man? Not as Easy as it Looks
To hear some tell it, we’ve got the beginning of an Ayn-Randian capitalist strike on our hands – at least amongst American expatriates fed up with writing checks to the IRS despite living abroad. Indeed, as tax attorney Jim …
For Netflix Users, “Catch-Up” TV Viewing Has a Catch
For the last two weeks, I’ve been what Netflix likes to describe as a binge viewer, watching two, sometimes three episodes a night of the acclaimed AMC adult drama Breaking Bad.
But now that I’m completely hooked, I’ve …
Don’t Let a Slow Website Drive Away Customers
A website is the public face of your business, and it’s also your best marketing tool, so you need to get it right.
Is a Quick-Service Pizza Joint Really the Most Satisfying Chain Restaurant Experience?
American consumers are apparently very satisfied with national pizza chains. The highest score in a new customer satisfaction survey was awarded to Papa John’s, while one of its low-cost pizza rivals, Little Caesar, also had one …
How Celebrity Endorsements Can Backfire
Celebrities obviously bring attention to the products they endorse. That’s why manufacturers, retailers, and brands are willing to drop millions to get celebs as spokespeople. Yet a new study shows that sometimes, the celebrity …
Do “Dark Pools” Threaten the Health of America’s Financial Markets?
NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX Group – the corporate parents of the America’s biggest stock exchanges – headed to Capitol Hill this week to lobby regulators about a nefarious-sounding phenomenon spreading across Wall Street …
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Moody’s Downgrades — Should We Care?
You’d be forgiven for asking who cares about Moody’s downgrading yesterday of 15 of the world’s biggest banks, including giants like Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase …
How Smart Phones Are Changing the Way We Bank, Drive, Have Sex and Go to the Bathroom
“Smartphonatics” are changing the way we bank and play. And while smart phones are making a lot of things easier, in many contexts they are the source of gross distraction and rude behavior
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Money Talking: Is the Supreme Court Pro-Business?
Are CEOs who throw their underlings under the bus typical? Is the Supreme Court really pro-business? New York Times columnist Joe Nocera and I take a look at these questions and more on the latest installment of WNYC’s new radio show, “Money Talking,” which you can hear by clicking on the play button below.
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Set Prices That Benefit Everyone
Pricing shouldn’t be used to extract the maximum value from every transaction. Customers can feel the squeeze from these practices and may even lash out. Instead, create shared value with customers by using the following pricing principles:
Why Planets Collide When We Talk About Money
When it comes to money, men really are from Mars and women from Venus, according to an expert panel at the Council for Economic Education. The one thing they have in common: Neither is particularly astute when it comes to managing their finances.