I don’t know if it’s simply great story-telling, great story selection, Charles Osgood’s soothing voice, or what, but every week I find myself drawn into every quirky little segment shown on Sunday Morning, the 90-minute program that airs on CBS on (duh) Sunday morning. The show somehow covers topics ranging from male escorts to modern …
Warren Buffett is old. He can’t keep up with the times. He’s famously cheap, and wears dorky grandpa glasses and bad suits. Even his seemingly cool nickname, “The Oracle of Omaha,” sort of sounds like a hokey phrase coined in the Roaring ’20s, or perhaps in ancient Greece. But as he’s proved time and again—like last year, when net …
As the Move Your Money movement preaches, there’s good reason for shifting your savings and checking accounts to local banks and credit unions. There’s just as much reason to change the kind of plastic you use.
You “win” when stores OK your debit card purchases even though there’s not enough money in your account to cover the bill. And as a post-game bonus, you get a trophy filled with overdraft fees.
User reviews on sites like Yelp, CitySearch, and Amazon have changed the way consumers decide what to buy, what to read, where to eat, where to get their hair done, and so on. Before trying a place or product out, you can read about the experiences of dozens, sometimes hundreds of other consumers. While the information doesn’t always …
Paying more upfront can be a long-term money saver.
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.
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 …
Here’s how one blogger is doing it.
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.
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 …
In a tough economy, the casket-making business is getting buried, and the restaurant business is trying to get more appetizing.