Relatively speaking, that is. Hotel rooms near the stadium can be had for under $100, and scalpers say ticket prices should drop to $500 by Super Bowl Sunday.
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J.C. Penney’s Pricing Is Faker Than Ever
Just in time for Valentine’s Day gift-buying season, J.C. Penney is jacking up list prices just so that it can slash them and make the sale price seem more impressive.
Nearly Half of America Lives Paycheck-to-Paycheck
The economic picture is looking brighter these days. The federal government announced Thursday that economic growth had picked up to its fastest pace in two years, while employment growth over the past five months has averaged a healthy 185,000 new jobs. But as evidenced by a report out Thursday from the Corporation for Enterprise …
The Problem With President Obama’s ‘MyRA’ Savings Accounts
Expanding savings opportunities makes sense. But a big issue is whether people have the means to use them.
DVDs, Pizza, Porn: How One Video Store Chain Stays in Business
Last fall, when Blockbuster announced it would close the last of its storefronts, it seemed to officially end the era of the physical video rental model. Family Video, the country’s largest operational video rental chain, is …
Meet Your New Financial Adviser (Hint He’s Your Boss)
Companies are taking on the roll of personal financial adviser to their employees–and it just might work.
5 Ways to ‘Ruin’ Your Retirement Security
As banks scramble to understand the needs of Millennials, one thing remains clear: saving early is this generation’s silver bullet.
Fast Food Chains Are Desperate to Kill the Dollar Menu
Cheap menu items undoubtedly draw in fast food diners. Yet many fast food franchises would like dollar menu deals to disappear anyway.
Red Lobster May Be Cooked: ‘Casual Dining’ Restaurant Category Is Suffering
The ubiquitous sit-down restaurant chains that fill seemingly every strip mall and highway-side are in serious trouble.
The $1 Draft Beer Is Not Extinct
One man set off on the noblest of quests: finding a bar that still sells draft beer for $1. It’s a task could have been doomed to failure a decade ago, let alone right now—in swanky Miami, of all places.
70% Off? A Post-New Year’s Black Friday Is Here
After a mostly lackluster holiday season for retailers, the time has arrived for stores to get serious about unloading the goods they failed to sell weeks ago.