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More Americans Planning to Spend Money on Halloween — And Pet Costumes — This Year
Halloween spending has been one of the few spending categories to quickly bounce back from the recession. And this year, the wild spending gets even scarier.
How Bad Is America’s Pension Funding Problem?
Unfunded liabilities in pension funds are just as onerous as other kinds of debt. Such liabilities now total more than $2.5 trillion and are growing at a rapid pace.
Clinton Global Initiative: Can Companies Be Good and Do Well?
When it comes to determining the best approaches to solving the world’s economic and social ills, rational people can, and do, disagree. But there’s one point on which something approaching unanimity has emerged: That private …
Questions That Could Inspire Innovation
The Next Big Thing could be just a thought away, but arriving at that insight requires you to see your business in a new light.
Get Feedback, Even If You’re the Boss
The higher up in the organization you get, the less likely you are to receive constructive feedback on your ideas, performance, or strategy. But you need input from others to get better.
Will Banning or Taxing Soda Really Make Us Healthier?
The taste of soda may be sweet, but the potential consequences of those empty calories — obesity, diabetes, higher mortality, and skyrocketing health care costs — are not. In response, many states and cities in recent years …
More Evidence That We’re Getting Hammered With Bank Fees
It’s hard to tell which is piling up faster — the fees bank customers have to pay these days or the research showing just how pervasive these fees are.
Bankrate.com just issued a new survey of checking account fees. (Spoiler …
What Happens When We Reach ‘Peak Car’?
Despite several strong months of new-car sales in a row, the average American is driving less and less each year. Drivers have been hitting the road less for years in countries such as France, Spain, Belgium, Australia, New …
Double Trouble: When Debt Collectors and D.A.s Team Up
Getting a letter on your city or county prosecutor’s letterhead, noting that you owe money and threatening you with jail time, is a scary prospect. Unfortunately, some 500 municipalities are allowing debt collectors to use such …
Apple: One Year After Steve Jobs’ Death, iPhone Sales Disappoint Wall Street
It’s time to look again to the future. But the fundamental question is: What if Jobs already introduced all of Apple’s breakthrough products?
Out of Time? Give Some Away
It’s counterintuitive but true: Spending time helping others leaves you feeling as if you have more time, not less. Research shows that giving to others can make you feel more “time affluent” and less time-constrained than if you choose to waste your extra time or spend it on yourself.