How’s this for a justification to spend absolutely no money on toys this holiday season?
Flash Fashion 101: How to Make the Most of Gilt, Rue La La and Other Sale Sites
It’s not surprising that fashion deal sites like Gilt Groupe, Rue La La and Ideeli, which often offer designer merchandise discounted up to 80%, have garnered more than 5 million members in just a few short years. As these …
Now We’re Supposed to Have Two Christmas Trees?
A multiple Christmas tree trend is being pushed by (you guessed it) the folks in the business of selling Christmas trees.
Will ‘Balance Transfer Day’ Get Americans to Ditch Their High-APR Credit Cards?
A new month, a new Facebook-led protest against big banks. Protesters have declared December 11 “Balance Transfer Day” in an effort to get Americans to ditch their high-interest credit cards for cards with lower rates or zero …
Amazon Flurry Deals: A Week’s Worth of One-Day-Only Holiday Discounts
You have to hand it to Amazon: The e-retail giant knows how to drag out a shopping season. Its Black Friday promotions didn’t start a mere day, or even a week early, but 24 days before the Friday after Thanksgiving. While most …
Holiday Discounts on Real Estate: Homes with Million Dollar Discounts
Holiday season sales aren’t solely the province of electronics, sweaters and $2 toasters. Some of the biggest discounts out there are on a surprising sector of goods: luxury homes. Some of the priciest homes on the market are …
Occupy San Francisco Starts Its Own Credit Union
Occupy protesters as financiers? It’s strange but true: Some Occupy San Francisco members announced plans to create the People’s Reserve Credit Union. Are the occupiers ready to be bankers?
Watch Out Amazon: Google Looking to Venture into Delivery Services
After watching Amazon corner the online retail market, Google is in talks with merchants to begin a delivery service that would allow users to order items online from local stores and receive them within a day. But does it make …
U.S. Unemployment Falls to 8.6%: Amazing News, But Is It a Game Changer?
Just when we were expecting the economy to go boom it went zoom. The unemployment rate in November dropped faster than it has in more than 11 years.
Gift Registry for Everyone? Why Surprise Presents Are a Bad Idea
Say your mom, or best friend, or spouse has made it perfectly clear what they’d like in a holiday gift. Better think twice before going off the script and buying something else you have a gut feeling they’ll just love. Studies …
American Unemployment Falls to 8.6%: Amazing News, But Is It a Game Changer?
Just when we were expecting the economy to go boom it went zoom.
The unemployment rate in November dropped faster than it has in more than 11 years. You have to go back to September 2000 to get a quicker decline. What’s more, …
Foreclosure Timeline Lengthens to Record 21 Months
Increasingly in some states, foreclosure is like a Roach Motel: Houses come in, but they don’t get out. This has led to an egregious statistic in the new issue of Mortgage Monitor, a report from data-tracker LPS Applied …