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Helping the Economy by Stopping Mortgage Payments?!?
Sell Your Kid’s Halloween Candy
It’s not nearly as bad as it sounds. Actually, it’s quite good—for your family, and for our troops overseas.
150 Tips: How to Repurpose Paper Towel Rolls, Where You Can Get Free Land, Why Candy Is Good for You, and More
Here’s the weekly roundup of eye-opening, headache-erasing, money-saving tips—some wacky, some creative, and some that might even prove to be helpful and practical.
It’s a Deal: 50% off Halloween Costumes at Kmart
Still in need of a costume? Here’s an upside to procrastination: Kmart has marked down prices on all Halloween costumes, with many available for 50% off. If store-bought costumes aren’t appealing, check out these cheap and easy ideas from previous posts:
People of the Great Recession: What It’s Really Like to Be a 99er, or a Strategic Defaulter
They’re the two most-talked-about recession-era creatures: the unemployed American who has maxed out on 99 weeks of unemployment benefits, and the homeowner who can afford his mortgage but walks away from it anyway because the home no longer seems like a good investment. So what’s it really like to be one of these prototypical Great …
GDP + Elections Produce an Anxious Stock Market
Investors, from big pension funds to IRA and 401K owners, look confused, which tells me that it’s either data (and data extrapolation) overload or we may be at an inflection point in the stock market.
Redbox to Rent Movies on the Web Next Year
After rapidly expanding its $1-per-day DVD rental kiosk operation, Redbox now has roughly 29,000 movie vending machines around the country—and not that many more good possible places for installing more. So the company plans on offering digital rentals soon, entering into even more direct competition with the mail-streaming movie …
India vs China: Which is the best role model for the developing world?
China is the Michael Jordan of emerging markets (Wilson Chu/REUTERS)
China is the Michael Jordan of emerging economies. Just as every up-and-coming basketball hopeful wanted to “be like Mike,” every up-and-coming poor nation wants to “be like China.” And why not? China has boasted an incredible record of alleviating poverty, …
The Wiki Consumer Watchdog
Guess who is going to help the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau do its job? You, the average consumer, that’s who.
It’s a Deal: 50% Off Everything at Jos. A. Bank
See? Half-off deals really are easy to come by. Through Thursday, October 28, everything at Jos. A. Bank, including men’s suits, dress shirts, ties, sweaters, and casual wear, is discounted by 50% off the retail price.
The New Normal: 50% Off
If you’re paying more than half off the retail price, you’re paying too much. And if you’re paying actual retail? Well, then you’re spending waaaaaaaay too much.