The latest sale from Southwest Airlines offers discounted one-way fares starting at $49 on routes like Baltimore to Cleveland and Phoenix to Burbank, and $109 on routes such as Denver to Tampa Bay, Hartford to San Diego, and Los Angeles to Long Island. Tickets must be purchased by September 30, and travel is valid from October 12 to …
Drink Up! Free Coffee & Free Beer Today
The stars have aligned for thirsty cheapskates everywhere.
Marrying for Love? How About Not Marrying Because of the Economy
According to recently released Census data, the percentage of young adults (ages 25 to 34) who have never married has been on a steady rise over the past decade, from 34.5% in 2000 to 43.9% in 2008. In 2009, with the full onset of the recession—and apparently, with widespread feelings that getting married was a bad idea amid an …
Is the world in a trade war?
Protectionism has been the worst nightmare of policymakers since the earliest days of the financial crisis. It has become an article of faith among economists that protectionist policies during the 1930s exacerbated the Great Depression, and everyone knows full well that adopting similar practices today would have the same disastrous …
Broadband: The Exception to the Rule that Technology Gets Cheaper the Longer It’s Around
Call it the early adopter penalty: New technology is introduced at high prices, which drop rapidly as the goods spread from an exclusive to mass audience, become cheaper to produce, and eventually go completely mainstream. This price drop has reliably occurred to everything from portable DVD players to hi-def TVs, from iPods to iPhones …
Cheapskate Wisdom About … What to Do When a Credit Card Issuer Screws You Over
“I’ll pay off the balance on my credit card and move on.”
Recession-Era Words and Phrases: Are You a ‘Nevertiree’? Or Are You Among the ‘Accidentally Retired’?
The economic crisis has brought about a “new normal,” in which Americans are adjusting their expectations concerning work, investing, spending, and one’s “lifestyle.” The recession has also brought with it new words and phrases, like “new normal.”
It’s a Deal: Free Ice Cream at Cold Stone Creamery
On Thursday, September 30, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Cold Stone Creamery locations are hosting the World’s Largest Ice Cream Social, when all customers get a free 3 oz. serving of Kate’s Creation: caramel apple ice cream with chocolate shavings, graham cracker pie crust, and apple pie filling.
Are old wounds Asia’s fatal flaw?
Asia’s march to greatness sometimes has an inevitable quality about it. The center of economic gravity is relentlessly shifting from West to East. China will overtake the U.S. as the world’s No.1 economy. India won’t be far behind. We’ve heard these types of predictions so many times that we’ve come to accept them as undeniable …
Trick or Treat? Either Way, You’re Gonna Spend an Extra $10 on Halloween This Year
A new survey asked American consumers how much they plan on spending this Halloween. I wonder about this kind of anticipatory survey. Do people really plan on spending a set amount for a holiday like Halloween? Do people answer honestly? Do people even know enough about themselves and the marketplace to have a chance at answering …
Can Mergers Lift The Markets?
The air is rife with merger news. Southwest Airlines is bidding for Air Tran, Walmart is planning to buy Massmart Holdings of South Africa and Unilever just sealed a deal to acquire Alberto Culver at a 19% premium to Friday’s closing price. It almost feels like the Go-Go Eighties, with the Wall Street Journal struggling to squeeze all …
Report: Nearly 1/3 of Americans ‘Highly Unlikely’ to Qualify for a Mortgage
Roughly 30% of American consumers have credit scores that are so bad they wouldn’t be able to get a mortgage today, even if they managed to scrounge together a down payment of 20%.