Today only, when you place an order of at least $3.99 online at Papa John’s, use the coupon code TOYCAR (thanks dealnews) and you’ll get a free medium cheese pizza.
Why You Should Behave Less Like an American and More Like a German
138 Money Tips: Smart Strategies for Dealing with Debt, Using Body Language to Land a Job, Selling (or Buying) Used Stuff, and More
Also, reasons why you’re unable to save, reasons why you should spend, mistakes that everybody should make at least once, and why you’re a sucker if you “lather, rinse, and repeat.”
Is Sarkozy’s Plan to Raise France’s Retirement Age Fair?
French Fighting for the Right to Retire Relatively Young (AP)
The French work force was doing what it does as well as anyone yesterday—going out on strike. Somewhere between one and three million workers (the police and the big union, CGT, disputed the totals) hit the streets to protest the plan by the government of President …
It’s a Deal: Buy One, Get One Free Men’s Sports Coats
When you buy a sports coat on clearance at Men’s Wearhouse, you’ll get a second sports coat of equal or lesser value for free. Clearance sports coats start at just $69.99—meaning that with this promotion, you can get two coats at that price.
3 Fast Food Trends: Cheap Prices and Promos Aimed at Getting You to Spend More
Cooking and eating at home is always cheaper than dining out. So, during a time period when most Americans are trying to live cheaply, fast food chains have gotten particularly creative and aggressive at enticing budget-conscious eaters out of their kitchens and up to cashier.
The world’s poor need jobs, too
I’d like to congratulate the United Nations for finally catching on to what the real world has known about alleviating poverty for decades: Poor people need good jobs. The U.N. Research Institute for Social Development released a report earlier this month called Combating Poverty and Inequality that assessed the progress made by …
Why Blockbuster Couldn’t Avoid Bankruptcy
Blockbuster Was Relying on a Drink Island to Revive Stores
Back in April, months or years after lots of other people, I got the idea that there was no way video chain Blockbuster could avoid bankruptcy. So I went to talk to a few people about how the company got into its sorry situation and what it planned to do to get out. One of the …
Shout Out: ShopSmart Mag’s ‘Supermarket Smarts’
The September 2010 issue has a feature detailing 50 or so tips for saving on groceries, rounded up with the help of bargain-shopping experts and coupon aficionados.
Cheapskate Wisdom About … Foregoing Clothes Shopping
“I have learned is how FANTASTIC I feel when my credit card bill is only $250 instead of $1250!”
It’s a Deal: $10 Off Lee Jeans
Now through September 27, you’ll get a flat $10 off each pair of Lee jeans purchased at the company website. No coupon code necessary. Free shipping for orders of $50 and up.
‘Greed Is Good’ and the 80 Greatest Quotes About Money from ’80s Movies
This week, moviegoers are being reintroduced to Gordon Gekko, the (hated? beloved?) villain of Oliver Stone‘s 1987 film “Wall Street.” In the sequel, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” there are sure to be attempts at topping the brilliant, much-quoted lines of the original. In the trailer, Mr. Gekko (Michael Douglas) says, “Someone …