“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.”
It’s a Deal: JetBlue Flights from $43
A sale from JetBlue Airways offers discounted flights this fall, with one-way prices such as $43 (between New York-JFK and Pittsburgh), $49 (Richmond-Boston, Nantucket-JFK), $52 (Las Vegas-Long Beach), $119 (Boston-Cancun, JFK-Kingston), and $123 (Austin-San Francisco). Tickets must be booked by July 27, and travel is generally valid …
City and State Budget Solutions: Give Away Land? Give Away Free Flights?
To plug budget gaps, local authorities are opting for what seems like a counterproductive route: They’re giving stuff away. Some of the freebies are supposed to entice newcomers who will be sources of tax revenues to move in, while other freebies would entire “undesirables” to leave and never come back.
Tough Call: If You Never Use a Landline, Why Do You Still Pay for It?
One in seven households still pay for landlines despite the fact that nearly all of the calls made or received are handled via cell phone. What’s holding them back from ditching the landline for good?
Quick Tip: With Strategy and Good Timing, Your Car Is Almost Free
For many cars, there’s a sweet spot that occurs after a brand-new car depreciates in value and before major service expenses are likely. During this period—between roughly two and five years of age—cars don’t depreciate all that much. The result is that, with good timing, you can buy a car, drive it for a few years, and then sell it …
Shout Out: ‘How I Learned to Love Postal Rate Increases’
OK, so this guy may qualify as an Illogical Rationalizer, the type of consumer who spends money with the sometimes-dubious rationale that it’ll save him money in the long run. But you gotta love a guy who has the stones to try to beat the system by impulsively purchasing $820 in postage stamps.
Has the Wall Street Pay Czar Paid Off?
Time to say Goodbye to the Pay Czar
Nearly a year and a half ago, Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to overseeing the pay of Wall Street executives and top officials of other companies that had to be bailed out in the financial crisis. Today is most likely his final day on the job of any consequence.
This morning Feinberg released the …
It’s a Deal: Up to 60% Off at Timberland
During Timberland’s Summer Sale, select shoes, boots, clothing, and accessories for men, women, and kids are being discounted by up to 60% off original retail prices. Free shipping for orders over $100.
Bound to Buy: The 10 Types of Consumers Who Inevitably Overspend
Are you an Illogical Rationalizer? A Fine Print Ignoramus? Or perhaps a Shortsighted Sign-Me-Upper? If your behavior fits one of the ten consumer categories below, then there’s your explanation for why you don’t have more money in the bank. If you behave like all of the consumer types below, then let’s hope you make a lot of money — and …
The Wedding Scammers: How to Avoid the Big Swindle on Your Big Day
When it comes to major life events—specifically having a baby and getting married (not necessarily in that order)—marketers know how to weasel, prod, and guilt consumers into spending money in all sorts of nonsensical, wholly unnecessary ways. The message sent not only by marketers, but also by colleagues, cranky mother-in-laws, and …
Does Asia have the answer?
Ruchika Tulshyan, who is interning at Time this summer, said some interesting things in this morning’s meeting. We asked her to write a blog post. Here it is.
As the austerity debate rages on and squabbles erupt over every single point—should interest rates be raised? is stimulus spending good or bad?—there are lessons to be learned …
Why a Smart Consumer Is a Bad Credit Card Customer
And how you can be punished for responsible behavior: In some cases, credit card issuers have rejected applicants who have credit scores that are too good (sometimes over 800). Why? Because these consumers typically pay bills in full and on time, they’re unlikely to make the credit card companies much money.