Buy a $25 CVS gift card and send it via e-mail to the recipient of your choosing, and you’ll receive a $5 e-gift card for yourself. Thanks Fat Wallet.
Mid-Day Must Reads: Market Dives, Rebound in Home Sales, Greenspan Cover-Up
–When will the market’s moussaka indigestion end? Not today. The Dow is down nearly 250 points on worries that the European bailout for Greece won’t be big enough.
–Finally, some good news on the housing front. Pending home sales hit a 5-month high in March. For a while it looked like the latest extension to the home buyer tax …
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint When You’re Dead
With something called “bio-cremation,” a liquid chemical is used to dissolve the body, no fire or global warming emissions necessary.
What’s Wrong with Online Shopping
Online shopping has plenty of pluses going for it: Compared to the in-store experience, the consumer can browse more quickly than strolling down the aisles, and can do so 24 hours a day, without ever having to head to the mall. But the experience is far from perfect, and I’m not talking about the obvious downsides, like that you can’t …
How to fix Europe, Part 1
This is the first in a series of posts posing different ideas on how Europe can get itself out of its current mess. I figure Europe has so many problems that we can’t possibly address them all in one post. Yes, Greece finally got its bailout, and a big one — $146 billion from the Eurozone and International Monetary Fund – but the …
Backyard Gardening: It’s Not About Saving Money
Well, it’s not about saving money for some people, anyway—like the folks who pay $2,000 for someone else to build raised beds in their yard, and drop another $20 a pop for someone to come and yank weeds and collect the harvest.
It’s a Deal: Free Chipotle Burrito with $25 Gift Card Purchase
Thanks to Buxr for the head’s up about Chipotle’s special offer aimed at grads but open to anyone: Purchase a $25 gift card now through June 12, and the next time you visit a Chipotle location, you can get a free burrito, salad, or order of tacos.
Hedge Funds Sour On Euro, And Iffy on U.S.
With so many new economic crosscurrents to consider, it’s good to know where the big dogs– hedge funds–are hunting these days. Do they think the European Union can pull a rabbit from the hat and save Greece? Do they think the U.S. economic reports (a hundred visions and revisions) are credible? Are they worried about inflation, or …
Guess What? You’re Rich
If you earn more than $50,000 a year, you’re in the top 1% of the world’s wealthiest people.
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Socialite Amanda Brooks
“Money can be an encumbrance to style. People think if they spend money, they’re going to look good. I find that people who have the best style have not spent the most money.”
Smart Recycling, Hidden Homeownership Costs, and Best Family Cars Under $25K
Must-reads for the money- and eco-conscious.
Did Goldman Sachs commit a crime?
Things keep getting worse for Goldman Sachs. Late yesterday news broke that federal prosecutors are looking into whether to bring criminal fraud charges against the Wall Street firm. (The outstanding SEC lawsuit involves only civil charges.) No word yet on any details about what those new charges may entail.
Nonetheless, stock analysts …