Through Sunday, May 3, all merchandise at New York & Company is being sold at 50% off the usual price. More details here.
94 Money-Saving Tips and Nuggets of Shopping Wisdom
Interested in trimming your lawn care expenses? Want precise, wonderfully dumbed-down specifications for what you need and how much you should pay for a laptop? Seeking advice on where to find a cheap haircut (and we’re not talking a “recession-chic” DIY cut)? Have you always wanted to hide your money in a safe inside your fridge’s …
GDP Rises 3.2%: Is Recovery Strengthening?
American consumers are finally opening up their wallets. Spending by consumers rose by 3.6% in the first three months of 2010, more than double the 1.6% rate of the fourth quarter. That’s the biggest gain in this gauge in three years. More importantly, it is a subtle but significant shift in the drivers of economic growth. The U.S. …
China’s management challenge
As China marches on to global greatness, one of its major deficiencies is in corporate management. It’s not that Chinese executives aren’t smart or hardworking, but the fact is they have little experience managing operations outside of China. Many Chinese outfits talk about becoming global players, but making those dreams reality …
Another Dozen Disturbing Health Care Statistics
Health care reform has passed, but plenty of problems still need to be solved—including those caused at least partly because of health care reform.
What’s on the Minds of Frugal Bloggers?
Among other things, paper towels and toilet paper.
Greece Fizzles But The Dow Sizzles
Investors large and small are watching a spectacular financial fire rage across Europe, with Greece headed for either all-out default or a painful restructuring of its debt, and fellow members of the European Union in earlier stages of their own crisis. (As of Tuesday afternoon, the leaders of the European Union were announcing their …
When Is the Most Cost-Effective Time to Go Bowling?
Or to buy baby clothes, air conditioners, carpets, cell phones, boats, chocolate, furniture, or flip-flops?
Recession Plan: More Benefits
In a tough economy, Republic of Tea made itself a better place to work
Maybe it’s time to break up the banks
As the Senate takes up debate on financial industry overhaul, there is one issue above all others that is imperative to work out: how to deal with institutions that are Too Big To Fail. The reason the government stepped in with taxpayer money at firms like Citigroup and AIG is still alive and well. Our financial giants are so behemoth …
Fraud at the Farmer’s Market
Those “local” strawberries may actually be brought in on a truck from California, and, though you’ve been led to believe that it was made from scratch, that pie you just paid $15 for could in fact be pre-packaged.
It’s a Deal: Free Ice Cream Today at Carvel
All day on Thursday, April 29, Carvel is giving customers a 3.5-oz taste of its new low-fat ice cream—with a choice of 12 flavor shots included—free of charge. More details here.