Websites that lure consumers with the promise of free credit reports are merely trying to get you to sign up and pay for monthly subscriptions to credit-monitoring services.
Will the Flu Outbreak Be Worse Because of the Economy?
Nobody wants to get the flu. But workers who are concerned that they could be laid off at any moment, or who don’t even get sick pay, really don’t want to get the flu.
Paul Volcker really not so hot on Glass-Steagall
The FT’s John Gapper heard Paul Volcker speak about financial regulation in Florida today:
[H]e emphasised this afternoon that he was “not proposing a return to Glass-Steagall” because he regarded securities underwriting as “a reasonable banking function analogous to lending”. Nor did he want to bar banks from mergers and
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In which I continue to take a stand against home-buyer tax credits
Well, it looks like we could be getting a fresh home-buyer tax credit any day now. What better way to fix a bubble caused by too much home-ownership than to encourage more home-ownership?
This time around, you don’t even have to be a first-time buyer to take the credit. Nor do you have to be what most people would consider middle …
Renew Your Lease, Get Flat-Screen TVs and Cash from Your Landlord
Landlords, desperate to hang onto tenants, are offering primo incentives to get renters to re-up their leases.
Members of Congress who want to pass health-care reform should sneeze every time they talk about it
Here’s a little advice for folks pushing health-care reform: sneeze more.
A study due out in the journal Psychological Science finds that when people have just witnessed a sneeze, they’re more likely to want to fund federal health initiatives.
Wal-Mart Doesn’t Really Want to Sell You Books
On the surface, the price war between Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target, and Sears centers on books from bestselling authors being sold for under $10. But the war isn’t really about books at all.
Thrift and the Art of Pet Maintenance
A dog costs its owners roughly $1,350 per year, on average. Experts say that maintaining your pet’s health and being good about preventive vet visits are key steps to keeping expenses under control.
Cheapskate Wisdom from … Barney Frank
“Don’t do people favors without asking them.”
It’s a Deal: $25 Off $100 Purchase at Sports Authority
Through Tuesday, November 3, only, you can get $25 off purchases of $100 or more at Sports Authority—online or in the store.
Does this Recession Make Me Look Fat?
In light of the economic downturn, consumers have been scaling back—on food that’s actually good for them. Sales of potato chips and other quick-payoff snacks are way up, and even though people are cooking at home rather than dining out to save money, what they’re preparing in the kitchen is more likely than ever to involve a microwave oven.
Why are times so tough for business magazines?
As a longtime inhabitant of businessmagazineland, I stumbled over a few of the assertions in David Carr’s column on the death of the business magazine in today’s NYT. For example:
Business magazines used to relish explaining all the complex new financial instruments that Wall Street was using to pile up profits. But now it has become
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