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Recall: Fresh Express Spinach

By | November 8th, 2012|Categories: Shopping & Money|Tags: , , , |

Fresh Express is recalling it's 9-ounce spinach bags because the USDA's random testing program found a bag to have traces of Salmonella, the North Carolina-based company said. No one has gotten sick and the recall is voluntary. Fresh Express is recalling a selection of its 9 oz Spinach bags. Throw out bags with a [...]

Christmas Lights that Save You Money

By | November 5th, 2012|Categories: Econo-YOU, Shopping & Money|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Use 70 percent less energy and your electric bill will seem like a gift from the utility company. BY THE HOME ECONOMIST    This holiday season, give less money to your power company and instead give more presents to your family by owning the kind of decrotive light strings wearing the "Energy Star" label. They use 70 percent less electricity and lower your electric bills [...]

Is it a Good Time To Buy a Home?

By | October 26th, 2012|Categories: Econo-YOU, Growing Money, Shopping & Money|Tags: , , , , |

You bet! There's an easy secret economists use to read the real estate market and you can too. BY THE HOME ECONOMIST Tara Reid, take notes from the real estate market because home-buying is making a com There's an easy secret to seeing whether the real estate market is safe or dangerous. eback! (And [...]

The Lowest Prices for Gasoline Near You

By | October 23rd, 2012|Categories: Shopping & Money|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Driving around to find cheap gas is like eating all the doughnuts in your house so you can start your diet. Here at The Home Economist, we have a better plan. The Energy Department helps you shop low gas prices from your computer before you leave the house.  Click here to let the government help you find low gas prices! The [...]