Economists may not dress well but they sure know a bit about dress prices: for example they're lowest from now until the end of February. Because just as strawberries are priced more sweetly in summer, this is the season when there are an abundance of sweet deals on dresses. In fact all big ticket items - cars, vacations [...]
Return your Annie's Pizzas to the store - the company is recalling all seven RISING CRUST varieties because it could contain pieces of mesh screen from some broken machinery. The fragments got into the product at the flour mill from where Annie's gets the power-like product. The company found the metal fragments in the pizza dough [...]
Perhaps you left behind a security deposit from your college apartment rental or saw your investment disappear thanks to some shady moves by your broker. Did you suddenly realize your tax return never arrived? Sometimes money isn't lost forever, the government could be holding your unclaimed property. These funds might not be gone forever, as there's a [...]
In honor of our media issue, we peeked into the paychecks of people who work in advertising jobs - making money buy selling us stuff. Here are some average salaries for what clearly are great jobs. Don't see your city? Let us know and we'll post whatever you want. Advertising jobs here pay big. New York [...]
There's a few reasons Superbowl commercials will make you emotional. They're designed that way. The Superbowl is coming up, so get ready to get emotional, and not over the game but the commercials. Yes, Super Bowl advertisers are spending over $2.5 million each for 30 seconds of your time, and they're not interested in getting from [...]
There's a trick or two for beating marketing messages cast over our children and we have it here.... Companies spend $1.7 billion trying to sell our kids sugar and fat. It's no secret that breakfast cereal-makers, soda companies and fast food restaurants spend billions -- $1.79 billion a year, to be exact -- on convincing our kids [...]
We peeked into the paychecks of Civil Engineers around the country. We peeked into the paychecks of Civil Engineers from around the country. Here are their average annual salaries from specific cities and states:Dothan, Alabama: $76,960 Casper, Wyoming: $72, 890 Baton Rouge, Louisiana: $89,890 Baltimore, Maryland: $82,960 Wilmington, Delaware: $81,080 Miami, Florida: $89,910 West Palm Beach, [...]
You know the corner of your paycheck that shows the amount of money taken by the government each pay cycle? Well, prepare to give more, starting now. Lawmakers threw the break we've been getting on payroll taxes right over the Fisall Cliff. We've calculated the new cost so many Americans - perhaps you find some familiar numbers below.... [...]
Television commercials can no longer be louder than the shows they interrupt. Sick of your kids turning off the tv only to ask for new toys? Well, that will still happen but now at least the FCC banned commercials -- the ones toy and cereal companies create to zap their marketing messages directly to your [...]
Sales in stores were slow and we didn't spend as much as anyone expected, but that might be a good thing. Christmas sales were low - we didn't spend as much in the stores as anyone had expected - and now it seems the news reports are blaming us for the bad economy. The nerve! They're screaming that [...]