People across the country are reporting that they're getting telephone calls and letters from people trying to collect on loans the consumers never received or on loans they did receive but for amounts they do not owe. Sometimes, the letters or phone calls allege they're from lawyers or judges, and contain an official looking seal. The [...]
Companies are advertising at-home DNA test kits that promise intriguing insights into your past (“Where did my forebears come from?”) – and your future (“Do I have the genetic markers for certain medical conditions?”), says the FTC. If you’re thinking about buying a kit for yourself or a family member, the FTC has advice about protecting [...]
Teen selfie today, career tragedy tomorrow. Hey kids, if you're not going to listen to your parents, at least listen to researchers at Harvard University. They know you've toned down your selfie-taking on social media sites, having heeded our warnings that the internet is public, permanent and checked by 93 percent of job recruiters [...]
Perhaps your husband doesn't think you spend too much money, but rather he spends a lot of time complaining about your purchases, well, it might be more than your trips to the mall that are at stake. New research from Brigham Young University and Kansas State University have found that marital problems and conflict are mostly [...]
Pictured here: people who don't really think they're great. No one thinks they're so great because they're so rich - in fact, it's actually just the opposite if you believe new research from University of Buffalo. In this study, professors prove that basing our self-esteem on our bank accounts actually makes us pretty darn [...]
What would you do with a billion dollars? Well, NJ Online Casinos - perhaps in a bid to lure us to the blackjack tables - conducted a survey asking us what we would do if we suddenly came into that type of cash. It's no surprise - particularly if you've ever attended a cocktail party or [...]
Well, in a move that turns the tables on annoying robocalls: we can refuse them with a technology similar to the one that launches them. The Federal Trade Commission (a U.S. government in place to protect consumers) directs us to this site offering downloads that can stop unwanted and automated calls. It also gives you links to [...]
Alright people: stop shopping for designer items and start paying a housekeeper. Harvard scientists, who have finally turned their attention to the useful and salient matter of freeing up my mornings, have found that if we pay someone to do our annoying chores (basically, if we buy ourselves extra time) we will be more satisfied with [...]
New bouncer seat safety standards can't save your baby, only you can. Babies are cracking their skulls and suffocating death in infant bouncer seats. Why? Because we, their parents, are not following the instructions on the box. The government just created a new rule for manufacturers: place a label with very clear instructions to [...]
This kind of healthy remedy can kill you. Browsing the shelves, you'll find supplements promising to make you thinner, improve your memory or alleviate that nagging joint pain. Never could you possibly imagine a better use for your $40. A mere pittance, you'll likely think, in exchange for ridding yourself of the one indisposition [...]