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Recall: Newman’s Own Lite Honey Mustard Dressing

By | November 26th, 2012|Categories: Random|Tags: , , |

Newman's Own Lite Honey Mustard dressing contains milk - regardless of what the bottle reads. People who are severely intolerant to milk beware: Newman's Own Lite Honey Mustard salad dressing is made with [...]

Families of Four and Five People Sure Spend a Lot on Cereal

By | November 23rd, 2012|Categories: Kids & Money, Random|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Families of four spend $756 each year on cereal and families of five spend $833. We're going to do something really nice here and not - in this post anyway - include how much [...]

How Much the Rich Among Us Are Spending

By | November 22nd, 2012|Categories: Econo-YOU, Other People & Money, Random|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Rich people spend a lot more money at restaurants. We're sick of seeing Kardashian-sized mansions and Real Housewive wardrobes. We want to know what the rich among us are buying - from booze [...]

Materialistic Couples Are Often Miserable

By | November 16th, 2012|Categories: Econo-YOU, Money & Marriage|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The holiday shopping season is upon us and that means that thanks to a few generous husbands some of us will next week be strutting around new designer bags or draped with sparkling diamonds. And while the rest of us [...]

Apple Prices High for the Holiday

By | November 14th, 2012|Categories: Econo-YOU, Shopping & Money|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

As apple pie season approaches, prices for the fruit are heading sky high. Thanks to the smallest apple crop since the Apple prices are sky high. 1980s - whether was cold in Michigan [...]

NESQUICK Chocolate Power Recalled

By | November 9th, 2012|Categories: Random|Tags: , , , |

Certain canisters of Nesquick are being recalled. Nestlé USA announced it's recalling NESQUIK® Chocolate Powder in canisters that are 10.9 ounces, 21.8 ounces and 40.7 ounces. The recall is limited to only NESQUIK Chocolate Powder, [...]

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 [...]

Hurricane Sandy Storm Rumors

By | November 6th, 2012|Categories: Happiness & Money|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

False information about jobs, water and food stamps is working its way around the internet. Here are the facts about what FEMA is doing. Rumors are swirling with regard to Superstorm Sandy. There [...]

10 Crazy State School Laws

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

Everyone knows "schools" and "rules" go hand-in-hand, but take a look at the laws our teachers follow. BY THE HOME ECONOMIST   Schools don't only make rules, they also follow them. Alabama says 14 years olds [...]

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 [...]