Has Black Friday jumped the shark? And it if has, is that a bad thing? Some $7 billion went missing this weekend, according to early estimates from the National Retail Federation. (Sales for the four-day weekend dropped from $57.4 billion last year to $50.9 billion this year). Mayday! The golden [Keep reading]
Where are the most economically sane places to live in America? The map below is an attempt to answer that question. I recently wrote about data revealing the top places to live in America with affordable homes, jobs, and good schools. In The Restless Project, I’ve explained that many American [Keep reading]
I spent the last couple of weeks looking at work-at-home jobs and the various gotcha and booby-traps they come with for Credit.com. As usual, many of these things work because they contain a grain of truth and perhaps even stay on the right side of the law. But the real [Keep reading]
Kimberly and her husband have no credit card debt, a reasonable $963 monthly mortgage payment for their North Carolina home, and just saved $600 a month on child care when their oldest child started kindergarten. And they are drowning. With two kids, aged 5 and 3, and now only one [Keep reading]
A recent study published in a serious academic journal found a connection between credit scores and heart disease. A note tucked inside the paper mentions research that could by vital to parents. Scientists at Duke University examined 1,000 New Zealand residents for signs that credit behavior and health were linked, [Keep reading]
You’ve probably heard about online scams involving high-priced items allegedly for sale on web sites. Consumer sends money, item never arrives, victim loses thousands of dollars. But no one really falls for that, right? Wrong. In fact, $20 million wrong. Scams like that are so successful, and so pervasive, [Keep reading]
Affordable housing is an elusive concept. Money writers, myself included, have a bad habit of separating out individual life choices and analyzing them, as if they happen in isolation. Like my recent series detailing the number of counties in America where average incomes can’t support average-priced homes. I did the [Keep reading]
A low credit score can’t give you a heart attack, but it might mean you’ll have one soon, a new study has found. There’s now another reason to keep track of your credit, and it actually can be a matter of life or death. Researchers at Duke University have found a [Keep reading]
People are freaked out about drones being used by Peeping Toms, when the real privacy risk could be much more “innocent.” And embarassing. An Australian woman was recently photographed by a drone subbathing nude in her private backyard. Bad enough. But the photo was taken by a real estate agency [Keep reading]
Malicious software that researchers think has been used by hackers to attack critical infrastructure systems, such as trains and power plants in Ukraine and Poland, has been found in similar American systems, the U.S. government says. And while there is no sign hackers have used the software — called BlackEnergy [Keep reading]
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