One of the simplest reasons that Americans are unhealthy is because bad food is often much cheaper and easier to get than good food. I am often enraged when I stop at rest areas and other public facilities around the country and discover that bottles of water are more expensive [Keep reading]
If you want to share bad news, send it along on the Saturday of a long weekend. Kickstarter has been hacked, and its 5.6 million user-investors put at risk for identity theft, the firm told customers in an email sent on Saturday. Hackers may have stolen usernames, email addresses, mailing [Keep reading]
The question is as old as the first case of credit card fraud. “What can I do to protect myself?” I’ve been hearing that question a lot lately, as tales of leaked credit card data and other personal information mount. Target, Neiman Marcus…you know the list now. These high-profile hacks [Keep reading]
Raise your hand if you look forward to the nation’s two largest cable companies getting married. Me too. Sounds about as much fun as the Joker and the Riddler teaming up to attack Metropolis. Comcast announced plans to buy Time Warner cable on Thursday, and consumers everywhere felt a chill [Keep reading]
Technology has become a source of tension in relationships for millions of American couples, according to study released this week by the Pew Research Center. One in four adults — and nearly one in two young adults aged 18-29 — say they feel their spouse or partner has been distracted [Keep reading]
“Look at the Cadillac in my driveway!” the advertisement, which debuted during the Olympics, suggests. “It proves I don’t know how to take vacations! In fact, I’m hostile to vacations. Heck, you think the astronauts who went to the moon, or….Les Paul or… Muhammad Ali ever took a vacation?” As [Keep reading]
Americans worried about their credit card security heard for the first time Tuesday from executives at hacked retailers, and their message was two-fold. First, they’re sorry. And second, the attacks on computers at Target, Neiman Marcus, and many other retailers are different than any other they’ve faced. Target Chief Financial Officer [Keep reading]
Identity theft is on the rise again, according to Javelin Strategy and Research. The firm, which does an annual survey of identity theft victims, estimates that 13.1 million U.S. adults were hit by ID theft in 2013, an increase of 500,000 victims from 2012. It’s the second-highest annual total in [Keep reading]
When can a company get away with routinely charging 50 percent more than the advertised price for its items? Repeatedly? On Valentine’s Day, of course, when good-hearted souls go online to buy flowers for the people they love and instead get taken to the cleaners. It’s the most clear example [Keep reading]
Skeptic that I am, I am also a sucker for the Olympics. There are a 1,000 reasons to dismiss the Games as a commercial fraud, but still, in every competition, amazing stories of perseverance, love, and achievement emerge. So I’ll be watching every chance I get. This time around, there [Keep reading]
Bob Sullivan