I was going to call this “Tips for Surviving a Layoff”…sounded like a good title right, but maybe that’s only because it’s all I seem to Google these days! I’m tired of being an ostrich. I’m finally taking my head out of the sand to acknowledge that YES, THIS REALLY DID [Keep reading]
Yea!!! Warren Buffett has offered $1 billion for the sports fan equivalent of getting hit by lightning, an asteroid, and a Robinson Cano home run at the same time. But whoops: Everyone who falls for his trick is going to get pestered to take out a new loan until the [Keep reading]
Here comes an 18-year-old suing her parents to compel them to pay for her college education and other living expenses. The details are in this story from the Daily Record in New Jersey. The teen is living with another family, which is paying her legal expenses ($13,000 so far). [Keep reading]
OK, everybody move to North or South Dakota!!! At least that’s what Gallup’s annual poll of the happiest (and unhappiest) states would have you think. I’ve been in both recently, and I guess if you’re going to have brutal winters everywhere from Georgia to Maine anyway, why not? Despite brutal [Keep reading]
Understand why a bronze medal is better than a silver, and you might save yourself a lot of money someday. Let me explain. Millions of Americans who normally don’t care much about hockey will probably tune in on Friday to watch an epic semifinal game between the U.S. and Canadian [Keep reading]
Janet Yellen arguably becomes the most powerful woman in the world on Saturday, when she takes over as “Chairman” of the Federal Reserve. Take five minutes and get to know a little about her. The running joke about economists is that they equivocate on every question, answering always with a [Keep reading]
John Maynard Keynes is one of the most influential and controversial figures of the 20th Century, and he impacts your day to day life more than you know. After all, people who are busy trying to raise children, start a career, bolster retirement savings, care for aging parents, etc., have [Keep reading]
When 2013 began, I never imagined I’d be setting up my own consumer news service. But the year was full of surprises, opportunities, a successful book launch, and some disappointments. It all cleared the way for this exciting change. As New Year’s approaches, I’m proud to say that 50,000 people [Keep reading]
How much do you plan to spend on gifts this holiday season? If you’re like the average American, a little less than last year. That certainly doesn’t make you a Scrooge — you are probably spending a lot more than you did at the height of the recession — but it [Keep reading]
Could a hip 20-something Chicagoan limit her weekly spending to $100 a week for an entire month? Nicole DiVito set out to find out last month, trying what she called “No-Spend November.” The results were…mixed. “No Spend November… Good in theory; Mediocre in practice,” DiVito says. I think she’s being [Keep reading]
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