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Filed under: Shopping, TechnologyFirst books, now movies, the price wars between the biggest retailers just keep getting hotter. Walmart, Target and Amazon are all slashing pre-order pricing on some hot new releases like "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince." Walmart said Thursday it would reduce prices for soon to be released DVDs to $10 at Walmart.com....
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Posted:2009-11-07 15:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Recession, Recession Diaries, Special ReportsAll your life you wanted to do something outlandish for a living. But that cushy corporate gig and the frills attached to it stopped you from turning your passion into a profession. Enter recession, pink slips and voila your ticket to be your ...own boss. Unemployed folks are taking the leap of faith and investing their time, energy and resources into entrepreneurial ventures....Read More
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Posted:2009-11-06 20:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Banks, Banking-checking-account, Banking-savings-accountMillions - possibly billions - of dollars are homeless, lacking a warm, dry bank account providing a roof over their heads. Although it might seem hard to imagine a day where we're stuffing mattresses with money instead of depositing paychecks in the ...bank, analysts say that scenario isn't too far fetched. According to Directo, a company providing paycards to unbanked workers, the recession has sent the number of...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-06 18:30:00 GMT
Filed under: Travel, EconomizerAfter the peso crisis of 2001, Argentina became the destination célèbre for Americans, who flocked to South America to revel in the astonishing buys that a devalued currency can yield. Time has passed, and now we're slogging through our own economic turmoil. So is a trip to Buenos Aires still a great buy, or have the locals caught on to the influx and jacked up rates to milk...
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Posted:2009-11-06 17:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Budgets, Shopping, RecessionThe term "frugalista" may be trademarked, but frugality is so hip the practice deserves a new, rights-free term. Let's call ourselves the "frugalite," as in, "frugal" and "elite." Or call it "thrift store chic." We may be doing this because of the recession, but baby? Frugal i...s the new awesome. The frugal run the gamut from the truly extreme (counting toilet paper squares, re-using plastic wrap, making your...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-06 14:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Bargains, Real Estate, Travel, InvestingKrakow, Poland may be a real estate steal, but it's arrevederci Roma and ciao to Milan and Florence, too, for anyone expecting to roll U.S. home sales profits into a European domicile -- except for those already living in such high-cost enclaves as Beverly Hills and Greenwich, Conn....
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Posted:2009-11-06 13:30:00 GMT
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Filed under: Simplification, RecessionI was helping my second-grader with his homework; he was reluctant to read a the little copy-printed book on bartering, saying, with full eye-rolls, that he'd already read it. So we read it together, and worked through the questions at the end. Suddenly his eyes lit up....
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Posted:2009-11-05 20:00:00 GMT
Filed under: CareerWhat do you make of a guy who doesn't want to go to work so badly that he stabs himself in the leg? And then calls the police to report that he's been knifed? All so he can avoid working his shift at Blockbuster Video. The Denver Post reported earlier this week that when 29-year-old Aaron Siebers walked into Blockbuster at the start of his evening shift, he claimed he...
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Posted:2009-11-05 18:30:00 GMT
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Filed under: Borrowing, Credit, Debt, Saving Money, Recession, Credit cardsThere's no doubt that the current downturn has changed people's spending habits. Since the peak in housing wealth, homeowners lost more than $5 trillion in equity and 15 million homeowners own homes that are now underwater (worth less than they owe)....
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Posted:2009-11-05 14:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Shopping, TransportationEven though last summer's Cash for Clunkers program was rated a success by some, a new report obtained by the Associated Press says the economy might not have fared as well as hoped under "Clunkers." Wednesday, the AP dug up Federal numbers that showed many of the trades didn't increase fuel efficiency all that much....
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Posted:2009-11-05 11:00:00 GMT
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Filed under: Banks, Borrowing, Home, Insurance, Real Estate, Retire, Fraud, MortgagesBad actors have solidly shifted their attention to reverse mortgages, causing a top consumer organization to warn seniors to choose such loans carefully. A new report by the National Consumer Law Center likens the aggressive lending ...practices in today's reverse mortgage lending to those common in the sub-prime mortgage heyday -- featuring some of the same players. "Well-funded marketing campaigns and perverse...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-04 22:00:00 GMT
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Filed under: RecessionThrough no fault of their own, the recession is giving people more reasons to worry. Along with the constant worries of death and taxes, the recession is adding worry lines over keeping a job, finding a job, paying bills, affording necessities such as food and shelter, and other basic needs in th...e first two stages of Abraham Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs."Continue reading Recession giving people a lot more to worry...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-04 21:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Home, Real Estate, RecessionOnce upon a time, two or three years ago, when the housing market was robust and homes sold in a matter of days, people seemed to move a lot. Or ,even if they didn't move, they thought they might. Everything seemed so temporary. We had "starter homes" and people were "trading ...up." Homes were financial investments rather than investments in something far less tangible -- our...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-04 20:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Bargains, Shopping, Black FridayAnother day, another Black Friday ad leaked and viewable online for your Black Friday planning pleasure. This time Kmart's 40 page Black Friday ad has leaked, revealing exactly what toys, electronics and other goods will be getting special Black Friday pricing. In honor ...of their famous Blue Light Specials, Kmart is celebrating the day of shopping with "Blue Friday" deals from 6-11 a.m.Continue reading Black Friday:...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-04 19:45:00 GMT
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Filed under: Retire, Recession, Retirement-401(k), Retirement-403(b), Retirement adviceI just bought my airline ticket for my friend's 100th birthday party, which she's anticipating with considerable excitement. Life has been quiet since she gave up competitive ballroom dancing at 85. Planning a party spices things up.... The oil wells that my friend's husband left her have kept her lifestyle comfortable - until the last couple of years when she developed a need for 24-hour...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-04 17:00:00 GMT
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Filed under: RecessionFor the 138 million Americans who still have jobs, the recession is changing the way they work. Work furloughs are common, pay cuts are mandated to save jobs from being eliminated, four-day work weeks are gaining popularity, and companies are cutting benefits such as matching 401(k) contributions.... It's enough to make someone quit. When the 15 million unemployed Americans do find jobs again, they'll return to a workplace that is likely to...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-04 14:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Extracurriculars, TechnologyIn June 2001 Apple introduced the world to iTunes, a music marketplace that largely changed the way we buy music. And now, almost a decade later rumor has it that Apple wants to revolutionize the way we get our television delivered by offering all you can watch TV for $30. Befo...re Apple can offer consumers the opportunity to ditch their cable subscriptions for an all-you-can-watch plan it has to...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-04 13:00:00 GMT
Filed under: Bargains, Extracurriculars, Transportation, TravelRoyal Caribbean's newest behemoth, the Oasis of the Seas, doesn't arrive in our waters for another couple of weeks, but pictures of the awesome cruise ship are already appearing in the news. How could they not? She's the largest cruise ship on the planet,... towering 20 stories over the waves and cutting a 1,180-foot-long profile against the horizon....Read More
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Posted:2009-11-03 22:45:00 GMT
Filed under: Tax, TechnologyLike H1N1, the notion of taxing text messages and other new electronic forms of communication has taken root and is threatening to go pandemic. The city of Vallejo, Calif. is voting today on expanding utility taxes to include text messages, pager messages and VOIP calls. The measure would lu...mp these together with gas, electricity, water and other utilities, while lowering the overall utility tax rate from 7.5% to...Read More
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Posted:2009-11-03 21:30:00 GMT
