This weekend, the action extravaganza “The Expendables” explodes on the silver screen. The flick boasts one of the most impressive casts in recent memory, featuring just about every ’80s action icon out there, from Sylvester Stallone — who directed the movie — to Bruce Willis to Arnold Schwarzenegger who took a day off from being […]
Category Archives: Finance
Saving Enough for Retirement
Few Americans know how much money they’ll need to save for retirement. Some 44 percent of employed Americans–and even 29 percent of those ages 55 and older–admit they don’t know how much money they will need in retirement, according to a recent ING Direct survey. Among those who have a retirement savings goal, a third […]
Weird Things You Should Freeze to Save Money
That icy vault was packed to the brim. But — in the finest tradition of my Grandma Yeager — it wasn’t filled so much with leftovers, like you’d find in most household freezers. You see, my Grams had a few deep-frozen secrets. She knew about weird stuff; weird stuff you can deep-six in the freezer […]
Why the Unemployment Rate Refuses to Budge
In a sign that the labor market is inching toward a recovery, employers tacked a net total of 162,000 workers onto their payrolls in March, according to the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report. But even with this spike, the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 9.7 percent. And chances are it won’t budge anytime soon. “We […]
Car Dealer Scams
Of the top 10 industries that received the most consumer complaints last year, three were auto related. New-car dealers, used-car dealers and auto service and repair shops registered almost 54,000 complaints in North America, according to the Better Business Bureau. They were the No. 4, 7 and 10th-most complaint-ridden industries of 2009. It’s enough to […]
How to Shave Costs on Razors
For years, I’ve felt like a sap whenever I bought razors. It killed me to spend $2.50 to $3 a blade for my Gillette Mach 3. Yet the few times when I used cheap disposable razors, it was like shaving with a file. Finally, a couple of weeks ago, I bought a serviceable store-brand razor […]
Which Ones Earn the Most?
Have you ever wondered if Stanford grads really do make the big bucks, or if a “party school” degree can still land you a high-paying job? Online salary database PayScale.com put together a 2009 College Salary Report that highlights which college graduates make the highest and lowest salaries right out of college and how that […]
How to Save on Big-Ticket Items
To Elisabeth Leamy, Good Morning America’s consumer correspondent, pinching pennies by skipping coffee or bringing lunch to work is barely worth the trouble. (She says she ends up eating her bagged meal by 11 a.m. and buying a second one in the midafternoon, anyway.) Plus, she likes supporting the local coffeehouse with her green tea […]