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Slow shopper? Avoid these stores.Finding great deals on gifts is important,but so is ensuring they arrive in tome for the holidays. If you procrastinate on your holiday shopping, steer clear of these retailers with shipping policies that will cut it close to Christmas.
A cheap vacation is a flexible oneThe fewer things you lock into stone in your vacation planning, the more opportunity you have to dig into better values when they come up. For maximum flexibility, schedule more time off than you absolutely need, if possible.
Worst toys for Christmas 2012 From annoying, noisy toys that you want to hurl against the wall to just plain scary ones, here are the worst toys of 2012:
New cars will have black boxes, White House saysAll new vehicles have event data recorders, or 'black boxes', per a new mandate from the White House. The rule is raising questions over who owns the data, but black boxes in cars are really nothing new.
30 ways to spend $0 on gift wrapGift wrap becomes trash the moment a present is opened, so spending money for it is senseless. Here are 30 ways to never pay for gift wrap again.
Are we halfway back from the Great Recession? Not really.The private sector has regained just over half of the 7.7 million jobs it lost during the Great Recession. But many of those private-sector jobs are government-subsidized.
Long term unemployment decreases in NovemberWorkers unemployed 27 weeks or more decreased to 4.79 million or 40.1 percent of all unemployed workers in November.
Stocks finished mixed; Apple drags down S&P, NasdaqStocks shot up on the heels of a positive jobs report Friday, but Apple's stock rained on Wall Street's parade.
Michigan to join 'right to work' states. A blow to unions?Michigan is set to become the 24th state with a 'right to work' law prohibiting unions from collecting fees from nonunion workers. Data on such laws' economic impact are mixed.
Unemployment rate drops to 7.7 percentTotal unemployment, including all marginally attached workers, declined slightly to 14.4 percent in November, while the traditionally reported unemployment rate also declined to 7.7 percent.
Starbucks tax avoidance has Brits frothing madAngry over the negligible corporate taxes that Starbucks and other corporations have paid to Britain despite huge revenues, a protest group is threatening to occupy Starbucks shops on Saturday.
Jobs report shows why job growth trumps deficit reductionWith Friday's jobs report showing an economy moving slowly in the right direction, Reich stresses that jobs and growth must take priority over deficit reduction.
Unemployment rate falls for November, but is it for the 'wrong' reason?November's unemployment rate, 7.7 percent, may have been affected by superstorm Sandy. About 370,000 Americans reported last month that they couldn't work because of the weather.
Top 10 metros for job growth Some metropolitan areas have a booming jobs market, thanks to energy, manufacturing, or sometimes just the right mix of highly diversified industries. Here's a look at the 10 metros that have seen the largest percentage increase in jobs over the past 12 months:
Travel cheap by planning your own vacationPlanning your own travel takes more work than getting a travel agent, but it pays off in terms of lower prices and options more customized to what you want out of your travel, Hamm writes.
Mall Santa fired for being naughty, not niceMall Santa fired from his job at The Maine Mall after parents reported that he was rude and grumpy. Santa was fired after a local TV station aired a story and parents posted complaints about him on Facebook.
Netflix CEO in SEC trouble over Facebook postNetflix CEO Reed Hastings is trouble for a Facebook post saying that Netflix's online viewing 'exceeded 1 billion hours for the first time ever in June.' Hastings didn't clear the data with the SEC or send out a formal press release, and Netflix stock climbed as a result of the post.
Are electric cars cheaper to maintain than gas vehicles?New research from a German automotive Institute suggests that electric cars could cost 35 percent less to maintain than their combustion counterparts, Ingram writes.
Will the fiscal cliff hurt charities the most?With income tax deduction caps among the ideas considered in the fiscal cliff debate, the challenge becomes to raise revenue without discouraging giving, Gleckman writes.
Stocks edge up, led by AppleStocks rose on Wall Street Thursday despite the lack of agreement on a fiscal cliff deal in Washington. Apple and other technology companies led the stock market up.
