Loose Change
| 3:45PM 1/19/2010
This morning the alternative pub SFGate featured companies that broker ad deals between Twitter users and advertisers that pay Twitter users to promote their products.
The return ranges from a few pennies to several thousand dollars per tweet, depending on the twitterer's number of followers or...
| 3:15PM 12/09/2009
In his last real-life drama, Nicolas Cage was faced with selling off a castle or two to scrape together the $6.3 million he owes the IRS.
Now it seems the Family Man is facing yet another costly conundrum. His ex, Christina Fulton, is suing the actor and his former business partner for a reported...
| 9:00AM 8/10/2009
As college students get ready for a new year of classes, there's a lot more to worry about than Shakespeare and molecular biology. With the recession in full swing, colleges are raising prices at just the time when students and their families are least able to afford it. Worse, a tight job market...
| 3:00PM 8/08/2009
I've been looking for the back-to-school deals, and I've found plenty on Web sites offering online coupons. As retailers worry that kids and their parents won't be buying as many pencils, binders and electronics, more of them are offering special deals online at coupon-focused sites. Here's a...
| 11:00AM 7/22/2009
Forget Armani, Zegna or Versache: For my fashion dollar, there's only one Italian I'm sticking by as I walk into the job interview vortex, and that's Marco Liotta.Liotta, you may recall, was the suave New York City fashion maven (and consultant to shows such as "Sex and the City") who took me to a...
| 4:00PM 6/22/2009
Ever since the Chicago Tribune gave me the heave-ho in April, I've been thinking a lot about my image and the way I dress. An awful lot. Ready to hit the job market in mind, body, spirit and attitude -- but not in wardrobe -- I sought the advice of a true master, and a man after my own Italian...
| 8:00PM 5/14/2009
Macy's earnings were in the spotlight on Wall Street on Wednesday, when the retailer posted an $88 million first-quarter loss. But about 40 blocks uptown, at its historic 34th Street flagship, the focus was on fashion. Macy's unveiled its fall collections in a maze of themed rooms -- one housing...