blackout

Imagine that the worst does happen again: A major attack. Chaos and disorder. Banks could be closed, ATMs down. Electricity could be out. Your credit cards? Suddenly useless. So how much money -- good old folding cash -- do you need to be able to put your hands on to get through the aftermath?

Millions of sports fans in the Northeast are in danger of missing the World Series and other programs in the wake of a dispute between Cablevision and Fox TV. But some consumers are turning to ivi TV, a rapidly growing re-broadcaster that works on the Web.

When the world ends, it's pretty much a given that you won't know it's coming. But what if you did know what was going to happen? In Sony's new disaster flick, "2012," an end-of-world prophecy is being fulfilled which leaves some people more prepared than others. In a Facebook Poll on the...

I must admit I was horrified. I read someone's long, long, LOOONG post about how she was not, after all, participating in a one-week PR mommy blogger blackout in August. She couldn't take it! Too horrible! She had to make money to feed the kids, after all, and one week down... oh dear. Her...

It's no surprise that consumers have been making cutbacks this past year in many area. I've written about how my wife and I were skipping out on tickets, and now it looks like others are doing the same. Even though Major League Baseball brought in record breaking attendance this past year,...