tools

Renting isn't just for apartments and cars anymore. Americans today are trying to save a few bucks by taking only temporary ownership (or, borrowership) of a whole new array of goods from designer handbags, rims to pimp their rides, iPhones, power tools and, yes, caskets.

Wesabe, one of the first personal finance management tools I wrote about when WalletPop was but a young blog, announced today that after July 31 it would no longer operate the accounts tab of the website. In an announcement posted to Wesabe.com Marc Hedlund, CEO of Wesabe, cited the inability to...

Changes are afoot at Sears that have some people wondering if the 117-year-old retailer might just put itself out of business. For the first time, consumers can buy Craftsman tools and Die Hard products someplace other than Sears. Sears will license the Die Hard and let other retailers sell the...

As the nation rebuilds after a recession, it's no surprise tool maker Stanley Works stands to gain. With its pending purchase of rival Black and Decker, Stanley now has even more going for it. The stock has already rallied, but its steady growth and history suggest further upside.

In 2007 Tim Ferriss published a book, originally called Drug Dealing for Fun and Profit, that no publisher would touch. At the insistence of the eventual publisher, he changed the title to The 4-Hour Workweek. in doing so he kicked off a movement that landed his how-to manual for escaping the 9-5,...

Seasoned Black Friday shoppers know that the best way to save during this all-important shopping day is to plot out a course of action ahead of time. That means knowing what you want and where to get it -- at the lowest possible price, of course. Such planning entails scouring the Black Friday...

Investors are applauding a deal announced Monday afternoon between two makers of tools. Stanley Works (SWK) will acquire Black & Decker (BDK) in an all stock deal according to DealBook. While the agreement called for Black & Decker to be acquired for $4.5 billion in Stanley stock at the...

How confident would you feel in your finances if you could click one button and see what your bank statement would look like for the next month taking into account all of your bills paychecks and credit card payments? It sounds pretty good, almost too good; but that's exactly what you can do with...

If you've turned on the TV in the past 24 hours, you've likely heard of the Conficker worm, known as Downadup to its friends, which is set to receive a set of mysterious and possibly disastrous instructions come April 1. WalletPop first covered this virus back in January, urging readers to download...

With the advances in photo editing software, turning your everyday snapshots into digital masterpieces has never been easier -- and you don't even have to be computer savvy to do it. CNET's Webware has a rundown of 15 great online photo editing tools, 13 of which are completely free and offer the...