Mobile Payment Apps Increasing, and So May Your Debt
5:00 PM 4/5/2011
Buying something by simply waving a smart phone in front of a scanner is becoming the new and popular way to shop, but buying a delivery pizza, cup of coffee, or a number of other things now that Amazon.com and others want in on the trend, could cause shoppers to spend more than they would without...
A Better Way to Manage Your Daily Deals?
4:00 PM 4/4/2011
Ask anyone who's ever been faced with an in-box full of daily deals - Groupons or otherwise: A lot of these deals will be far off the mark. Do I need a pedicure or another half-off coupon for a restaurant I've never gone to and probably never will?
We recently wrote about how to save money on...
How Rising Gas Prices Will Affect Your Wallet Long-Term
3:00 PM 3/28/2011
With all of the turmoil over oil prices and gas prices creeping up daily, along with the Japan earthquake leading to a shortage of fuel-efficient cars, you'd think the world was ending and that Americans would soon be walking everywhere because they can't afford their gas-guzzling cars.
Gas prices...
Gilbert Gottfried the Latest Person Fired for Tweets
10:00 AM 3/24/2011
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried's insensitive jokes on Twitter about the Japan earthquake and tsunami is among the latest Tweets to get someone fired, but it has a small silver lining: there's a job opening to be the voice of the Aflac duck.
Aflac started a national casting call Wednesday for...
11 Ways to Resist Wasting Your Money on Groupon and Other Deal Sites
9:00 AM 3/22/2011
Whether it's Groupon, LivingSocial, Redeemio or a host of other daily deal sites, those bargains for half off can be almost too enticing to pass up. Who wouldn't want half off a spa treatment or dinner at a restaurant they've been thinking of going to but never did because it was too...
Gas Prices Down a Penny in Weekly Survey
12:31 PM 3/21/2011
National gas prices slipped a penny from last week, although with prices bouncing around as much as a pinball machine, you might not actually see it in your neighborhood.
The AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report for Monday, March 21, shows the national average price for a gallon for regular gas is $3.54,...
Food Prices Skyrocket: Your Restaurant Bill Will, Too
3:00 PM 3/17/2011
Food prices rose 3.9% last month, marking the biggest jump in 36 years, which is certain to affect the groceries people buy and the restaurants they dine at.
The Labor Department's Producer Price Index for February rose 1.6% -- the largest increase since June 2009. About 70% of the rise in food...
For Online Shoppers, Best and Worst States to Live In
9:00 AM 3/17/2011
The state of Delaware brags that it was the first state admitted to the union ("It's good to be first"), and its bravado can only increase after an analysis by Extrabux declared it to be the best state to live in for online shoppers.
After analyzing each state's online sales tax rates, along with...
Boycott Gasoline? Why Gas Urban Legends Won't Affect Prices
4:30 PM 3/11/2011
The email chain letter or Facebook invitations wading their way through the Internet this week are enticing to anyone who has had to fill up their car with gas lately: "Join a national protest by not buying gas on March 14!" Or, "Send a message to Big Oil by boycotting gasoline for a day."
But...
Jim Dailakis realized he was taking frugality too far by saving a few dollars riding the bus and subway to work in New York City, despite the availability of a more expensive commuter train that cut the trip's time in half. Dailakis eventually figured out that time was money, and the extra $8 to...
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