Senior-Only Discounts and Deals
11:15 AM 4/18/2011
With age comes some privileges, and chief among them may be getting discounts just for being older. And just how old is "older?" AARP, the country's largest lobbying group, considers you a senior when you turn 50.
But if that insult can be forgiven, then you can expect to be rewarded -- with deep...
Will Your Hanes Tighty Whities Soon Offer More Fiber?
1:00 PM 4/13/2011
HanesBrands, the maker of cotton-based undergarments and active wear, is developing new products made from flax -- a crop used more often in cereal than in underwear.
What's behind the innovation? Price, of course. Hanes' action is a direct response to the rising costs of cotton prices. Prices of...
Dogs Getting Upgraded Accommodations in 7 Pennsylvania State Parks
2:30 PM 4/12/2011
Finally, an enlightened state. The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced a pilot program to begin in 2012 that will allow dogs to stay with their owners in select state park cabins and cottages.
Pets are currently permitted at designated sites in 47 Pennsylvania...
An Essay: Lessons From the Recession, Learned the Hard Way
12:00 PM 4/10/2011
The pain caused by the recession can't be minimized: millions of homes lost to foreclosure, 8 million jobs erased from the landscape, families displaced, lives disrupted.
But there are a few linings to the recessionary dark cloud that don't get discussed that much. There are people who have been...
Save $1,000 on Real Estate Purchase With Groupon
9:00 AM 4/10/2011
Dream Town Realty, a full-service real estate office in Chicago, is offering $1,000 cash at closing to buyers or sellers who purchase a $25 Groupon coupon. It is believed to be the first brokerage in the country to try Groupon.
Less than 12 hours after the offer was presented, it had almost...
Open Wide for William and Kate Pez Dispensers on eBay
4:00 PM 4/8/2011
Expect to open your wallets and your mouth wide for the coolest royal wedding souvenir: William and Kate Pez dispensers, now being auctioned off on eBay for charity.
Riff-raff need not apply. Bidders must be pre-qualified and the current bid is already above $10,000. 100% of the proceeds will go...
Social Security 'What You'll Get' Statements Going Online
8:00 AM 4/8/2011
Every year, Social Security snail-mails 150 million workers a statement estimating what their payments would be if they retired at age 62, 66 or 70. In our household, we call it the annual fantasy letter, trying to imagine that Social Security won't go bust before we reach those ages.
Now Social...
Is Disability Insurance the Post-Unemployment Check? Not for Many
11:00 AM 4/1/2011
As the jobless run out of unemployment benefits, many may be turning toward the Social Security Disability office hoping to find some relief. Officials report that initial claims are up from 2.5 million in fiscal year 2006 to 3.25 million in fiscal year 2010 -- a 30% jump during the recession.
But...
Six Ways to Improve Your Chances of Getting a Mortgage
1:00 PM 3/25/2011
Remember how Spring was always the home-buying season? Don't count on that happening this year and you can point the finger, at least in part, at the new lending hoops buyers must jump through. According to MortgageMatch.com, one out of three home buyers will fail to get a mortgage this...
Section 8 Tenants: the Housing Market's Salvation?
10:00 AM 3/21/2011
In what may be one of the strangest twists to the housing market crisis, Section 8 housing tenants are moving from urban housing projects and into high-end condo complexes and single-family McMansions that just a few years ago sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The reason? Landlords are...
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