Lita Epstein
I joined the ranks of the uninsured last year when I entered the 55+ band and my small business group insurance rates jumped $500 per month to $1,200 per month with a $5,000 deductible. I could no longer justify the cost of that insurance. I would have to pay $19,400 out of pocket...
By Guest blogger Claire Robinson
Are you a soda or seltzer fiend? If you buy a lot of packaged fizzy drinks, there's a cheaper -- and greener -- alternative: The Soda Club. Soda Club lets you make your own flavored or club soda at home, with water straight from the tap. Special flavor packets...
Welcome to WalletPop's new book club, where we will have an author-in-residence to give us a peek into a new book and be on hand all month to answer reader questions. Our inaugural writer is real estate expert Alison Rogers, who was the founding editor of the New York Post real estate section and a...
NewScientist: To save the US economy, go on a diet!
6:11 PM 7/28/2008
According to NewScientist, if Americans want to save their economy, they should go on a diet. Not only that, but ecologists say that "the apparently looming energy crisis could be averted if US residents cut their calorie intake."On the surface, this sounds like it could be contradicting plain...
I've complained before on WalletPop about how everyone and their brother expects a tip these days. A tip jar at the dry cleaner? A tip jar at Starbucks after I buy a $4.00 coffee??? I'm sick of everyone expecting tips for merely doing their jobs, and someone at Einstein Bros. Bagels agrees with...
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