What's out: Office parties. What's in: BYOB parties at work.
4:00 PM 11/22/2008
The global economic crisis has spurred new rounds of layoffs, home foreclosures and personal bankruptcies. It's also hit an annual workplace rite – the office holiday party.
Many large companies -- American Express, Disney and Viacom – among them, have cancelled big holiday bashes as...
When times get tough, it's time to start bartering.In case you're unfamiliar with the concept, bartering involves a swapping or trading of goods and services for other goods and services without the use of money. Bartering can involve two people, several people or groups of people. In developing...
Broke For the Holidays: 'Gifting' Your Time and Services
11:00 AM 11/3/2008
It goes without saying that buying holiday gifts for everyone on your list can add up... really fast. And this season, you're probably feeling even more pinched. If you have credit card debt and are concerned about losing your job or even your home, you've probably already cut back. Why rack up...
CDs. Certificates of Deposit. They may offer low interest rates than you've grown accustomed to, but at least they offer some return on your money and are a lot less risky than the stock market right now. Yes, that's right. Putting money into CDs is probably one of the safest things you can do with...
The U.S. economy is in meltdown mode. Or maybe it's more like a lockdown, since the credit markets are essentially frozen. Job losses are on the rise. The real estate bubble has burst. Home foreclosures continue to mount. Gas prices remain high. People are feeling wary and uncertain. About the only...
The latest market meltdowns probably have you downright jittery, and rightfully so. It's pretty scary when big investment firms and other financial institutions end up needing a life raft. The stock market's lost a lot of value, your 401k is in the toilet and, well, you might feel like Chicken...
Okay, call me crazy, but I'm sooooo over blogs and blogging.The blogosphere is choking on itself. Blogoreah is the result of well over 100 million blogs out there in the vast cyber wasteland. With new blogs being created about every three minutes and mainstream publishers putting out their own...
Need to get away and you're short on cash? Is the idea of a "staycation" less than thrilling? How about a volunteer vacation? You can hit exotic and remote locales in Indonesia, Africa and South America by going on a volunteer vacation where you'll also be doing good for others. ABCNews.com reports...
Ever think what your life would be like without high-speed Web access? Frankly, I can't imagine it, and maybe you can't either. Whether as a productivity tool for work or life or both, broadband Internet access would seem to be a slam dunk for most people who can afford it. But that's just it....
It's not only middle-class Americans who are feeling the recession's pinch -- there are new signs that the affluent and wealthy are increasingly feeling frugal, according to a new survey that evaluated the sensibilities of the wealthiest 10 percent of U.S. households.So while many of us make...
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