From CVS to Starbucks and beyond, retailers have long been pushing customers to sign up for rewards cards, which allow you to build up points towards discounts or freebies with each purchase (and each obligatory card scan). But while stores love that these cards build loyalty and turn occasional shoppers into habitual devotees, there’s one [...]
Now through Sunday, February 21, all bedding, furniture, rugs, pet accessories, and other items in L.L. Bean’s Home Department are marked down by 20%.
By now, you’ve probably heard of IRS rage, with the story of a disturbed man who was apparently so angry at the government and tax collectors that he crashed a plane into an IRS building in Texas yesterday. Here’s another rage-filled incident, with no violence, but plenty of destruction: A man in Ohio bulldozed his [...]
Well, it’s a must-eat only if you like ingesting this sort of thing, and only if want to pay just $1. In April, the price is going up.
So much for making lemons out of lemonade. Sometimes, when you’re given lemons (i.e., you get fired), it just sucks, no two ways about it. And on a broader scale, layoffs and the long-term, perhaps permanent disappearance of jobs could cause more problems for families, neighborhoods, and society as a whole than you can possibly [...]
When you get laid off, someone inevitably tells you that you’ll soon be telling people that being fired was the best thing that ever happened to you. Your knee-jerk reaction to such a statement might be, “Easy to say from somebody who has a job,” or perhaps “Go away before I cram your face in [...]
In its annual roundup, This Old House features some affordable neighborhoods—and not only in Detroit.
On Saturday, February 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Auntie Anne’s celebrates Free Pretzel Day by (what else?) giving out free pretzels.
The economy has had its ups and downs—OK, mostly downs of late. Here, some statistics showing the economic fallout on all sorts of things, including cheap booze sales (they’re up), military recruits with college degrees (also up), and excuses for getting out of jury duty (way up).
A woman renovating a 1902 farmhouse and barn in Connecticut explains how, thanks to various government incentives, she can have solar panels installed for $0 upfront and monthly lease payments that are lower than her current electric bills.
With a printable coupon (thanks Buxr), you’ll receive 20% off your entire purchase at discount retailer Big Lots on Sunday, February 21, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
