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Elizabeth Warren must have eaten her Wheaties Thursday morning, because the brand-new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is already busy. Bright and early this morning (we checked at 6:30 a.m. ET), a link to a new “credit card complaint” form was up on the main page, consumerfinance.gov. And two days ago, before the CFPB had even [...]
As Washington continues to skate perilously close to the economic abyss, 3,000 miles away in Cupertino, California, this week Apple released its results for the second quarter. To no one’s surprise but to almost universal amazement, Apple managed to sell more iPads (9.3 million) and iPhones (20.3 million) than ever before. Quarterly revenues of $28 [...]
Use the coupon code HOT75 to get 75% off the regular price of shoes, clothing, and other items in Dickies’ clearance section. The discount is valid for purchases made by Sunday, July 24.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officially opens its doors today, and it’s designed to crack down on things like predatory loans and misleading mortgage contracts.
Spending a good chunk of the work week hunting and gathering coupons, then strategically shopping at the supermarket for hours, all to save $50, $75, even $100 on groceries, is a dubious use of time. Now that supermarkets, drugstores, and other retailers are making it more difficult to utilize coupons to the extreme like the [...]
When it comes to spending money on things or experiences, the research is clear: Doing brings more happiness than owning.
You can stretch your summer vacation dollars with these tips — none of which require you to open up a new credit card account or enroll in yet another loyalty program.
Thankfully for broke college students everywhere, Amazon is changing up the college textbook model by offering e-textbook rentals.
I’ve recently had to upgrade my five-year-old computer equipment, so I’ve been hanging out a lot at the local Apple store. And I’ve been struck once again by just how well designed Apple’s products are. Admittedly, the iPad seems like a solution in search of a problem – I’m still not quite sure what to [...]
One year after car-sharing service Zipcar was introduced in Baltimore, the company conducted a survey to find out what life on the road has been like since members joined the program. The results are probably what you’d expect—folks are in cars less, much less likely to buy cars, and more likely to walk, bike, and [...]
American drivers will soon be able to buy—or share—a wider variety of cars that require little or no gasoline to operate. Here, a half-dozen noteworthy developments for everyone curious about the rise of electric vehicles.
