Since the HP began offering its TouchPad at the fire sale price of $99 over the weekend, consumers have been scouring stores and websites trying to snag one (or a half-dozen) of the tablets—which sold at retail not long ago for (yikes) $500 apiece. The search for the heavily discounted tablet continues today for many [...]
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A market for ultra-cheap homes has emerged in cities around the U.S., and the result is that in many cases it’s much less expensive to buy a house than it would be to purchase a new car.
Fashionistas may secretly regret the impending departure of the flamboyant Libyan dictator, whose wardrobe ranged from early Mussolini to late Michael Jackson. But most of the world will simply breathe a sigh of relief. And the greatest relief may well be felt in the oil industry, even though oil prices are likely to suffer in [...]
This is not a trick question. But it’s one that AT&T, by trimming its text plan options to two—unlimited for $20 monthly, or a la carte texts at 20¢ apiece—is forcing customers to ask themselves.
According to some interpretations of the Mayan calendar, the end of the world is scheduled for the winter solstice (December 21) of 2012. Survivalist entrepreneurs say it’s never too early to begin preparing for the big day.
Affluent investors are looking for an inflation-fighting commodity other than gold, and in finished diamonds, they may have found one.
Before the recession, “squatting” brought to mind Appalachian-style family feuds, wherein the Hatfields camped out for years on end, shotguns cocked, on a remote corner of the McCoy’s acreage., or maybe starving artist types making their homes in neglected former industrial buildings of lower Manhattan.
As shown by yet another global stock selloff, investors have finally woken to the reality that we have not yet recovered from the 2008 financial crisis. Many smart economists had been warning that this time was different, that we wouldn’t enjoy that simple, V-shaped return to normalcy after the Great Recession. But the global investment community [...]
Once upon a time, cash was king. But more and more technology has tied purchasing power to credit and debit cards for their ease of use. Smartphones are even beginning to play a part in the credit-card payment business with ventures like Square, started by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, which allows anyone with a smartphone [...]
Who says newspapers are dead? Some editions are so popular these days that people are digging through others’ trash for them. Long live print!
