Our neighbor to the north is switching to plastic. No, not credit and debit cards. Plastic cash.
At the American Music Awards last night, Jennifer Lopez shed her clothes, strutted back and forth on stage in a nearly nude body suit, and simulated sex with the rapper Pitbull. But because the performance featured a Fiat 500 at center stage for no sensible reason, JLo probably won’t be remembered for being raunchy, but [...]
Nobody would be surprised to hear that spending more on healthcare will result in new jobs. But a new program announced by the Obama administration last week seeks to create new healthcare jobs and at the same time reduce healthcare costs. Is such a trick possible?
We hear a lot about industries that are the most likely to grow in the coming years. But which professions — in particular, which high-paying ones — will most benefit from these trends? Here are nine specific careers that we think will be highly profitable and sought-after in 2020.
You know the jaw-dropping prices usually apply only to items available only in extremely limited quantities. But that’s just the start of the gimmicks that will be on display.
They’re aiming too low, they’re fundamentally divided on matters of principle, and they have no muscle. In the end, it’s Congress that will have to tackle U.S. economic problems.
If you think it’s nuts to wait in line for a few hours to take advantage of Black Friday deals, wait until you meet the shoppers who are camping outside stores over a week before sales start.
I just returned from a six-week vacation to Bolivia and Peru. Since the beginning of October, I’ve been climbing mountains, exploring ancient ruins, and sipping pisco sours. Many folks dream of taking trips like this, but few people make it happen. (Well, except for Australians it seems. In Peru, I met dozens of Australians who had [...]
A few weeks ago, when I was in Tokyo, I happened upon a camera store selling just what I was looking for, at a price that was simply too good to refuse. However, the more advanced model was also on sale. This left me with a conundrum: to be satisfied with my original choice, or to [...]
It’s well-documented that people cut loose and spend more when they’re paying with a credit card rather than cash. Scientists refer to this as a “decoupling of purchase from the pain of payment” — essentially, we don’t perceive credit cards as “real money.” But a new study takes this observation a step further by postulating [...]
A new analysis of foreclosures shows that the expression “safe as houses” could be expanded to “safe as houses in a really great school district.”
