Top 10 Signs of a Troubled Economy and/or the Apocalypse

This is a gray area: When money is a problem, it can feel like the end of the world is near.

Queen of England Tightens her Belt

OK, it’s a jewel-encrusted belt, but still. The Queen, who has a reputation as royal penny pincher too cheap to buy a TV, and is known to wander the halls of Buckingham Palace and switch off lights to conserve energy, has decided to delay home improvement projects (or rather, castle improvement projects), freeze the salaries [...]