Your Next Credit Card Might Have a Wifi On/Off Switch
Filed under: Identity Theft, Consumer Ally, Credit Cards Alamy By Christine DiGangi Emerging technology gives consumers the ability to turn their credit and debit cards on and off through a smartphone...
View ArticleMore Music for Less Money -- Savings Experiment
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View ArticleFrom Daydream to Dream Job: Jackson Hole Buffalo Meat Co.
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View ArticleE-Z Pass Users Beware: New Phishing Scam Is Targeting You
Filed under: Consumer Ally, Consumer Protection, Junk Mail and Telemarketing, Ripoffs & Scams Alamy For the drivers of 24 million cars in 15 states, having an E-Z Pass transponder makes going...
View ArticleTreasury Budget Deficit Shrinks, But Spending Still Rises
Filed under: EconomyThe U.S. Treasury Budget for July was announced Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday's results followed close enough to analysts' expectations that it should not rock the boat too much in...
View ArticleMarket Wrap: U.S. Stocks Move Lower on Tension Overseas
Filed under: Market News, International Trade, Investing Anatoli Stepanov/AFP/Getty ImagesA serviceman postures on an APC in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. The current fighting, and the potential for...
View ArticleHow to Boost Your Retirement Savings Before Year-End
Filed under: Saving AlamyEnjoying a relaxing retirement depends on saving up a solid nest egg now. By Kimberly Palmer Are you ready to make a final push toward ramping up your retirement savings for...
View ArticleFall Financial Fixes: 6 Money Tasks to Tackle This Autumn
Filed under: Personal Finance, Saving, Financial EducationWith summer wrapping up, kids headed back to school and the pace going from vacationing to wrapping up 2014 productively, here are six...
View ArticleAmerican Consumers Are Spending More - But Carefully
Filed under: Saving Ilya Terentyev/Getty Images American consumers are back! That's the upshot of the latest report on growth in gross domestic product, or GDP, released by the Bureau of Economic...
View ArticleIs Netflix Looking to Make Nice With Its No. 1 Rival?
Filed under: Company News, Media, Netflix, Entertainment Industry Keith Bernstein/HBO/AP In the arena of premium video services, Netflix (NFLX) and Time Warner's (TWX) HBO can be fierce competitors. It...
View ArticleAmazon Debuts Mobile Payment App, Card Reader
Filed under: Amazon.com, Retail, Shopping, Internet, This Built America David Ryder/Getty ImagesAmazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos By MAE ANDERSON NEW YORK -- Amazon.com (AMZN) is taking direct aim at mobile...
View ArticleRobin Williams: The $5 Billion Man at the Box Office
Filed under: Media, Entertainment Industry, Celebrities, This Built America Valerie Macon/Getty ImagesA marquee message at the Laugh Factory comedy club Hollywood pays tribute Tuesday to the late Robin...
View ArticleRetail Sales Ring Up Flat as Wary Consumers Eye Spending
Filed under: Retail, Shopping, Economic Indicators, Consumer Goods, Stores Mark Lennihan/AP By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON -- U.S. retail sales unexpectedly stalled in July, pointing to some loss of...
View ArticleMacy's Cuts Full-Year Forecast, Blames Harsh Winter Weather
Filed under: Company News, Macy's, Earnings, Retail, Consumer Goods Jin Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images By Devika Krishna Kumar Macy's (M) cut its full-year same-store sales forecast, after...
View ArticleUniversal Steams Ahead with 1 Million Hogwarts Express Riders
Filed under: Company News, Industry News, Entertainment Industry, Travel Industry, Investing www.universalorlando.com It's no surprise that the biggest winner among theme parks this summer is Comcast's...
View ArticleJuly Retail Sales Get Third Quarter Off to a Bad Start
Filed under: EconomyRetail sales did not have much to show for in the first month of the third quarter. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that retail sales were flat at 0.0% change in July....
View ArticleScared About Social Security's Future? Take These Steps Now
Filed under: Retirement, Retirement Plans, Social Security, Planning Alamy For millions of Americans, the idea of retirement without Social Security is unthinkable. According to the Social Security...
View ArticleBusiness Inventories Buildup Brings Weaker Expectations
Filed under: EconomyThe Commerce Department reported on Wednesday that Business Inventories were up by 0.4% for the month of June. The consensus estimate of economists polled by Bloomberg was spot on...
View ArticleCreative Ways to Reduce the Cost of Child Care
Filed under: Family Money, Personal Finance, Budgeting, Having a Baby Getty Images Diapers: check. Stroller: check. Onesies: check. You're all set for your baby, right? But what about child care? A...
View ArticleIs There Life After 'Candy Crush' for King Digital?
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Entertainment Industry, Stocks, Investing www.candycrushsaga.com King Digital Entertainment (KING) has tried to set itself apart from casual gaming rival Zynga...
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