Spinning off Tuesday’s post, the question remains: If you do manage to cut your spending on discretionary purchases, how much money does that help you save every year? Bills.com has a nifty Ways to Save Money feature that shows you how much your savings can add up if you sock away the money in an [...]
Talking salary with your friends and coworkers remains a persistent taboo — and for good reason. Each employee brings a unique set of skills and abilities to his or her job, and will presumably be appropriately compensated based on their respective backgrounds. Sharing salary information without context leads to hurt feelings in most situations. But [...]
This year, the American Farm Bureau Federation is reporting a drop in the full cost of a Thanksgiving meal. The Thanksgiving meal with turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the trimmings will cost an average of $42.91, a decrease of $1.70, or 3.8 percent, from last year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. [...]
The clothing company H&M has made a name for itself providing high-fashion clothing at prices that most people can afford. (BTW – I am not paid by H&M; this is what my wife has told me.) On occasion, H&M enlists the services of an otherwise exclusive designer, to produce a line specifically for the store. [...]
Whether you’re starting a new job or moving to another state, it can be hard to set up a budget when you don’t know how much of your paycheck you get to take home after taxes and deductions. PaycheckCity.com’s Net Pay Calculator takes the guesswork out. It’s a particularly useful tool if, for example, your [...]
I’m a bit tired of hearing about “social media” sites. For awhile social media seemed mostly like a tool solely used to talk about… social media. Sites such as Twitter, Reddit, and Digg have of course grown out of this (most of the time), but it’s still sometimes hard to find interesting and relevant information [...]
The FTC has great resources including a Scam Watch that takes a useful look at a lot of the mortgage rescue scams that are abounding right now.
For workers stuck in a sea of cubicles, being self-employed sounds pretty appealing. After all, who wouldn’t want to work from home and start spending a lot more time in their bathrobe, watching Ricki Lake, drinking mimosas, and devising new ways to spend the buckets of cash delivered daily to their doorstep? The reality, of [...]
