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WHY DO GAS PRICES END IN 0.9 CENTS?

Unfortunately, the origins of the 0.9 increment are murky. Some sources attribute the practice to the 1920′s and 1930′s, when the gasoline tax was nine-tenths of a cent. Stations would simply slap the extra 0.9 cents onto the advertised price of a gallon to give Uncle Same his cut. Others theorize that slashing 0.1 cent [...]

8 THINGS TO NEVER CHEAP OUT ON

These days, Americans are more value conscious than ever. More and more of us, for example, have switched from more expensive brand name products to the generic supermarket brands. In fact, 65% of women wait for things to go on sale before they buy them and 32% will skip shopping at a store because they [...]

WANT YOUR COMPANY TO MAKE MORE MONEY? GET POLITICAL

Managers and bosses looking to raise their firms’ bottom line should consider getting political. As a company’s political activity (e.g., lobbying and funding campaigns) increases, so do profits, indicates a meta-analysis in the Journal of Management. The traditional view: Politically active corporations develop government relationships that lead to financial advantages. Researchers can’t say whether they’re [...]

WOMEN ARE SUCKERS FOR A BARGAIN

The words “on sale” make women buy things they not only regret buying but never use. According to a new ShopSmart magazine survey, 75% of women admit they buy stuff they don’t need just because it’s on sale and 8% say they do it frequently. Many of us are even willing to buy clothing that [...]

NOW IS THE TIME TO GET GREAT DEALS ON JAPANESE TVs

Most Americans don’t know that the fiscal year for Japanese manufacturers ends on March 31st. What does that mean to you? Makers of Japanese TVs have begun pushing out old models at discounts of up to 20% which means you can now get a really sweet deal on that big-screen TV.

WHY SO MANY AMERICANS ARE SO ANGRY

If it feels like you’re not getting anywhere financially speaking, you’re not hallucinating. Hourly wages for 80% of American workers have risen by just 1% after inflation since 1979!

WHAT IS THE AVERAGE CREDIT CARD LIMIT?

If the credit limit on your credit card is lower today than it once was, don’t take it personally. One of the byproducts of the banking crisis was that banks came to their senses and stopped offering us more credit than we could ever really pay off. Today, the average credit limit on a new [...]

CREATE A REALLY SCARY HALLOWEEN HOUSE

Every year, around this time, the annual haunted houses open up to entertain kids and families for Halloween. However, these days, there are things a lot scarier going on in people’s lives besides ghosts, zombies and goblins. So consider constructing a really scary house for Halloween – one that is chock full of life’s really [...]

YOU MAY HAVE ASSETS YOU DON’T KNOW YOU HAVE

There are millions of dollars of unclaimed property in the United States and some of that could belong to you. To find out if you have money or other assets that you don’t know about, go to missingmoney.com. This free, secure website, endorsed by the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators, could turn up forgotten [...]

JUST HOW MUCH COFFEE DO AMERICANS DRINK?

As you down that next cup of coffee, consider this. Americans consume 4,848 cups of coffee every second. Now there’s a recession-proof industry.