Social Security for the divorced
If you were married for at least 10 years to someone who has earned benefits, you may be eligible to collect payments as well. Here's how it works.
Archive for May, 2008
Workhorse Laptops
No matter what your needs are, you can find your perfect portable right here.
Outsourcing Your Franchise Sales
This trend can save you time, but consider all your options first.
$4 a gallon means more for a beer
A pint is among the many things that cost more because of soaring gasoline prices. Also: Why lower prices for stocks and homes are a good thing.
Finding the Right Price for Your Retail Products
Most retailers use a 50 percent markup, but be certain you calculate yours correctly.
Finding the Right Price for Your Retail Products
Most retailers use a 50 percent markup, but be certain you calculate yours correctly.
Don’t blame those ‘greedy’ oil companies
As you fill your tank for your next summer trek, consider what stands in the way of a lot of domestic oil development: Congress.
Economic fear and $132 oil slam stocks
The Dow falls 146 points and has its worst week since February. General Motors has its worst close since 1982. Supplies of existing homes for sale hit 23-year highs. Takeover talk pushes Anheuser-Busch up 8%.
Cheaper oil: What are the chances?
Here are 6 scenarios that could push the price of crude back down -- or at least stem the price increases. They're not all that likely, but just maybe . . .
Burned at the BBQ: Cookout costs soar
Food inflation has spiked to its highest in almost 20 years, just in time for the unofficial start of summer. And it's hitting Americans right in the backyard grill.
Want more pay? Get a night job
If your workday starts when most others' ends, you'll often earn more and enjoy other benefits (such as fewer meetings). Here are some careers with the best night-shift payoffs.
Crude drops; stocks rise modestly
Financials and techs push stocks higher after oil pulls back. Ford shares dive after the company says its North American business won't achieve a profit by 2009. Yahoo delays its annual meeting.
About those Ford profits: Never mind
As gas prices hurt demand for its fuel-guzzling SUVs and trucks, the company announces it will cut North American production. That throws a monkey wrench into CEO Alan Mulally's promise of profitability.
Cell phone service warns of speed traps
Trapster's database compiles information on potential problem areas for tickets and sends alerts to drivers as they approach.