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Consumer spending likely fell in September, as auto sales took a nosedive with the end of the popular Cash for Clunkers program.
Consumer spending, propelled by the wildly popular Cash for Clunkers auto sales program, shot up in August by the largest amount in nearly eight years even though personal incomes continued to lag.
Madonna's love letters and erotic answering machine messages to an ex-boyfriend are up for sale in New York City.
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has vowed to not let her personal views affect how she would rule on cases from the nation's highest court.
I don’t want to sound paranoid or anything, but I'm starting to suspect that Nintendo has secretly hidden some sort of spy camera in my home.
The first family settled into their new lives in the White House on Thursday as President Barack Obama won an important personal victory: He gets to keep his BlackBerry.
The walls in the West Wing are oddly bare, the Oval Office still looks like it did during the Bush years, and advisers to the president are just trying to get their e-mail working. But let there be no doubt: This is now Barack Obama's White House.
Well, for one thing, I was interested in the personal side of money, which was not covered very often by the mainstream press. But my “aha” moment came after a breakup with a wealthy boyfriend who, in the end, I didn’t particularly connect with. A few of my educated, otherwise liberal friends questioned my decision to end the relationship because, as one put it, “this guy could take care of you for life.” I was surprised by that reaction; it made me want to explore the subtle, often thorny ways that money affects personal relationships.
Consumer spending fell for a fifth straight month in November, the longest weak stretch in a half-century, while incomes declined under the weight of massive layoffs. Economists don't think the hard times will end anytime soon.
As the financial crisis was gaining force, Americans cut back on their spending in October by the largest amount since the 2001 terrorist attacks.
A community college in Ohio says the names and Social Security numbers of almost 1,000 employees were inadvertently left open to public view on the Internet for about a year.
Back in the '70s, when singer Alicia Bridges was belting out her hit "I Love the Nightlife" and nightclub owner Steve Rubell had New York City trendoids on the velvet ropes outside his famous Studio 54 — a scene that forever encapsulated the night fever frenzy of the disco era — no-one could have possibly forecast that today's party animals would, in fact, be animals. Dogs to be exact.
The Associated Press asked the presidential candidates to identify misconceptions about them.
The Associated Press asked the presidential candidates to name their favorite electronic gadgets.
More Americans are Googling themselves — and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests, too.
In the midst of furious campaigning, The Associated Press asked presidential candidates to reflect on what they like to do on a lazy day.
John McCain and Bill Richardson got their most prized keepsakes 40 years apart, from the same hand.
These days, luxury cars and SUVs carry presidential candidates in their nearly ceaseless travels. Not like the old days.
John Edwards has to be a mighty hungry man before he'll touch that mushroom on his plate. Mitt Romney says he's never met an eggplant he'd eat.
The Associated Press asked major presidential candidates a series of questions about their personal tastes, traits and backgrounds. Today's question — first in a series — and their answers:
When The Associated Press asked the presidential candidates about their bad habits, they did not fess up to anything that would sink the republic.
John McCain's answer was both practical and deeply personal when he was asked in the 2000 presidential campaign what item he'd most like to have if he were stranded on a desert island: "SPF 45 sunblock."
Five of the nation's largest employers plan to soon give their workers a unique health care benefit — their very own electronic medical record that they can take when they travel, change jobs or see a new doctor.
Blog of Shab Kerendian, Los Angeles, CAMerchantCircle.com -- Shab Kerendian of 11755 Wilshire Blvd., 15th Floor Los Angeles, CA , Los Angeles, CA. Phone: 310-914-4144. Shab D. Kerendian founded the firm and started it as the Law Offices of Shab D. Kerendian.
Five days ago, I began a new diet - my weight-gain diet. My goal weight is 125 lbs by mid-December. Currently, I weigh in at 100 lbs. This is a challenging goal because I need to figure out what my calories need to be at on a daily basis.
First off I won't tolerate any bashing from either side. If you came to bash on someone...split. If on the other hand you would like to talk about why this is a political issue I'd love to hear your point of view.
What's in Health Insurance Reform for you?United States Vice President Joseph Biden announces today the Barack Obama White House has released a new HEALTH REFORM CALCULATOR so that Americans with current employment related insurance coverage, can SEE HOW THEY MIGHT PERSONALLY BENEFIT from Health Coverage Reform, as propo …
I was in pain. I was morning the loss of an organ. I was tired. I was emotionally drained. I was at my wits end. It was two months after my surgery, and I finally had a meltdown. I sobbed like a baby.
Cambridge Cop's Unfortunate Vanity Plate: WHY-TEEAt around noon today, the same time Sgt.
My 24 year old son, Andrew is getting married this Saturday, July 18.
911 Dispatcher Fired For Being Too NoseyA Lake County 911 dispatcher was fired because she was too nosey. It seems the dispatcher kept looking up the personal information of undercover deputies.
It's Hurricane Season---Are They Ready?Are we ready for the next major hurricane? Will the federal government be prepared, and in a better position to aid its' people?
Okay, I got around to checking out our homeowners insurance. We have had no claims since we purchased this home in 2006. Yet when I reviewed the documents from closing and the subsequent years I find that we have/are experiencing a 30% increase in our homeowners insurance.
After hanging around the third rock from the sun for 45 years I've come to a few conclusions about life and the world. Just my opinion of course. Many I really believe to be true. Many are just questions I have that there are probably no good answers to.
Welcome to my ever-so-slightly-twisted worldCome on and become a regular reader of wtf-is-with-my-life.com, a blog detailing an oddly eventful life. I'm pretty sure it'll keep you entertained and laughing. Believe me, you can't make this stuff up.
To say I was a trouble child might be an understatement. I was usually in trouble for something leading up to boarding school. I'm thankful that much of my childhood is a blank, most of what I remember, the snippets of memories and the random images of events are not pleasant.
On The Money: Ask The Experts: When Debt Is Too Old To Be Collected - On the Money - Ask The Experts - CNBC.comold credit card debt
A [revised] complete financial plan in a "retweetable" 126 charactersIn a nutshell, how to build wealth
My family first subscribed to AOL in the mid-90's -- the golden age of 56K. My mom would patiently wash the dishes while a page loaded. She dried them after clicking another link. AOL was an internet portal for the common person -- essentially, "Internet Lite".
"...in an information-rich world, the wealth of information means a dearth of something else: a scarcity of whatever it is that information consumes. What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients.
I started putting this together in a thread awhile back, copied it here, and promptly forgot about it without publishing. Thought I'd toss it up the 'vine and see if it generated any interesting discussion.
Blogging etiquette gets personal A discussion that began on a journalist's personal blog has sparked a wider debate on ethics in the age of social media as the lines between journalists' professional work and their personal activities blur.
Microsoft Maps Course to a Jetsons-Style FutureMeet Laura, the virtual personal assistant for those of us who cannot afford a human one.
Auctioneer: Michael Jackson wants to move on---Pics of some of the items being auctioned within the article.--- Excerpt: "Michael Jackson is allowing us to conduct this auction because he wants to move on to the next chapter in his life," Darren Julien, the President of the Julien's Auctions told China.org.cn in an exclus …
Father Finds Porn On Just-Purchased Laptop - Personal Information On Previous Owner Also FoundAPOPKA, Fla. -- A father didn't expect his purchase of a laptop computer for his daughter to include pornography. Terry Harbor bought the computer from Value Pawn in Apopka for his 13-year-old daughter. He hoped it would provide some entertainment and assist her with homework.
Project recounts ordeal of Nazi forced labourersVideo testimony of nearly 600 survivors of Nazi forced labour programmes have been posted online for historians and students to better understand their ordeal, organisers said Thursday.
Florida settles suit: $1 to each driver, $2.85 million to lawyers : State News : TCPalm
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