Sunken economy boosts public construction projects

Public construction projects, usually an exercise in cost overruns, are getting cheaper as material prices fall and builders compete for contracts just to stay afloat, a silver lining for cash-strapped governments but a worry to some contractors who risk lowballing themselves out of business.

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Your Career: Don’t rule out COBRA discount

Many unemployed who think COBRA insurance is too expensive don’t know a discount exists — and some have been given bogus information about whether they’re eligible.

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Discount chain sales results for April

Summary of April same-store sales results for discount category store chains, with percentage increase or decrease over the same month last year.

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Market price: Twins to base Monday discount on Dow

Minnesota Twins fans might want to watch the stock market more closely this season.

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Discount chain sales results for December

Summary of December same-store sales results for discount category store chains, with percentage increase or decrease over the same month last year.

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After sales, will shoppers pay full price again?

Shoppers are getting used to those 75 percent off sale signs, and that's bad news for merchants who worry they will also have to quickly slash prices on spring goods to attract customers.

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GM sues to recoup $450K in employee discounts

General Motors Corp. is cracking down on workers and retirees who it says have improperly extended employee discounts to non-relatives and have cost the automaker more than $450,000.

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Venice Bar Gives Americans Discount

Ernest Hemingway didn't have to worry about a strong euro, but Americans in Venice these days do, so the novelist's old haunt is giving U.S. tourists 20 percent off.

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Church to Offer 25-Cent Gas Discount

With Easter approaching, a church in western Ohio plans to help people fill up and also hopes to help fill their spiritual needs.

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Microsoft plans to offer a substantial discount for college students who want to pick up a copy of Windows 7.

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According to the Web site Shanghailist, the advertisement (above) reads:

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An aged Croat pensioner died just after a local prostitute agreed to give him oral sex for the discount price of only four pounds in Split.

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I'm cracking with laughter, specially the village sign and the fish one!

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NEW YORK--National Point and Insurance Reduction Course, a leader in defensive driving courses, announced today the launch of its Improv Aware Driver Course, one of the first New York State Department of Motor Vehicles approved online programs for New York drivers.

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It did not take long for the world financial crisis to affect the world's oldest profession in Germany.

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Managers at Filene's Basement in Atlanta report 1,200 women lined up early Friday to buy discount wedding dresses. The event is so popular because the dresses are discounted up to 90%.

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Xbox Live is widely regarded as the superior online service for this generation of consoles.

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Wal-Mart customers out hundreds of dollars said they were scammed by a man who appeared to be a store employee. "I feel like an idiot for actually falling for it," Paul Yershin said. "But what do you do?"

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From Wal-Mart to Saks Fifth Avenue, retailers are so desperate to rid themselves of inventory that they're marking down some merchandise by 90%.

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Police said a Plainville man arrested by warrant Thursday was hoping to save a few bucks when he used his real shopper scan card at an area grocery store in November.

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Apple's much-anticipated Black Friday event offered consumers discounts on Mac computers, iPods and accessories at levels similar to years past, despite speculation about deeper price cuts.

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About 40 men have agreed to a Cologne brothel owner's offer of lifelong free entry in exchange for getting tattoos of the establishment logo on their arms, daily Express reported on Friday.

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New York, NY (PRWEB) October 31, 2008 -- In New York alone, the average price for a dozen eggs has risen over 25% since 2007 with food prices in general increasing by more than 5%.

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Conservative MPs have been given discount vouchers for a lap dancing club near their party conference venue. The vouchers, offering a £10 reduction on entry to Birmingham's Rocket Club, were in a booklet sent out to delegates with official conference literature.

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Manufacturers are embracing broad new legal powers that amount to a type of price-fixing -- enabling them to set minimum prices on their products and force retailers to refrain from discounting.

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If you're starting to sense desperation in the new car market, you're not entirely off the mark. Even the most optimistic sales forecasts expect 2008 new car deliveries to fall to a level not seen since the early 1990s.

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"The owner of a company that sold firearm merchandise to both the Virginia Tech University and Northern Illinois University shooters said he will sell his guns at cost for the next two weeks in hopes that "law-abiding" citizens will buy them to prevent similar tragedies."

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The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) ordered EasyJet to scrap a misleading promotion. The promotion ran last summer. It promised to refund customers double the difference if they could find a cheaper than £19.99 single fare deal in a five day period.

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Copenhageners on a budget might be able to afford an Egg Chair in the near future. A British company producing copies of Danish designer furniture has plans of opening a showroom in Copenhagen, much to the industry's chagrin.

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Go shopping for a Dodge Ram, and you may find a $4,500 factory incentive awaits. On top of that, it's likely a dealer will give you an all-smiles, deep-discount price that's lower by thousands more.

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save some money and shop online at BruceRossmeyer.com this weekend (Friday through Monday). Use coupon code: THANKS15 and save

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This really is a steal! Starting today, students can purchase Office Ultimate 2007 for $59.95 in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. On September 20th the promotion expands to Spain, Italy, and France. Microsoft is also running a blogging contest, with up to a $3000 prize.

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Dropping the price of the 8GB iPhone by 33% after only two months - big news - and very upsetting news. I have posted to the right an image from the official iPhone forum from this morning (click to enlarge).

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