There’s now a new way to make money at Target– and you don’t have to wear red to make it happen. Target and Nextworth have teamed up to make it easier to trade in old appliances and gadgets in exchange for Target gift cards, worth up to $200. The program launched in Northern California stores [...]
Have you ever run into a person like this– someone who would rather pray about finding a job than go out and look for one? This just doesn’t sit right with me. I know God is our provider, but he never tells us to just sit back, watch some TV and wait for His blessings. [...]
Money may not be able to buy you love, but it can buy you happiness– at least a little bit of it. That’s according to new research reported in a recent edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Turns out people’s emotional well-being (aka. happiness) improves as their income improves. But the happiness [...]
This Thursday the new season of “The Apprentice” kicks off on NBC. It’s a reality show where 16 candidates compete for a job with real estate tycoon Donald Trump. But this season is a little different. In addition to having brains, ability and education, these candidates have something else in common– they all got laid [...]
Sara Sicotte, also known as @BudgetSavvyDiva, is a California girl, but she’s also frugal– two things that don’t always seem to go well together. She’s spent all of her 23 years in the Hollywood Hills. She currently lives with her mom, dad and finance. She’s a recent graduate of the University of Southern California and [...]
Even penny pinchers are spending money on a line of gadgets designed to help you get the most out of the products you purchase. According to the Associated Press, demand is up for products that reduce waste. You can find these gizmos at stores like Wal-Mart and The Container Store. Here are some examples: * [...]
Are you ready for some freebies? (In case you didn’t know you were supposed to sing that in the tune of the Monday night football song.) Now is your chance to score big with these freebies. Free UnderJams: If you’ve got little ones that are too old for diapers but still have the occasional nighttime [...]
For this week’s Twitter Tuesday Profile, we’re introducing you to one of our neighbors to the north. Tom Drake tweets from @CanadianFinance and blogs at CanadianFinance.com. When he’s not writing or tweeting he’s working as a financial analyst for Canada’s second largest grocery retailer which means he budgets money for about 200 stores in western [...]
Before the economy started to slide American consumers were pretty good at paying their bills. According to US News and World Report about 95 percent of loans were paid on time before 2007. But that slipped to 92.3 in 2008, 88.8 percent in 2009 and 88 percent by the end of 2009. US News and [...]