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Because the Internet giant has been especially eager to get moms into the habit of shopping at Amazon, for years it has made them offers many caregivers could not refuse, including a year's free Amazon Prime membership and hefty discounts on diapers and other essentials. Starting January 24, though, Amazon Moms won't have it quite so good.
It's been estimated that raising a child from birth through age 18 costs just under $227,000. And that figure doesn't include college. The numbers are enough to scare off potential parents from having one child, let alone more—but there's an argument to be made that kids are, in fact, cheaper in multiples.
Mitt Romney may have made the classic IRA mistake: holding low-tax investments inside a tax-favored account.
There aren’t many people who are complaining that this winter has been too warm, too storm-free, and altogether too comfortable. But there is one group griping the weather just isn’t cold or snowy enough: retailers that sell coats, boots, shovels, mittens, long underwear, and other winter gear.
Apple debuted the holy grail of textbooks on Thursday in New York City. The books are undeniably cool: they will integrate videos, photos and interactive graphics, make taking notes a breeze and be easy to navigate — all features that will undoubtedly make Apple’s textbooks more enjoyable and engaging to students than the current dead tree versions. But the problem Apple ignored in their announcement is how to actually get their reinvented textbooks into the hands of students.
Every year, in addition to the battle between the two teams on the field at the Super Bowl, there’s a battle among advertisers to see which company comes up with the most memorable, most brilliant, and most hilarious commercial. This year’s big game is still two weeks away, and yet an ad from one automaker has already all but been declared the winner for best Super Bowl commercial. After all, how can anyone compete with a pack of dogs barking out the tune of the “Imperial March” from “Star Wars”?
This year, the retailer is making a big push into tax preparation with more than 3,000 Jackson Hewitt or H&R Block kiosks in stores around the country offering free tax prep for filers who use the 1040EZ form.
On average, citizens who earn the most money and have the most net wealth are 50 and over. So why is it this group that’s entitled to discounts at the movies, supermarkets, hotels, and nearly everywhere else you turn, while the young and poor pay full price?
The Zappos breach showed us that passwords may be the weakest link to protecting your online information. It's a teachable moment. Here's how to talk to the kids.
It’s easy to see why the start of the year is a slow time for restaurants. Diners tend to stay home and cook not only because the weather’s cold, but because they probably have yet to pay off the credit card debt accrued via holiday season splurges. To spur on business during the early year doldrums, restaurants resort to specially priced deals. These can be seen at the market’s low end, with cheap fast food promotions popping up every January, and at the high end as well—with cities all over North America hosting annual Restaurant Weeks.
The social stigma of going into foreclosure seems to have decreased in the last few years as almost three-quarters of U.S. households found themselves underwater with their mortgages, and “walking away” from a home became commonplace. However, two recently released figures suggest that homeowners feel a renewed sense of financial obligation to their homes and are more likely to be paying their bills.
Updated: Thursday, 3:35 p.m.
AT&T just announced that new data plans for smartphones and tablets will “give customers more data and value.” That’s true, technically. It’s also true that when the new data plan pricing system takes effect starting this Sunday, wireless bills for new AT&T customers will cost more.
Your 2011 tax documents are beginning to arrive in the mail, signaling the start of another tax filing season. Right on cue, financial firms are in a spending battle to win the business of anyone considering an IRA rollover as part of their tax strategy and retirement savings plan.
The traditional reasons for letting an employee go include not getting to work on time, not doing the work assigned and unprofessional behavior. Now add this one: working during lunch.
