Category Archives: Deals

10 things to buy before the end of the year

By doris | Published: December 25, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com Your Christmas shopping may now be over. So what better time to think about buying a few items for yourself before the end of the year. Think about going against the grain and you’ll get some good deals on non-gift items. Before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s here are [...]

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‘Black Friday’ shop-a-thon draws bargain-hunters

By doris | Published: November 28, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com Shoppers were back in a “Black Friday” bargain-binging mood, snapping up hoodies and computer laptops at stores, in a turnout that could give the economic recovery more steam. In contrast to the past two years, shoppers said they were buying more for themselves and less focused only on price, while also [...]

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Black Friday: Toys R Us starts the frenzy

By doris | Published: November 27, 2010

Full Story at Black Friday at Toys R Us draws newcomers – Nov. 26, 2010 NEW YORK Money.cnn.com) — Who knew that all it took was a 2-hour time change to bring out a mob of newcomers to the Black Friday craziness? Toys R Us, the nation’s largest toys-only retailer, got a head start on [...]

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Eat turkey, then check these 5 sites for Black Friday deals

By doris | Published: November 26, 2010

Full Story at LifeInc.todayshow.com Laura T. Coffey writes: For years now — decades, even — a Thanksgiving tradition for die-hard bargain hounds has been to nab a big, fat copy of the local Thanksgiving Day newspaper and pore over all the Black Friday ads. That’s still an important thing to do if you’ve been bitten [...]

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10 Market Bubbles That Could Soon Burst

By doris | Published: November 10, 2010

Full Story at DailyFinance.com The president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, Navayana Kocherlakota, recently published a paper in which he argues that government guarantees helped fuel the bubble in real estate. While his paper was largely aimed at prescribing solutions to this problem, it raises the question: What other bubbles are lurking out there in [...]

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Amazon to buy Diapers.com parent company: report

By doris | Published: November 8, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc is expected to buy the parent company of Diapers.com for $540 million to $545 million, according to media reports. The deal will be announced on Monday, said a report on Fortune magazine’s website on Saturday, which did not cite any sources. The acquisition comes as Amazon [...]

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Their home was sold by mistake

By doris | Published: September 28, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com Douglas Garhartt and Brandon Lively were just settling in to the ocean-view San Clemente townhome they bought in March when suddenly they were faced with the threat of eviction. Less than a week after they closed sale on the condo, it turned out, a small group of investors had purchased the [...]

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Dow set for best September since 1939

By doris | Published: September 27, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The summer has come to an end, and so has the market slump that came with it. With little on tap to challenge the recent rally, stocks are on track to close September with the biggest monthly gains in over a year. Though September is typically down [...]

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BP fund czar promises bigger, faster claims

By doris | Published: September 26, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW ORLEANS – Victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill should start getting bigger payments faster, the administrator of the fund set up to help them said Saturday. Kenneth Feinberg said he was responding to criticism from residents and businesses. “Over the past few weeks, I have heard from the [...]

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Former IBM exec Moffat gets six months in jail

By doris | Published: September 14, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Former IBM executive Robert Moffat was sentenced on Monday to six months in a federal prison for insider trading. Moffat, once the senior vice president of IBM’s (IBM, Fortune 500) systems and technology group and a potential successor to CEO Sam Palmisano, pleaded guilty in March to [...]

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New bank rules to curb risk

By doris | Published: September 13, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Global officials meeting in Switzerland Sunday announced new guidelines to strengthen the financial system by forcing banks to set aside more capital. The goal is ensure that banks have bigger reserve cushions when things go bad and avoid another bank meltdown like the panic of 2008, which [...]

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Barnes & Noble puts itself up for sale

By doris | Published: August 4, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Shares of Barnes & Noble soared 26% in after-hours trading Tuesday after the bookseller put itself on the block. The board of directors believes Barnes & Noble shares are “significantly undervalued,” and has hired financial advisor Lazard to explore “strategic alternatives” that may include selling the company, [...]

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Dell and Intel: Big Tech behaving badly

By doris | Published: July 24, 2010

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Thursday’s $100 million settlement between Dell and the Securities and Exchange Commission was a reminder that the government is going after tech’s bad boys — and Intel is likely next on the feds’ list. According to the SEC’s complaint against Dell, Intel paid the computer maker rebates [...]

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Low rates aren’t helping the housing market

By doris | Published: July 6, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com An odd scene has been playing out lately in the offices of mortgage brokers and bankers around the country. Mortgage rates have sunk to levels not seen in more than a half-century — a seductive 4.58 percent for an average 30-year fixed loan. Yet brokers and lenders report not a flood [...]

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