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5 Safety Tips for Online Shopping

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:03 by Gunjan Mehra

Shopping in the virtual world involves a few risks. To avoid financial mishaps it is imperative that you get savvy of the ways you could be duped online.

Bigger crowds expected on Black Friday

Wed, 11/25/2009 - 22:43 by Inderjit Singh

Milwaukee -- A Milwaukee manager is expecting the biggest crowds ever when Black Friday shoppers begin their annual pilgrimage to the malls.

"The retailers are very optimistic heading into Friday," says Chris Jaeger, manager of the Bayshore Town Center in Glendale, Wis.

Jaeger told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel indications are "they're going to pull out all the stops for Black Friday."

Surveys by the Conference Board point to bigger crowds but lower spending.
Average per-household holiday gift spending is expected to be $390 this year, down from an average of $418 in 2008.

For the first time ever Wal-Mart will stay open round the clock from 7 a.m. on Thursday until 11 p.m. on Black Friday, the Journal Sentinel says.

What's in stores this Black Friday?

Wed, 11/25/2009 - 15:36 by Ishita Sood

New York, November 25 -- According to a recent poll by National Retail Federation, more than 134 million U.S. customers are expected to shop this coming Thanksgiving weekend.

Retail beat expectations in October

Mon, 11/16/2009 - 21:53 by Inderjit Singh

Washington -- Retail sales rose more than expected in October from September, although sales were down from a year ago, the U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday.

October sales hit $347.5 billion, up 1.4 percent from September and 1.7 percent lower than October 2008.
Economists predicted a 0.9 percent month-to-month increase. The department, however, revised September's figure from a drop of 1.5 percent to a 2.3 percent decline.

In October, automobile sales jumped 7.4 percent after skidding 14.3 percent in September with the cessation of the "cash for clunkers" federal rebate program.

5 Top 3-Digit Stocks

Tue, 09/22/2009 - 01:22 by Rich Duprey

True penny stocks are a minefield, but small-cap copper beauties can be one way to easily double your money.

Gay books disappear from Amazon catalogs

Wed, 04/15/2009 - 17:32 by Jaspreet Kaur

Seattle, April 15: Amazon.com has claimed that an internal 'glitch' in its book cataloguing process caused the deletion of 57,310 titles from its sales rankings and search pages over the past few weeks.

US House, Senate approve 2010 budget outline

Fri, 04/03/2009 - 11:47 by rcrchauhan

Washington, April 3 -- US lawmakers Thursday approved a $3.5-trillion budget outline for 2010 that closely mirrors President Barack Obama's priorities for the country.

The vote in the House of Representatives was 233-196, largely along party lines, and came after weeks of polarising debate that exposed deep differences between majority Democrats and opposition Republicans over how to resuscitate the US economy.

The Senate voted 55 to 43 on a slightly different version of the 2010 budget proposal, which will require lawmakers from both chambers to forge a compromise in the coming weeks.

Senate majority leader Harry Reid said that the "responsible" budget "will start cleaning up the mistakes of the past and make critical investments in our future".

Snow makes retail sales slide in February

Tue, 03/10/2009 - 17:05 by Jamie Anderson

London, March 10: Heavy snow played spoilsport as British retailers saw sales plunge again in February. The fall in sales was also attributed to cessation of the enormous discounts and freebies offered to the customers during the New Year period. All in all, the probable consumers remained jammed indoors.

Warren Buffett Goes Shopping

Wed, 08/20/2008 - 18:25 by Morgan Housel

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

It's not surprising that mimicking Warren Buffett's moves over the years would leave you well ahead of the pack. That's why it's great news that as an elephant-sized investment vehicle, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) is required to periodically report some of its investments.

6 Ways to Save on Groceries

Fri, 08/01/2008 - 14:34 by Dayana Yochim
If you're not moved much by the effort-to-payoff ratio of comparison shopping and coupon clipping (guilty!), this article is for you. Put down your scissors and recycle those Sunday circulars. Don't even bother fiddling with the calculator on your cell phone while you're navigating the supermarket aisles. That's right, with minimal-to-no pre-shopping preparation even sloths like me can save money on groceries.

5 Great Gifts That Keep on Giving

Fri, 08/01/2008 - 14:05 by Motley Fool
For a myriad of gift-giving occasions -- weddings, graduations, births, "29 again" birthdays -- a check is always appreciated. But if you want your money to have a lasting impact, there are a whole host of options you may not have considered. Here are a few ideas for presents that will continue to reward their recipients long into the future.

Foolish Book Review: "Biography of the Dollar"

Fri, 05/30/2008 - 15:12 by David Lee Smith
Even the most casual observer of the financial scene knows by now that the good old U.S. greenback has been on about a six-year slide versus many of the world's other currencies. But what causes a currency to move up or down? Is a decline always a bad thing? Does the dollar's slide matter as much to the rest of the world as it does to us? And can the market thrive with the dollar in full retreat?