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Sports Illustrated's Richest Athletes in America List is as Depressing as You'd Imagine

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:01:09 +0000

Sports Illustrated released its Fortunate 50 – a list of the 50 richest athletes in America, based on salary, winnings, bonuses and endorsements for the current or most recent season. It will ruin your day. This year’s rankings are topped by Floyd Mayweather, who’s bringing in a cool $90 million for a pair of bouts [...]

2014 Corvette Stingray Will Cost About $52K for Base Model

Mike Adams — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:34:23 +0000

Prepare to take out a second mortgage on your home or perhaps even sell off your first born, because General Motors announced earlier last week that the 2014 Corvette Stingray will cost around $52,000 – and that’s just for the base model.

Best Drinks To Serve At The Super Garage Sale To Ensure Big Profits

Rich Ledoux — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:41:52 +0000

Have you registered for the Super Garage Sale on Saturday, May 18? Participate from the comfort of your own driveway and we'll advertise it for you. All you have to do is post pictures of what you have to offer and we'll bring the crowds! You'll be featured on our downloadable interactive map, complete with a description of your goods and services. I'm willing to bet that if you serve the right beverage, you'll see even bigger crowds.

New $100 Bills Coming in October

Chris Chaberski — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:11:55 +0000

Get ready to throw away all those ratty old Benjamins that are just laying around your house—the newly designed $100 bill will be going into circulation in October. (Just kidding about throwing away the old ones. They’ll still be recognized as legal tender.) The bill bearing the face of Benjamin Franklin is the world’s most [...]

Lamborghini Veneno Launched – I Want One But There's Only 3 [VIDEO]

Michelle — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:43:17 +0000

Growing up, I was not the kind of girl that had Rainbow Bright posters on my wall. Although I wore a lot of Esprit clothing, more than anything I wanted to grow up owning a Lotus Esprit or a Lamborghini Countach. The boys at Top Gear would have been proud.

How to Stop Identity Thieves From Stealing Your Tax Refund

Chris Chaberski — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:08:54 +0000

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service announced that it had targeted about 400 identity thieves across the country. The thieves were using stolen Social Security numbers to file false tax returns and then claim the refunds.

Montana To Increase Minimum Wage On New Year's Day

Rich Ledoux — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:40:30 +0000

On January 1st, Montana’s minimum wage will increase 15 cents to $7.80 an hour, benefiting 22,000 low-wage workers in the state. Montana’s minimum wage increase means an extra $310 per year in wages for the average directly affected worker. According to an analysis by the nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute, the increased consumer spending generated by [...]

How to Get the Best Deals From the Retailers' Price-Matching Wars — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:44:15 +0000

Retailers are competing hard to get inside your wallet this holiday season, and as a result, there are big savings to be found in checkout lines all across the country. We know a few ways you can take advantage of this. Most major retailers have taken the gloves off and are now in a full-blown, [...]

This Cabin Can Be Yours For Only $10,000 [PHOTO]

Cole — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:30:32 +0000

Maybe you acquired a bit of land and you don't know what to do with it. Maybe you just won $10,000 and you're looking for a way to spend it. Either way if you call Marlin, he can build you the $10,000 home of your dreams!

Cabbie Returns $220,000 He Finds in Back Seat, Gets a 1% Tip — Is It Fair?

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:09:25 +0000

If you drive a cab in Las Vegas, you're gonna see some crazy things. But the biggest jolt of Adam Woldemarim's cab-driving career came last month after he finished a shift and was cleaning up his van. In the back seat of the vehicle was a soft laptop case that a fare had left behind. But instead of housing a computer, the case held $222,510 in cash.

Credit Card Delinquencies Reach 11-Year Low — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:21:14 +0000

These days more credit card customers are paying their bills on time than they have over the course of the last decade.

A report released earlier today by the American Bankers Association indicates that delinquencies on credit cards are currently at an 11-year low, with only 2.93 percent of credit accounts reported past due by 30 days or more. These figures come in substantially under the 3.91 percent 15-year average.

So, what’s with all of the newfound responsibility?

American Express Deceives Customers, Will Issue $85 Million Refund — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:56:08 +0000

Have an American Express card that you never leave home without? You can expect a refund.

According to a report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, American Express will be refunding $85 million to some 250,000 customers due to what officials are calling deceptive practices that include the charging of illegal late fees and discrimination against applicants 35 years old and up.

For nearly a decade, American Express was guilty of committing various infractions against its card owners that cheated customers into believing they were obtaining benefits like sign-up bonuses and improved credit scores that never came to pass.

Discover Misleads Cardholders, Will Issue $200 Million Refund — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:33:50 +0000

Do you have a Discover card? If so, you can expect to receive a refund. According to an announcement from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Discover plans to issue $200 million in refunds to about 3.5 million cardholders due to questionable telemarketing practices that were found to misinform customers. [...]

Samsung Did NOT Pay Apple $1 Billion In Nickels To Settle Lawsuit

Michelle — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:58:44 +0000

America loves the thought of a South Korean smarty-pants but Samsung did NOT pay their billion dollar judgement to Apple in nickels. But how awesome would that be?

Fantasy Football Costs American Companies A Whopping $6.5 Billion A Season

Rich Ledoux — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:00:53 +0000

Ever wonder how much money is lost when employees tinker with their fantasy football lineups at work? According to a report from outplacement firm Challenger, Grey & Christmas, it comes out to $6.5 billion a season. If you want to stay ahead in fantasy football, you have to be on top of injuries and your [...]

The Rich Fail to Spread the Wealth By Donating Less to Charity Than the Middle Class Does — Dollars and Sense

Mike Adams — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:36:17 +0000

In a world where the portrait of philanthropy is often painted using an upper class model to represent an offering of charity to the less fortunate, sometimes we forget that empathy has a way of digging a little deeper into the pockets of blue jeans than it does a three-piece suit. At least that is [...]

Beastie Boys Sue Monster Energy Drink for Copyright Infringement

Joe Robinson — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:55:07 +0000

That didn’t take long. Yesterday (Aug. 9), late Beastie Boys rapper Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch‘s last will and testiment was publicly revealed to contain a clause banning his music being used in any advertisements, and now E! reports that Mike D, Ad-Rock and the estate of the late Yauch sued Monster Energy Corp. on Tuesday for copyright infringement.

The Best Time to Buy Plane Tickets Is Almost Upon Us — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:01:20 +0000

With all the fees airlines have been packing on in the past couple years, it may seem that tickets are impossibly expensive.

But there are times when it’s cheaper to buy them — and those times are fast approaching.

MIT Students Create Ingenious Way to Strike It Rich in the Lottery — Dollars and Sense

Shauna Wright — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:41:57 +0000

The odds of striking it rich in the lottery are remarkably small, but apparently it really helps if you’re a math genius.

Several years ago, a group of students from the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology cracked the lottery code that enabled them to win millions of dollars — and state officials did nothing to stop it.

Black Keys Sue Home Depot and Pizza Hut For Unauthorized Song Use

Scott Shetler — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:21:21 +0000

It seems everybody wants a piece of the Black Keys‘ music these days. The rockers aren’t above licensing their songs for use in commercials, but they claim in a new lawsuit that two large companies – Pizza Hut and Home Depot – borrowed their music without compensating them.