Beware the impulse buy

December 31st, 2011

GUELPH Impulse buying? Who hasnt done it especially at this time of year? Remember the sweater with the flashing Rudolph nose you purchased for Uncle Walter? Seemed like a good idea at the time, especially with that 50% off label attached to it. Most of us buy on impulse at one time or another. In [...]

Western New York, Central New York, the North Country and Long Island were named the four best plan awardees in the states Regional Economic Development competition and have secured the most funding to revitalize their economy. A total of $785.5 million in state funds was awarded, with the four winners receiving more than $100 million [...]

T-shirts are a common gift for wrestling fans around the holidays. If you dont want to pay for the shipping from WWEShop or if you are through with buying things that say Broski on it, there are other avenues to have a wrestling shirt. There are multiple websites with shirts that make fun of the [...]

Text too small? OUTLOOK CURRENCY: Last weeks EU summit may well have represented the summit of optimism on Europe. From here expect a very tough road given the patience of markets appears to be running thin and contagion risks lifting. RATES: Very quiet trading overnight in London. We expect to local yields to open a [...]

MACON, Ga. (Bennington Vale Evening Transcript) — White House hopeful Rick Perry might not know how many branches of government there are, the national voting age, the number of US states, the average quantity of toes on an Asian child, or how many Supreme Court Justices occupy the bench, but he knows that a secret [...]

Three recent studies reveal that South Florida suffers from an unhappy confluence of economic and demographic factors that prompt younger residents to seek a brighter future elsewhere.

Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman, in his recent column, has declared that the crisis in the global economy is now a depression. Since the onset of the global economic crisis, policymakers and media pundits have resisted using the D word, instead preferring terms such as the Great Recession. However, this is what Paul Krugman [...]

The Economic Club of Chicago elected John Canning Jr. of Madison Dearborn Partners its new chairman, replacing David Speer of ITW, at its Monday meeting featuring Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Michael Ferro, the clubs vice chairman, said Speer was stepping down due to a health issue. McDonalds chairman Andrew McKenna then announced that a committee [...]

If you go The World War I exhibit will be at the Texas Civil War Museum, 760 N. Jim Wright Freeway in White Settlement, from 9 am to 5 pm today only. Entry to the traveling World War I gallery is free, although donations are accepted. The World War I Museum will give half the [...]

Are you having a good CyberWeek, as some retailers are referring to the post-Thanksgiving rush for shoppers? Buying things over the Internet certainly has become easier for just about any type of product. But what about insurance? Is it better for consumers to purchase policies online or through an agent? Direct writers certainly have made [...]