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• Identity theft: Your trash, their treasure
Each week I would snap on my rubber gloves and go through every item of trash: grocery store shopping lists, sticky notes with phone numbers, a private invitation for a little girl to a friend’s birthday party, and much more. As I continued to go ...
• Want to make more dough? Read this
Instead, we’d steer the conversation toward more neutral topics like dating or shopping or the last great book we read. We didn’t want to find out that our friends were making a lot more than we were or to admit that our paychecks weren’t as ...
• Christmas prices come early to Wal-Mart
Christmas is coming early to Wal-Mart this year. After a survey revealed that consumers will be shopping earlier to stretch holiday dollars, the chain announced it would start cutting prices on toys in its stores. Christmas is coming early for Wal ...
• Financial crisis leads retailers to slash prices
At malls, shopping districts and on the Web, the discounts are growing desperate. "Up to 60 percent off," say signs at AnnTaylor LOFT stores, "50 percent off" at Old Navy. Restoration Hardware Inc. e-mailed $100 gift vouchers out to customers ...
• Japan seeks foreign tourists to boost economy
Shopping a big draw Stronger currencies against yen, along with years of flat or slipping prices in Japan, mean the country is not as expensive for many to visit as it once was. This has been a boon for Asians, including visitors from China. Official ...