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News Bites: Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008 and what it means to same-sex partners
Thanks to Mombian for pointing out that Bush signed a gay rights bill: Call it a Christmas present for gay and lesbian couples. President Bush signed the Worker, Retiree and…
News Bites: Alpha Gays: urban man’s man?
'œIt's the Neil Patrick Harris / Portia de Rossi brand of gay.' '“ Laura Gilbert, editor of the pop-culture website Make way for the Alpha Gays! This was the cry…
eBay is becoming impossible for the frugal…
What brought this on you ask? Just the latest in eBay's new policies for the sellers. To begin with eBay has always been a stopping point when I've been looking…
Buy Nothing Day: Spend a Day without Spending
It's that special day of the year '“ the day after Thanksgiving! Some call it Black Friday. Others call it Buy Nothing Day: Though rushing to the mall or local…
Are Class Action Lawsuits Worth Your Time and Money?
Recently I was listening to the news and heard about the Airborne Class Action Lawsuit Settlement and started thinking -- as a purchaser of Airborne, if I hadn't heard it…
News Bites: A Week of Eye Openers
If you've been tuning out the financial press lately, well, who can blame you? You may have missed some good stuff at CNNMoney this week, however. Here are a few…
Vacation or bust: averting the bust part
Last week The New York Times tried to coin yet another gloomy term for our vernacular: vacation deficit disorder. As if "staycation" didn't spark enough scorn about leisure in current…
News Bites: At least drugs, clothes and cars are cheap
So I was reading this Bloomberg article about inflation, rising consumer prices, doom, gloom, "the world is ending," etcetera. Before giving up on finding pleasant topics to discuss, a bright…
News Bites: Boost your career with cosmetic surgery!
I scoured my Google Reader in search of less apocalyptic topics to discuss, but methinks financial press editors are getting one helluva a high from reporting nonstop gloom and doom…
News Bites: Hillary Clinton relied on old money. New money won this primary season.
'œGod bless the America we are trying to create.' '“ Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Clinton hasn't officially bowed out of the presidential race, but yesterday was still a sad evening…