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News Bites: Eating Spam to Cut Your Grocery Bill
For most of the year I've been perplexed by the people grumbling about food inflation. My weekly grocery bill hasn't seen much change, so what's the problem I wondered. That…
News Bites: ‘œAs California goes, so does the nation’
Those are the words of my mayor, Gavin Newsom, who shared some vindicated words about yesterday's California Supreme Court ruling that declared a ban on gay marriage unconstitutional. After all,…
College Cost Reduction Act and Loan Forgiveness for Public Service Employees
Public service employment is a topic I haven't covered much of. This weekend I spent some time attempting to sort out my financial situation in light of my soon-to-be-in-repayment student…
News Bites: $2.99 gas for 3 years, courtesy of Chrysler
Chrysler's latest incentive to reverse faltering car sales is fascinating. Car and Driver reports (via Yahoo!) that Chrysler will guarantee $ gas to customers who purchase a new Dodge, Jeep…
News Bites: Tech Secrets, Retail Lies, and an Unhappy Consumer
For this week's News Bites, I'm doing a semi-rant on news, although, I'm not quite ranting about news because I'm mostly responding to the tech buzz Apple generates, a lot…
News Bites: Add food riots and rising misery index to economic gloom
Welcome to our new feature News Bites where we discuss money in the news: Be aghast, discuss, or just lurk. We don't mind. Here's an item from the San Francisco…