Lots of people think the U.S. is the biggest and baddest country in the world. But it's also known that China is becoming a more important player in the world marketplace, and recent data supports just that.
Renting movies at fast food joints and grocery stores for only $1/night is one of my favorite ways to save money.
I have a bad habit that I need to quit: collecting parking tickets. Since I started attending Oregon State University I have paid more in parking tickets than it would have cost to get a parking pass. A student parking pass per term is $59 and a year-long pro-rated pass is $118. My habit even gets worse. When I worked in Eugene (a nearby town) this past summer I used to have to move my car every two hours to avoid fines.
Say you got tickets to a show months in advance. It's your favorite band, and while they weren't that expensive or in danger of selling out, you just wanted to scoop them up. Then, two days before the show, something happens, and you can't go. Meanwhile, those $15 tickets are now selling for $50: your group has gotten hot lately. So what can you do?
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremonies are finally over, and Vancouver is left to pick up the mess from more than 2,600 competing Olympians and tens of thousands of visitors (some estimates are as high as a quarter million).
Goldman Sachs (GS) has been in the news a lot lately and is one of Wall Street's biggest players. For the past few months I've followed coverage of GS to learn how Wall Street works--I believe understanding Wall Street is an integral part of understanding our current economy and the state of the nation.
My focused goal lately has been to pay off my credit card, and I've been looking for ways to supplement my income to do just that. I thought I'd share a few of the websites I've come across where you can make a buck.Remember the good old days when people dressed in suits, wore fedoras, smoked, and drank at work? Ya, me neither. The closest I've come to a situation like that is watching parts of Mad Men episodes set in the 1960s. That depiction of work may look old-fashioned, but there's something us snippersnappers may still have in common with those times: a 40-hour, in-office work week.
In continuation of our Modern Money Managers series, I tested out 
When I first heard the folks at NPR talking about Foursquare, the new “geolocation service,” I immediately was pulled back to fourth grade. One yellow playground ball and three adversaries, each in our own territory marked by raised yellow lines on the playground’s asphalt. Good times.
The health care reform bill passed the House. Some people are March is that time of year where every student has something to look forward to: spring break.
