Tracy Davidson

Every Wednesday on NBC10’s “Survive and Thrive” we bring you a half-hour filled with money saving tips, expert financial advice, a list of open jobs in our area, plus much more to help you and your family survive and thrive during these tough financial times. In case you missed today’s show, you can find helpful [...]

Southwest and AirTran  on Tuesday launched sales featuring fares as low as $25 one way for winter.
Southwest is offering the lowest fares on some of its routes in 13 years. The one-way sale prices — good for travel Dec. 2-16 and again Jan. 5-Feb. 20 — are $25 on routes up to 375 miles, $50 [...]

Lawmakers voted, 87-13, yesterday to advance a $2.4 billion measure that would extend benefits 14 weeks in all states, and an additional six weeks in states with the highest unemployment rates (including Pennsylvania and New Jersey). The legislation has been stalled for weeks by a dispute over which proposed amendments to the plan would get [...]

T-mobile has launched a $79.99 unlimited plan with no annual contract.
For $79.99, you get unlimited calling, text and data, that’s $70 cheaper than Verizon and AT&T, and $20 cheaper than Sprint.
For just unlimited talk it is $49.99, talk and text is $59.99, and talk, text and web is $79.99 as promoted.
T-Mobile has named the promotion [...]

Consumer Reports’ closely watched annual reliability survey out Tuesday, models from Japanese brands took the top spots in nine of the 10 product categories. Mercedes-Benz GLK was tops among luxury SUVs, edging out two Lexus RX models.
The Chrysler brand was rated least reliable, behind five other U.S. nameplates. A Chrysler statement said CR “uses a [...]

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How to deal with this tough economic time! Lets look at where we are today.  We have unemployment at a 25 year high.  More than 95 banks have filed this year. Families have lost their wealth through the stock market and housing declines and experts predict that it is not over yet.   
Some of [...]

The Treasury Select Committee is investigating how credit checks are depriving borrowers of the best deals on loans and credit cards.
Numerous credit applications in a short period of time could signal fraud or a chequered history, agencies said.
Uncertainty about the system meant some people missed out on credit or were put off shopping around.
Many consumers [...]

The Internet search giant is expanding its voice application — which lets you use one Google-supplied phone number to manage calls on several phones — to work with your existing cellphone number.
After directing your Google Voice account to pick up voice mails, rather than relying on your cellphone provider, Google will transcribe your messages and [...]

If you are going to Target, bring your calculator! 
That jug of Tide that you thought cost less per ounce than that bottle of Cheer, might actually have cost you more at Target. Some retailers have unit price inaccuracies and have failed to correct them even when they’re alerted.
In September 2006, Consumer Reports Money Adviser reported finding [...]

Just returned from my “Travel with Purpose” trip to Jamaica to visit a girls’ orphanage/school. To say that it was a life changing experience is an understatement. 20 incredible women and four brave husbands. We painted and cleaned and delivered gifts. We sang we danced, but mostly we just gave them love… much more later [...]