Until tomorrow at noon, Harrah’s Entertainment is offering rooms for $20.10 a night at three of its Atlantic City casino resorts: Harrah’s Resort, Bally’s or Showboat. Caesars is offering rooms for $47 a night. The discounted rates are available for select nights between Jan. 3 and March 31. To find the lowest rates, click on [...]
Optimism in the job market has boosted American consumer confidence, with expectations for the short-term future increasing in December to the highest level in two years, a survey says. According to the survey by business-research organization The Conference Board, consumer confidence index rose for the second straight month to 52.9 in December from 50.6 in [...]
A new site www.LearnVest.com: Learn, Earn, Invest just launched to help young women take control of their finances. The chic site helps recent grads learn how to maximize employee benefits to keeping their online presence professional and clean. LearnVest and Reebok have joined together to launch a financial boot camp to run January 4 to [...]
Despite the passage of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (“Credit CARD Act”), there are still fee traps out there waiting to snare you. 1) Banks Can Still Charge Whatever They Want There’s nothing in the law that caps interest rates or fees. There’s no reason to believe that these fee amounts won’t [...]
CNBC reveals 10 of the “Unhappiest States in America.” Pennsylvania and Delaware are not in the running, but Jersey has placed in the number five spot and New York City takes the lead. As it turns out, some of the highest income states are among the unhappiest, according to a recent study by economists Andrew [...]
After a year that saw the departure of high-end gardening chain Smith & Hawken and jeweler Bailey Banks & Biddle and plunging sales at luxury stores, value will remain “in” for 2010. And holiday sales might not brighten things: The National Retail Federation predicts retail sales this holiday season will drop 1%, though the Associated [...]
Sarah Needleman from The Wall Street Journal offers valuable advice on how to utilize the holiday season to score you a job. Besides, “your bills aren’t taking a break,” says Jeffrey Garber, founder and chief executive officer of 360Jobinterview.com Inc., a virtual career-coaching company made up of more than 300 human-resources executives. “Make this week [...]
For the second time in less than a week, BlackBerry smartphone users across the country and beyond are reporting problems accessing e-mail and BlackBerry meesanger. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion confirmed Tuesday night that some users of the smartphone in the Americas are experiencing delays in message delivery. “Technical teams are actively working to resolve [...]
Sales of new homes are expected to have increased in November for the third month in a row, a sign that the housing market is finally on solid ground. The Commerce Department’s report on November’s new home sales is forecast to show a 2.3% increase to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 440,000, from 430,000 [...]
Thousands of unemployed workers won’t have to worry about starting the new year without health insurance. President Obama has signed legislation that will allow laid-off workers to receive subsidized COBRA premiums for up to 15 months. Previously, the subsidy expired after nine months. The extension, included in a defense spending bill approved by Congress over [...]
