Passenger-rights advocates won a major victory Monday when the Transportation Department announced a rule to let passengers stuck inside stranded planes disembark after three hours. The rule, which will take effect in late April and applies only to domestic flights, prohibits airlines from letting an aircraft remain on an airport tarmac for more than three [...]
Busy cooks need to take time to prepare their offerings not only with taste and appearance in mind but also with safety and care in order to prevent food-borne illnesses. Most food-borne illnesses cause flu-like symptoms such as diarrhea and vomiting and only last a few days. But depending on the health of the person [...]
If you’re among the masses who are planning to make investing, saving or managing money a financial resolution, keep in mind these five tips that should help you succeed: 1. Set a well defined goal. For example, you may have a goal to start an emergency fund. Figure out how much it would take to [...]
More Americans are getting help to pay home heating bills, and more are likely to need help as the economy continues to struggle, says the National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association. Almost 8 million U.S. households received federal government help to heat homes in fiscal year 2009, up 33% from the prior year, the association says. [...]
More than half of U.S. residents who wanted to travel during the holidays have significantly cut back their plans or canceled trips altogether because of the fragile economy, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. Americans are suffering from high unemployment, income reductions and financial insecurity that continue to undermine the travel business, even as the economy [...]
If you are looking for ways to obtain extra holiday cash, steer away from payday loans, pawn shops and rent-to-own options. Although desperate times often call for desperate measures, these tactics can leave you worse off than where you began. Payday Loans – To obtain a payday loan, you write a post-dated check for the [...]
A new generation of mobile-phone software is helping consumers shop smarter this holiday season. Wall Street Journal interviewed, 33-year-old Erik Olson, who was browsing at a Best Buy Co. store last week and picked up a Blu-ray version of the movie “Heat” and used the camera on his Motorola Inc. Droid smart phone to scan [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) are announcing today a voluntary recall to repair all Roman shades and roll-up blinds to prevent the risk of strangulation to young children. This recall involves millions of Roman and roll-up blinds. About five million Roman shades and [...]
CNBC.com offers some great gifts for men, women and kids that won’t drain your bank account. Air Hockey Table Game Available at JCPenney Outlet stores for $9.99 The tabletop game originally sold for $30. It requires two D batteries to power puffs of air, and comes with a manual scorekeeper, three pucks and two paddles. [...]
In 2006, Aretta Greenawald noticed something strange on her Verizon telephone bills: fees for directory-assistance calls she was sure she hadn’t made. So far this year, the state agency says, it has received at least 196 similar complaints from Verizon customers who say they have been billed for directory-assistance calls they never made. “There just [...]
