money section
Go greener this year by joining a car pool? It’s win-win-win for you, your colleagues and the environment. Casual car pools may not require contributions from riders, but hopefully you’re not ferrying around free-riders. Payments from pool riders aren’t considered …
Suffering from emotional distress? Well, there’s one area where you can stress less: taxes. Here’s how it works: Emotional distress isn’t the same as physical sickness or physical injury in the eyes of the IRS. However, it’s taxed that way …
Guess who’s paying for plastic with plastic—aging Hollywood divas, news anchors and politicians? Guess again. People making under $60,000 a year accounted for 70 percent of the country’s plastic surgeries in 2009. A full third of the 12.5 million plastic …
Yes, yes, times are tough. We get it. But how much money do you really save on that detour to the cheap gas station across town? Well, it turns out it’s complicated. Which is why we’re here to break it …
Eat out much? Then you know how all those little outings can add up to a big dent in your wallet. And for the frugalistas who don’t dine out on the town…don’t you kinda wish you did? So. What’s a …
Fact: Getting a new car is awesome. Fact: Buying one blows. Here’s a tip—skip the car lot feeding frenzy altogether, and go straight for the 7½ floor of car dealerships: the Internet Department. Internet Departments do not allow you to …
The organization pulled in $97 million dollars in 2010. Average project billings went up from $161,000 in 2005 to $5.3 million in 2010. Not bad in the midst of a global recession. Especially for a group based out of Somalia. …
Ten bucks says the next Dan Brown novel centers on this money mystery: In 1776, the Continental Congress struck a coin called the Continental Currency Dollar. In 1787, the U.S. government minted its very first coin, the Fugio cent. Both …
So, how dirty is money? Well, that depends on where you are. If you’re in Australia, where the money is made of a germ-repelling synthetic polymer, or Japan, where cash can be heat-sterilized by an ATM, then chances are your …
I thought my credit card interest was bananas. But the U.S. pays $4.15 BILLION every day in interest on our $14 trillion debt. That’s crazy, stupid money. So what could you buy with that kind of cash money if the …
Next time a bright-eyed college student asks you to save the children for the price of your morning coffee, think of this before shooting her down with some lame excuse: A new study suggests that we are more likely to …
Here’s one way to stimulate the U.S. economy: Start using dollar coins instead of bills. Seriously. We could save $500 million and stimulate the economy by ditching dollar bills. But then we wouldn’t get pictures like this. Admit it. Dollar …
From the freakin’ awesome to the freakin’ far-fetched, here are four tax breaks you just might be able to take this tax season. If golf were a real sport, it might actually qualify you for a tax write-off. What would …
Celebs are a big waste of money for advertisers, a new study says. Celebs are like So Great for ads! Unless you’re the advertiser. Not a fan of Katy Perry’s war on zits? Apparently, you’re not alone. A new study …
What have Americans spent more than $374,000,000 on in the last two years? Hint: It wasn’t junk food or cable TV-but the two likely contributed to the purchase. Just because they have fur doesn’t mean they don’t need one too. …
