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Stories for June 2007
Stories for Friday, June 29
You're now in control of your cable box
In 1983, the government broke up the phone company monopoly. Back then, if you wanted phone service, you could only lease the phone from the phone company, and the phone could only do what the phone company said it could do. Up until 1983, it was typical to have one ...
Web sites/phone numbers mentioned:
zennioptical.com - Inexpensive prescription eyeglasses by mail zabasearch.com - Free People and Public Information Search pandora.com - Internet radio station
SUVs losing popularity, 0% financing offers abound
The market for gas-guzzling vehicles is awful! Car companies like Chrysler and GM are trying 0% financing with rebates to try and pull consumers back in. You can get incentives on some vehicles, others will give you 0% financing, and some deals will give you both! Each company has a ...
Stories for Thursday, June 28
The Supremes say price fixing is OK
The Supreme Court ruled today in a 5-4 decision that price fixing is OK. Retailers used to pay the price for items set by the manufacturers and then set their own price for consumers. Now manufacturers will be able to tell retailers how much they must sell their product for. ...
Medical care takes a good turn
Medical care is now taking a turn and becoming more market oriented. Some Pennsylvania hospitals are starting to guarantee surgeries in their hospitals. That means that the hospital pays for further problems after surgeries. Mystery shopping services are also springing up that rate the care received at hospitals. They are ...
Are you a millionaire?
What are the odds that you will become a millionaire? When you are counting up your assets to decide whether you are or not remember that it doesn't include your house. It is based on "real" money and assets. The "World Wealth Report" reports that 1 in 100 Americans are ...
Stories for Wednesday, June 27
Zenni Optical still doing it
ZenniOptical.com is still giving amazing deals on prescription eyeglasses to the public. $8 is all it costs for basic prescription glasses. Clark has ordered a pair and so have others on the staff and the customer service and the products have been fantastic. Clark finally got his in and he ...
T-mobile's wifi experiment
T-mobile has just released a new technology where your cell phone can switch over to wifi automatically when it senses it in range. They have a new plan where you can get unlimited minutes in a wifi spot for $10 a month as the introductory rate. This means that when ...
U-Haul has safety issues
The moving truck company U-Haul has put people's lives at risk because of terrible safety issues. There is a huge lack of proper maintenance and safety checks that go on in the company. So, if you need a trailer or truck to move stuff, look at their competition. The LA ...
Northwest Airlines has a meltdown
There is a meltdown underway within Northwest Airlines. Each day their problems get worse and worse. Northwest has been canceling huge amounts of flights, upwards of 10%. Pilots are allowed to fly only a certain amount of hours in a month and Northwest doesn't have enough pilots. This means at ...
Stories for Tuesday, June 26
iPhones will change the cell phone industry
People are already lining up to buy the iPhone, even though it doesn't go on sale for a few more days. To get it, you're going to need to sign a two year contract. AT&T always claims they make you sign contracts in order to subsidize the phone, but this ...
Unsafe tires from China
If you drive a pickup, SUV or minivan and have replaced your tires at some point, you need to check your tires to see if they're unsafe. To save money, a company in China produced their tires without an important safety step. As a result, after a short period of ...
A cheaper internet deal from AT&T
AT&T has done something unethical. When they took over Bellsouth, as part of the deal they were forced to offer an inexpensive plan as one option. They did, offering a slower (768k) DSL connection at $10 per month. It's a great deal. But they hide the link to this service ...
A simple mortgage loan disclosure form
When you get a mortgage loan, you sign a lot documents--good-faith estimates, a truth-in-lending statements, settlement statements, and more. You'll sign other documents to protect the lender against future claims that you didn't fully understand the terms and conditions of the loan. And worse, you'll be asked to sign a ...
Waiting for the Real Estate market to stabilize
The real estate market around the country is in the doldrums. The number of homes for sale increased in May, which is unusual, since most people prefer to move in the summer. If no other homes went on market, it would take 9 months to sell all the homes currently ...
Websites/phone numbers mentioned:
Annualcreditreport.com - Online free credit report. theaircar.com - The car that runs only on compressed air Tripadvisor.com - Travel reviews freegan.info - People dedicated to revealing human over-consumption and waste zennioptical.com - Inexpensive prescription eyeglasses by mail
Stories for Monday, June 25
Think twice about that tattoo
Tattoos are something that used to be limited in popularity, but today more than 1/3 of people age 18-40 have them, according to recent surveys. Clark thinks that companies that develop tattoo-removal technology might just be good investments going forward! However, visible tattoos can hurt you in many workplaces, or ...
Customer Service determines customer loyalty
Clark is constantly amazed that so many companies think that it's OK to treat their customers horribly, with what he calls Customer No-Service policies. "Customer care" employees are given almost no power these days to fix problems, and in some cases, are actually ordered to try to sell you new ...
Clark explains confusing investment terms
Clark says he needs to get better about talking in "shorthand" -- using specific industry terms without fully explaining them for the average listener. He sometimes forgets that most people just aren't as familiar with these words. This is especially true on the topic of investing. One example is the ...
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