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Stories for June 2008
Stories for Monday, June 30
Travel deals still available
Looking for a great deal to Hawaii this summer? Clark was looking at VRBO.com for a relative who wants to go to the Aloha State. This site -- offering vacation rentals by owner -- was surprisingly packed with availabilities at great prices. Why Hawaii, why deals? Recall that both Aloha ...
Websites/phone numbers mentioned:
VRBO.com - Vacation rentals by owner Kayak.com - Search for cheap fares SideStep.com - Search for cheap fares FareCompare.com - Search for cheap fares Mobissimo.com - Search for cheap fares (for int'l travel) HSH.com - Mortgage calculators and more DinkyTown.net - More financial calculators IDTheftCenter.org - Identity Theft Resource Center
Driver monitoring devices yield big savings on auto insurance
Clark felt like a lone wolf in the late '90s when he got excited about an experiment Progressive was running in Texas to track how, when and where you drove. Once they had this data, they were able to give a highly targeted auto insurance rate. There's a certain creep-out ...
Medicare leaving you open to risk of ID theft?
A recent caller took Clark to task for telling seniors not to carry their Social Security cards around. This disgruntled listener complained that seniors have to carry their Medicare cards, which contain their Social Security numbers. For the record, Clark believes seniors shouldn't routinely carry their Medicare cards -- unless ...
IRS' new mileage numbers underscore mpg craze
The IRS has new numbers on mileage standards that are up to just under 60 cents/mile. Clark has traditionally said that it costs you around 50 cents a mile to operate a vehicle, but now that's obviously changing. Fuel is only a part of the cost. But we've become so ...
Stories for Friday, June 27
Green Houses could be new model for nursing home care
A recent AARP poll found that 99% of people do not want to be in a nursing home during their senior years. That's because nursing homes tend to be very impersonal institutions. Sure, some offer great care, but that's more the exception than the rule. Interestingly, the demand for beds ...
Websites/phone numbers mentioned:
HotSpot @ Home - T-Mobile's add-on service for $10/month DOT.gov - File a complaint against an airline Vanguard.com - Vanguard Star Fund
Payday lenders charge up to 1,400% interest
Payday loans have grown exponentially in states where they're still legal. The Orlando Sentinel recently had a story about a lender who went way beyond what the law permits and charged 1,400% interest! How can you know a payday lending operation if you see one? Well, they target people who ...
The 10 cheapest cars to own and operate
While the price of oil has our attention, there's a renewed focus on finding cars that have the best fuel economy. Yet such vehicles are not necessarily the cheapest to own and operate. For example, hybrids are hot right now. But they're not cheap to own. In fact, Edmunds.com has ...
T-Mobile launches HotSpot @ Home service
As the nation's fourth largest carrier, T-Mobile tries to one-up its competitors by being innovative and cheap. Here's another example of that spirit: T-Mobile has a new add-on service called HotSpot @ Home, which allows your mobile phone to serve as your home phone. HotSpot works with a special router ...
Stories for Thursday, June 26
Booster seat laws being adopted by more states
Clark and his wife have had some serious discussions about their middle child and her booster seat in the car. Their daughter was upset because at the age of 5 she was still using one while all her friends being dropped off at school were not. The booster seat issue ...
Websites/phone numbers mentioned:
Nolo.com - File a suit in small claims court SteveandBarrys.com - Ultra cheap clothing retailer
Sounding the death knell for Clark's beloved Steve and Barry's
We're sad to report that we may soon have another addition to the graveyard. This is an unfolding story involving Clark's beloved Steve and Barry's. This innovative clothing retailer has been running an $8.98 or less promo on hip, fashionable threads for several months now. Steve and Barry's got popular ...
People's economic expectations the worst they've ever been
CLARKONOMICS: A highly respected organization called the Conference Board is known for issuing reports that usually only appeal to pointy-headed economists. But right now their reports are getting a wider audience in regular newspapers because they're so headline grabbing. Here's the latest scoop: People's expectations about the economy are the ...
Kroger testing lower prices, rewards cards
Kroger used to be considered an overpriced has-been by a lot of industry analysts in the grocery world. But they've proven more resilient than anyone thought. The nation's second-largest grocer now is experimenting regionally with a couple of new tweaks at their Ralphs-branded locations. First, they're limiting the use and ...
Stories for Wednesday, June 25
Does wealth automatically ensure a life of leisure?
What do rich people do with their time? Do you think they socialize at the country club, sun themselves on their yachts or drink mint juleps while sitting on their behinds? If that's your impression of the rich life, Clark has some surprising news to share with you. The penny-pincher ...
Home Depot offers FREE CFL recycling program
Clark has long been a big advocate of reducing his electric bill by using compact fluorescent lights in his home. It used to be that Clark installed CFLs in overhead fixtures and his wife put traditional bulbs in all the lamps. But now they're doing almost all CFLs through the ...
Big 3 automakers rolling out great incentives and rebates
The car market continues to take a beating, with the latest blow coming from a horrible sales month in June. Fitch Ratings, meanwhile, has downgraded Chrysler and GM -- citing weak sales and rising fuel costs, among other things. Ford is also struggling with collapsed sales. The F1 Series is ...
Mortgage bailout proposal to help banks, not homeowners
CLARKONOMICS/RIP-OFF ALERT: Here's a story that's disturbed Clark so much it required both a Clarkonomics sounder and a rip-off alert one! During the coming weeks, you're going to be hearing about how Congress is rescuing the American homeowner with a foreclosure bailout. This is natural rhetoric for an election year. ...
Websites/phone numbers mentioned:
USAJobs.gov - The federal government's official jobs site Ed.gov - Direct loan consolidation program T. Rowe Price - Automatic Asset Builder HSH.com - Mortgage calculators and more DinkyTown.net - Retirement calculators and more
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