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Credit Monitoring vs. Identity Theft Protection: What’s the Difference?
Being a victim of identity theft or data breach is not a pleasant thing to go through, and it makes…
Read More »Black Friday Online Sales Break Records
Online sales during Black Friday hit an all-time high in 2018, reaching over $6.2 billion in sales — a massive…
Read More »Here’s How To Outsmart Black Friday And Cyber Monday Scammers
Thanksgiving weekend marks the beginning of holiday season shopping with many shoppers trying to nab deals on Black Friday and…
Read More »Used Vehicle Price Index Slows for Second Consecutive Month
In the November 2018 Used Car and Light Truck Guidelines Industry Update, analysts at J.D. Power Valuation Services note that after decelerating…
Read More »Skyrocketing Oil Production In Texas Causing Headaches For OPEC
Booming U.S. oil production is wreaking havoc on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) influence of the international…
Read More »More than 70 percent of Consumers Will Shop During Holiday Weekend; Cyber Monday to Grab Most Spending
More than 7 in 10 (71 percent) holiday shoppers plan to head to the stores and online over the Thanksgiving…
Read More »Home Sales Drop for Third Month
The third consecutive month of lower year-over-year home sales in October contributed to the first year-over-year inventory increase in a…
Read More »The Cost of ’12 Days of Christmas’ Rises in 2018
Geese soar Gold lays an egg Costs jump 1.2% The PNC Christmas Price Index predicts True Loves will need to…
Read More »Manufacturing Industry Faces Unprecedented Employment Shortfall
2.4 Million Skilled Jobs Projected to Go Unfilled Skills shortage could risk $454 billion in economic output by 2028 Lack…
Read More »US Oil Boom Cut $250 Billion From The Trade Deficit
A decade-long oil boom in the U.S. has cut into the overall U.S. trade deficit by hundreds of billions of…
Read More »Amazon announces new HQ sites, Starbucks announces cuts, and Consumers Expect to Spend More on Gifts in 2018
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) announced Tuesday that it will build two new Headquarters facilities in the United States amid record-high consumer…
Read More »Fox Business Network Taps WSJ’s Gerry Baker for Weekly Primetime Series
FOX Business Network (FBN) will debut a new weekly primetime show hosted by The Wall Street Journal’s Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker…
Read More »Post-9/11 Vets are First Generation to Find it Harder to Afford Housing than Civilian Peers
Post-9/11 veterans are the first generation of U.S. vets who find it harder to afford housing than do their civilian…
Read More »Best New Car Deals for November
U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in rankings and consumer advice, today unveiled the list of November’s Best New…
Read More »Consumers Plan to Spend More This Year on Holiday Gifts, Shop Online More
U.S. Households Plan to Spend an Average of $627 this Season 37% to buy most of their gifts online With…
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