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From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 22, 2008 at 9:01 am ET
The results of the previous Punny Poll confirmed what I already suspected: we’re screwed. When asked if they’re worried about paying for their children’s college tuition, 35% of respondents said they’d be sending their kids ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 20, 2008 at 9:36 pm ET
As a stockholder of Google Inc. (I own three whole shares), I occasionally get e-mails and letters regarding all sorts of fun Google investor news. Lately a lot of that news has been “our shares ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 15, 2008 at 7:11 am ET
You people probably think I’ve really lost it this time. But it’s true! Baskin Robbins is giving away free ice cream to expectant women on May 21, 2008. Between 11am and 10pm, customers in select ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 3:15 pm ET
I’m a firm believer in choosing store-brand and generic products over similar name-brand items. That’s because, 97 times out of 100, the generic product is just as good as the more expensive fancy-label item. Nowhere ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 12, 2008 at 8:57 am ET
A lot of people have written in with comments on last week’s article about how the economic stimulus rebate payment schedule is unfairly biased towards sucky people. Reader Erica’s e-mail best summarizes the majority of ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 8, 2008 at 8:05 am ET
As of tomorrow, about 75 percent of people who filed their last tax return specifying a direct deposit account should have received their stimulus rebate-a-ronis in their bank accounts. This is based on the schedule ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 6, 2008 at 3:19 pm ET
The end is near for my five-year-old laptop computer. I built this thing myself from parts just before my last semester of college. I’ve replaced just about every part since then at least once except ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 5, 2008 at 8:05 am ET
According to some guy who thought we were all gonna die on Y2K, the skyrocketing price of oil may soon doom suburbia. In place of the sprawling suburban landscape will be a return to small ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 2, 2008 at 7:22 am ET
It’s looking to be a big big summer at the box office this year. Tons of highly-awaited movies are coming soon to a theater near you—movies like Old Guy With a Funny Hat, Old Woman ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 30, 2008 at 7:30 am ET
You search for it, you get it here at Punny Money with our not-too-frequent feature Search and Ye Shall Receive. Today we look at three search engine queries that brought some people seeking financial enlightenment ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 28, 2008 at 11:28 pm ET
San Francisco, CA—Some U.S. cities may be only days away from hitting historic average gas prices. In California, where the average price of a gallon of gas is a country-leading $3.90, consumers are feeling the ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 24, 2008 at 7:47 am ET
It should come as no surprise in these times of high gas prices, environmental crusades, and rampant judgmentality that sales of large, gas-guzzling automobiles are slowing. People seem to finally understand that they can just ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 22, 2008 at 1:55 pm ET
(My apologies to the 17 people who just had heart attacks after reading the title.)
I’m sorry, but it’s true. While any personal finance expert will tell you that you must have a budget or else ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 21, 2008 at 8:13 am ET
Based on the frighteningly large group of people who asked for more details on my April Fools joke about how I whore out my wife, there are a lot of folks out there looking to ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 17, 2008 at 8:41 am ET
Call it what you want—a recession, an “economic correction,” a figment of your imagination—the economy is hurting. And nowhere is that more apparent than in my belly. Just to make ends meet, I’ve had to ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 15, 2008 at 2:17 pm ET
In its continuing efforts to convince me to move to Canada, the U.S. economy has decided to further “reward” my decision to avoid risky adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) by throwing me this infuriating bit of news: ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 14, 2008 at 7:57 am ET
Teaching your children proper money management skills at an early age is very important. Without being exposed to good financial habits at a young age, children can grow up to be reckless, greedy, or possibly ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 10, 2008 at 7:54 am ET
The previous Punny Poll asked you to forecast when gasoline would hit $4 a gallon in the U.S. With the average price still under $3.50 a gallon, the 30% of poll-takers who predicted the price ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 7, 2008 at 8:51 am ET
It all started a couple of weeks ago when I noticed a package of boneless chicken breasts at the grocery store that cost $9 a pound. Nine dollars for one pound of chicken—the slowest, stupidest, ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 3, 2008 at 7:45 pm ET
It doesn’t matter where you live or work or travel; chances are you’ve seen at least one homeless person before. They’re usually pretty easy to spot—covered in raggedy clothes, dirty and smelly, sometimes hauling around ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 1, 2008 at 7:22 pm ET
Earlier this week, we looked at one of the many ways I make money on the side—selling snake oil to enfeebled minds. Today I’m going to reveal another secret money-making scheme of mine that has ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 31, 2008 at 7:40 am ET
It’s no secret that I make a few bucks off running Punny Money. Most of it comes through unobtrusive means that nobody really objects to, like advertising and stealing your bank account information. But there ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 27, 2008 at 10:44 am ET
One day I hope to be rich enough to be able to pay people ridiculous sums of money to do really stupid stuff—like run around New York City for three hours with a cat in ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 25, 2008 at 1:40 pm ET
It can be very tempting, even for a cheap-skate savings freak like me, to blow that massive tax refund or economic stimulus rebate on stupid crap. Sadly, that’s just what millions of Americans are doing ... ( more)
From Punny Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMarch 24, 2008 at 8:46 am ET
After an adventure-filled first quarter of the year full of Wii hunting, economic stimulation, and financial apocalypses, it was finally time to sit down this weekend and sort out my tax situation for 2007.
For the ... ( more)
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