News tagged with comparison shopping

Alice.com grasps the woes of buying toilet paper

(AP) -- If shopping for household essentials like toilet paper and soap isn't your favorite activity, a new Web site might eliminate the task - while saving you cash.

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created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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Sales-tax collection likely in Amazon's future

When word emerged that Amazon.com Inc. was hunting for new warehouse sites, leaders in this business-friendly Southern state rolled out a welcome mat of tax breaks to lure the Internet retailer.

Technology / Business

created Apr 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 23

Pawnshops spread to Internet

In a sputtering economy, cash-strapped consumers are flocking to a new way of getting quick, short-term loans: online pawn stores. It's yet another instance of online retailers pouncing on the turf of a brick-and-mortar industry.

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created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: How to save $800 on a new car

Want to save nearly $800 the next time you purchase a new car? A recently published paper co-authored by Jorge Silva-Risso, an associate professor of marketing at the University of California, Riverside's ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft sees future in Windows 8 amid iPad rise

(AP) -- Microsoft is scrambling to preserve what's left of its kingdom. Since the company released its Windows operating system in 1985, most of the sequels have been variations on the same theme. Not that ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 52

Review: Three online services that track your spending

(AP) -- My approach to tracking my spending has traditionally been to wait for credit card bills to come, then (hopefully) pay them off. Three new online services promise to help you do a better job of tracking ...

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created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Touch screens create online shopping experiences at stores

Imagine browsing knife sets in an airport and then ordering one before you board your plane, or going to a department store to look at makeup without having to bounce from counter to counter to check out each brand's selection.

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investors clamor for Facebook's IPO

Wall Street is about to get Facebook fever. The social networking giant with nearly 1 billion users is expected to file papers any day now to sell stock to the public. The timing stems partly from federal rules that would ...

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created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Chinese 'Red Pad' tablet reserved for top officials

For the communist cadre who has everything, a shadowy Chinese company is offering a $1,590 tablet computer called the "Red Pad" reserved for the nation's top officials.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Do consumers prefer to pay $29 for 70 items or get 70 items for $29?

Consumers can have vastly different reactions to the same package deal, depending on the order the price and quantity are listed, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Internet address expansion set despite ".worries." (Update)

Bidding will begin this week for words and brand names such as ".sport," ".NYC" and ".bank" to join ".com" as online monikers.

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created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 10


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