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Just in the time for holiday shoppers: Personal finance professor offers advice on breaking credit addiction

(PhysOrg.com) -- An October survey of 3,800 consumers by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling found that more than two thirds (68 percent) planned to pay in cash for their holiday purchases this year, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wi-Fi for travelers becomes Web marketing lure

(AP) -- Google, Yahoo, eBay and Microsoft, competitors on the Web, all have the same idea for marketing themselves this holiday season: temporarily providing free Wi-Fi access in airports, airplanes and public places.

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Forrester projects rise in online holiday sales

(AP) -- Forrester Research Inc. is projecting an 8 percent increase to $44.7 billion in online holiday sales compared with a year ago as bargain hunters turn to the Web for deals.

Technology / Business

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gartner predicts PC shipment growth in 4Q

(AP) -- Gartner Inc. analysts are predicting this holiday season will be sweeter than last year's for the PC industry.

Technology / Business

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Prices for flat-screen TVs will not go higher

Don't fret if there wasn't an HDTV under your tree. (Let's pretend it would have fit.) If you were like me this holiday season, it took considerable effort to get beyond the TV department at the nation's retailers. I was ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 31, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0