December, 2009
Mint Map: The World’s Most Expensive Cities
Which are the world’s most expensive cities? The cities included on this interactive map are from a 2009 study by the UBS, which tracked the ups and downs of various places in the wake of the financial crisis. Many cities have changed ranks, with some cities become more, and others becoming less expensive. Currency devaluations ...
Health Care Bill May Reduce Need for Personal Loans
Health-care relief may be on its way
Throughout the recession many consumers have been using personal loans to fund their health care. There may be some relief on the way as a new health care bill is said to be on the verge of completion. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is confident that the bill will ...
Cheap and Simple New Year’s Eve Party Ideas 2010
New Year’s Resolution
(Image from atbaker, Flickr.com)
This year is no different from last year. Saving money is still the main concern for many consumers these days. If anything has changed over the past years, then it’s definitely more people joining in on the quest to save money.
New Year’s Eve is just three days away, and it’s ...
Plastic Surgery: Dissecting Barbie Packaging
If you spent most of your Christmas morning tearing and swearing as you tried to get the packages open, you may be wondering if all of this wasteful packaging is really necessary. Consider these facts about the role of packaging in our consumer economy. One third of our waste comes from packaging from the 430 ...
Whose Responsibility are Green Investments?
At last: EPA announces danger to human life
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now confirmed that scientific evidence clearly shows that greenhouse gases "threaten the public health and welfare of the American people". The EPA has identified the main pollutant as “carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels” and called for a reduction in these emissions ...
