The Economy According To Mint
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/30/the-economy-according-to-mint/

Recession spending by sector (US)

The spending data is cool, but it's largely meaningless to use for any decision-making about the state of the economy.

"Mint.com is in a unique position to answer this question – quantitatively. Since the crisis first hit in September, our user registration rate has more than quadrupled, giving us 900,000 sample points on the economy. That’s close to 1% of US households."

The average customer: "are spending $400 less each month than they were a year ago, have burned through half of their savings, and on average have taken on an additional $5k in debt."

Aaron Patzer

Vistazo a donde las personas alrededor del mundo estan direccionando algo de su poder de compra

Who is buying what.

Shows average yearly expenditures per citizen by type of item (5 categories) around the world.

Want free furniture, a place to stay, or even a bike? Thanks to the Internet, it's fairly easy to find a wide variety of free products and services.

referência de como oferecer produtos gratuitos.

Sweet!

Looking for a customer service number? ContactHelp.com will get you there FAST!

Directory of phone numbers for customer service and customer support

From David @armano's Logic+Emotion

ner at Dachis Corp. This my

What is TrueCar? TrueCar is the fresh voice in new car pricing. We bring truth and transparency to the sales process by aggregating data from many different sources to show car buyers and dealers how much people actually paid for a particular car in their geographic area. We are a data-driven company, processing thousands of real transactions nationwide on a daily basis to generate objective and irrefutable Price Reports. TrueCar is offered online, all free of charge. Our hope is that consumers no longer walk into the dealership only partially informed and fully suspicious. Instead, they show up with our Price Report in hand and know how to strike a fair deal. Dealers offer the same buyers a TrueCar Price Report: car buyers who understand the dealer cost and price structure will know when to stop negotiating and buy with confidence. With TrueCar, buyer and seller both get a better deal. Team Management Scott Painter, CEO Philip Inghelbrecht, President Rob Taylor, COO Chris Lichti,

SWEET, TRANSPARENCY ON CAR PRICING (one of the worst rackets out there)

Figure out what you should really pay for your new car based on what others have paid.

Price of a car -- what is a good deal and what is not.

Stores are violating their contract with the credit card companies if they set minimum or maximum charges, or force you to show ID in addition to your credit card (with the obvious exception being for age-limited purchases). Depending on your state and your card issuer, surcharges or "convenience fees" may be banned as well. The best way to straighten these guys out is to report them to the credit card company. [US Info]

So awesome.

ant must not require, or post signs indicating that it requires, a minimum or maximum transaction ammount to accept a

Apparently it's against Visa's policy to require ID.

Nice way to display recent prices on sold cars.

Find the price people are paying for cars.

Helpful summary of consumer protections in the UK. Plenty more to know, but this bare-bones summary is a great start.

Home

Learning and fun top the list.

Winning at the Credit Score Game

A site for consumer protection and with links to government agencies and resources for the consumer.

Consumer Action Handbook, including the consumer topics, the directory listings, the sample complaint letter, and the index.

buying car/home, identity theft, credit, consumer complaints

The purpose of the CAPHIS Top 100 List is to provide CAPHIS members and other librarians with a resource to use in their daily practice and teaching. Secondly, it is our contribution to the Medical Library Association so that the headquarters staff can refer individuals to a list of quality health web sites. Our goal is to have a limited number of resources that meet the quality criteria for currency, credibility, content, audience, etc., as described on our website. These lists of resources expand upon the MLA Top Ten List.

keep you good

"Remember, not all may participate in the hidden menu. However, if you try to order something and the server looks at you with a blank look, don't give up. Describe the dish and usually they'll make it for you anyway."

If you're looking to impress a date or just like that feeling of

telephone / email loopup

"Welcome to ExecutiveBomb.com, start your Executive Email Carpet Bombs here!"

To avoid sabotage by a company submitting mis-leading or false details, entries to the database are added on top of those already within the database. The most recent entries will be displayed first, but ALL entries will be displayed. Entries will only be removed if they are confirmed to be so far outdated that they are little use to anyone. If you are 100% sure that information in the database is incorrect then you can email us using the address on the contact page. This ensures that any falsely submitted details (we can't confirm them all) will not overwrite any other details about the same company.

Enter a company name and get executive email addresses

Whilst bank cards along with money cards may appear virtually the exact same, its not all plastic may be the identical.

Although charge cards and money cards may well look almost the exact same, not all plastic will be the exact same.

Although bank cards along with money handmade cards could appear practically identical, its not all plastic will be the exact same.

Whilst charge cards along with debit handmade cards could glimpse almost identical, not every plastic material may be the same.

Although plastic cards and also debit greeting cards could glimpse nearly the same, not every plastic could be the exact same.

When credit cards as well as money handmade cards might glimpse almost identical, not all plastic-type may be the identical.

When credit cards along with money handmade cards might glimpse practically similar, not all plastic material will be the same.

Whilst plastic cards along with money homemade cards may well appear practically the same, not all cheap could be the similar.

Whilst credit cards along with debit cards may well look virtually the exact same, not every plastic will be the similar.

RT @draenews 10 Very Useful Comparison Sites You Have To Bookmark: http://bit.ly/Dplyy

To do with privacy .read

enables to search unknown solid-dosage medications (tablets/capsules) based on physical characteristics and images. The system combines high-resolution images of tablets and capsules with FDA-approved appearance information (imprint, shape, color, etc.) to enable users to visually search for and identify an unknown solid dosage pharmaceutical.  This system is designed for use by emergency physicians, first responders, other health care providers, Poison Control Center staff, and concerned citizens.  Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fpillbox.nlm.nih.gov

A site that identifies pills

Seriously? I picked out 1/2 cup of defects from a 12oz bag of eight o clock coffee once. I just can't believe news stories like this.

Nanoparticles or hormone disruptions? Unless, of course, you opt for no sunscreen and take your chances with cell mutations. Good luck!

Five Steps for Consumer Brands to Earn Social Currency

21 Things You Should Never Buy New - Yahoo! Finance - http://goo.gl/8CWU

Yahoo! Shopping is the best place to comparison shop for Yahoo! Shopping - Find Great Products Online, Compare, Shop & Save Compare products, compare prices, read reviews and merchant ratings..

절대로 중고로 사면 안되는 물건들,,, 돈 아끼려다가 돈 더 나갑니다. 제값주고 사는제 남는거임..

Mattresses! (pillows too :-) )

@TomMighell http://bit.ly/9qrb22 unless there's only <1% people holding their phone that way, the problem is more wide-spread than that

It's official. Consumer Reports' engineers have just completed testing the iPhone 4, and have confirmed that there is a problem with its reception. When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone's lower left side—an easy thing, especially for lefties—the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you're in an area with a weak signal. Due to this problem, we can't recommend the iPhone 4.

A: Android!

Lab tests: Why Consumer Reports can't recommend the iPhone 4 http://bit.ly/9w6f1L [from http://twitter.com/JonayCom/statuses/18511174560]

[UPDATE JULY 13, 2010: We’ve received many comments and questions regarding this blog post. See our latest post: Why Apple—and not its customers—should fix the iPhone 4. —Ed.]

No recommendation for the iphone4: Antenna still suckx

The first time Consumer Reports has failed to give the thumbs up for an Apple phone.

@TomMighell http://bit.ly/9qrb22 unless there's only <1% people holding their phone that way, the problem is more wide-spread than that

It's official. Consumer Reports' engineers have just completed testing the iPhone 4, and have confirmed that there is a problem with its reception. When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone's lower left side—an easy thing, especially for lefties—the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you're in an area with a weak signal. Due to this problem, we can't recommend the iPhone 4.

A: Android!

Lab tests: Why Consumer Reports can't recommend the iPhone 4 http://bit.ly/9w6f1L [from http://twitter.com/JonayCom/statuses/18511174560]

[UPDATE JULY 13, 2010: We’ve received many comments and questions regarding this blog post. See our latest post: Why Apple—and not its customers—should fix the iPhone 4. —Ed.]

No recommendation for the iphone4: Antenna still suckx

The first time Consumer Reports has failed to give the thumbs up for an Apple phone.