Credit unions are more than twice as likely as banks to offer free checking accounts to new customers, according to a Bankrate.com. Bankrate surveyed the nation’s 50 largest credit unions and found that 76 percent of their checking accounts are free – with no service fees or per transaction charges... Read more →
My high school days Tom Sightings of Sightings Over Sixty is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #442. Sightings writes about buying a new car, the fact that when he has purchased a car throughout years, they were as much like his old car as possible and... Read more →
Tri-Union Seafoods is recalling 107,280 cans of Chicken of the Sea tuna and Bumble Bee Foods is recalling 1.7 million cans of Bumble Bee tuna. The tuna may have been undercooked due to an equipment malfunction, which was discovered during an inspection, the companies said. These errors were part of... Read more →
Eighty-nine percent of consumers who have credit cards that asked for a late fee waiver had their request granted and 78 percent who requested a lower interest rate received one, according to a CreditCards.com survey. However, only one in five of consumers in the survey has tried to do this.... Read more →
Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland I’m having a good time today remembering the trip my daughter and I took to Ireland last year in March. Ireland is such a fantastic place. Dublin is doing a good job preserving its historic buildings. Ireland’s countryside is phenomenal. Small, picturesque farms dot the... Read more →
Last year, my daughter and I had the opportunity to visit Ireland. We heard from a woman who shares the same Irish ancestors about research she’d done. She told us our ancestor, Henry Baylee, had lived in Kilkishen, County Clare. Lisa and I decided to go visit. Ireland is beautiful.... Read more →
Saint Patrick’s Day is Thursday. I’m looking forward to celebrating. How about you? How America celebrates More than 125 million Americans plan to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day this year and are expected to spend an average of $35.37 per person, down slightly from last year’s $36.52. Total spending for the... Read more →
America has 33.2 million people with Irish ancestors, so celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day is a big deal here. Cities through the nation have created unique ways to celebrate the day, with parades, carnivals, concerts, pub events, and even turning rivers green. To help you find the best cities to celebrate,... Read more →
Lord & Taylor paid 50 fashion trendsetters thousands of dollars to promote its Design Lab Paisley Asymmetrical Dress on Instagram as part of an ad campaign, according to a FTC lawsuit. What people who followed these fashion influencers on Instagram saw were photos and posts about how fabulous the dress... Read more →
Today is National Napping Day. Although I have about a dozen things to write about on my list, I think I’ll write about napping. When I got out of bed this morning, I felt like just getting back under the covers. I used to take naps, especially during college days.... Read more →