Many consumers sign up for credit cards without paying too much attention to the interest rate. They may not notice that the credit card issued by a retailer has a much higher interest rate than one they’d get from Visa or Master Card. In the past several years, credit card... Read more →
The new Medicare cards have now been mailed to recipients in most states. The cards have a new Medicare number that’s unique to you, instead of a Social Security number. This helps protect your identity. Carrying the old cards around in your pocketbook or purse meant that if either were... Read more →
When I was writing about Giving Tuesday on Tuesday, my daughter asked me how you research a charity. I’ve recommended it for years but haven’t done it myself because I give to the same four charities that I’m familiar with every year. She said when the Trump administration began putting... Read more →
Today is Giving Tuesday, a day following Thanksgiving on Thursday, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, designated for giving charities and organizations some of your holiday cheer. It’s a good thing to do. You support the causes that are important to you and you’re making donations before your... Read more →
On Sunday, I went to the outlet mall with my daughter and her teenage son to buy his Christmas presents. Now that he’s a teen, he wants clothes for Christmas – and he wants to pick them out. We went to Adidas. He bought a pair of sweats and we... Read more →
Tom Sightings of Sightings Over Sixty hates Thanksgiving. Not a football fan, Sightings says all you do is sit around, overeat, and watch football. Often you have to withstand the perils and pitfalls of traveling on some of the busiest days of the year, fighting traffic, airport lines, and surly... Read more →
A.O. Smith is recalling about 616,000 Ultra-Low NOx water heaters. The water heater’s gas burner screen develops tears. The water heater’s burner can then create excess radiant heat, posing a fire hazard if the water heater is installed directly on a wood or other combustible flooring. A.O. Smith has received... Read more →
It’s no joke, although lots of social media posts are touting how chocolate and other fattening products are now better for you than lettuce. U.S. consumers shouldn’t eat any romaine lettuce, and retailers and restaurants shouldn’t serve or sell it due to an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157... Read more →
As millions of holiday shoppers head out for Black Friday shopping and take to their computers for Cyber Monday, it’s important to remember that just because items are supposedly on sale, all may not be what it seems. “When purchasing gifts for family and friends, we encourage consumers to use... Read more →
For the fourth year this Black Friday, REI Co-op will close its 153 stores, process no online payments, and pay more than 12,000 employees to #OptOutside with friends and family. Since 2015, 15 million people and more than 700 organizations have joined the #OptOutside movement. This year, REI is also... Read more →