For the past month, my wife and I have been doing what we can to save money. We've stopped eating out, are taking leftovers for lunch and have started going to the park with our dogs instead of heading to the movie theater. Coupon clipping has helped, but high gas and food prices remain are many obstacles to padding our saving's account. What tips can you offer to further save cash?
Economic Outlook: April 2008 Archives
Stimulus rebate deposits start today
Those long-promised tax rebates are now on their way to U.S. taxpayers. People who chose to have their rebates directly deposited into their bank accounts will see the money there beginning today.
Are you going to spend it or save it?
Is the money going to fill your tank or buy a new couch?
Hello, hello happy people. It's almost 5 p.m. on Friday and that minutes we're minutes away from celebrating the weekend.
But before you head out, here's your round-up of what happened this week in the business world. It deals a lot with gas and oil.
Oil prices rose.
People are cashing in their grocery points to save money.
The Pres. says the rebates checks will boost economy (I'll believe it when I see it.)
They ran some drills to make sure people knew what to do in case of an emergency at Peach Bottom. For results see tomorrow's paper. (I hope they did well, I can imagine a nuclear meltdown would not be fun.)
And in kind of random news, the owners of Arby's bought Wendy's. I'm not sure what that means for the fast food industry, I just thought it was interesting.
One of the good things about York is that it's a relatively short drive from a lot of places: Baltimore, Harrisburg, D.C., Philly, etc. And probably more than most people realize, the same is true for good trout fishing.
Continue reading Gas prices put a crunch on fishing.
This is one of those posts that will make better sense if you read my article in the Sunday paper.
If you're planning on traveling abroad any time soon, you may be interested in seeing what the exchange rates are in different countries.
You can check out a cool calculator here.
This map will make sense if you read my story in tomorrow's paper. Make sure you zoom in to get a closer look.
Continue reading Gas Station Maps.
Some things you do so often they are burned in your memory. For me, it's the amount of money I've paid for a big coffee and two bagels at my corner store for the past year or so: $4.21. This morning, it was $4.31. Could be worse, I guess. Other than gas, what else have you watched go up in price in the past few weeks?
Do you use grocery store club cards to save money on gas prices?
As gas prices get more and more expensive, it seems like a really great way to save a few bucks at the pump. I know I try to rack up enough points in the grocery store to earn even a 10 cent discount.
Anything is better than paying full price.
Leave me a comment and let me know if you use them and how much you usually save.
I didn't think it would happen this fast. But, I was wrong. While driving on Route 74 today, I glanced up at a gas station's sign and saw that the price for a gallon of regular gas had hit $3.55. Other stations that I passed this afternoon advertised the same price. To me, gas used to be something I would pick up on my way to work and not major expense. Now, I find myself budgeting about $50 a week for gas. Have you started budgeting for fuel? What have you given up to fill your tank?
Both of the Democratic presidential candidates have made improving the economy a central issue of their campaigns.
Here's links to both of their Web sites where you can read about their plans for fixing things so you can make an informed decision tomorrow.
What Hillary has to say.
Obama's plan for reform.
Well people we've just about made it through another work week, which means it's time to update you on the great happenings in the business world this week.
Stating the obvious, Tuesday was tax day.
Gas is the root of all evil.
Harley employees weren't thrilled about almost 300 jobs being cut in Springettsbury Township.
Gold dropped because the dollar gained.
Being corrupt is costly.
So I'm on the phone with my buddy Frank the other night and he tells me that he plans to spend his tax rebate windfall on a hi-tech cell phone. You know the one that I mean. This particular shiny cell phone costs about $500 and features a touch-screen. Surely, something no house should be without. At any rate, Frank tells me that he is thankful that the government is giving him money. My blood started to boil.
Continue reading Your no-interest loan to the government AKA tax rebate check .
Just wanted to follow up with you all and get you two quick links to the stories about the Harley-Davidson job cuts and employee reactions that ran in this morning's paper.
As always continue to check the Daily Record and Mind Your Own Business for more updates as we get them.
About 80 percent of the 370 unionized jobs Harley-Davidson plans to cut will be at the Springettsbury Township plant, according to reports from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Check the York Daily Record and Mind Your Own Business for more updates as they come in.
According to Brent Burkey's article on the Daily Record Web site: Harley-Davidson is reducing its workforce by about 370 unionized employees and about 360 non-production employees, the company said this morning.
More information will be coming in throughout the day. Make sure to check the Daily Record and Mind Your Own Business for updates as they come in.
Today was going to be an awesome day.
I got to sleep in a little bit, the sun was shining when I left the house and I was jamming to my country music on the way to work this morning. Everything was fabulous.
Then I drove passed the gas station and saw the new price of $3.39 per gallon.
Continue reading Fed up with gas prices.
Because it's tax day, I thought I'd share some good news (besides Dunkin' Donuts giving out freebies today.)
Check out the schedule from the IRS to determine when you can expect to receive your stimulus check.
It's Friday afternoon, and that means it's time to catch you up on what you've missed this week in business.
And trust me, there's been a lot going on.
Continue reading This week in business.
That's what I learned on Monday.
Today I learned it again.
In fact, I think I learn it every time I open a newspaper, turn on the TV, drive by the gas station or pick up milk at the grocery store.
Continue reading The economy is killing the middle class.
In case you've missed the goings-on in the business world this week, we at Mind Your Own Business are here to catch you up so you can drop an intelligent line or two into your conversations this weekend.
A late night child care center will have its grand opening this weekend.
A popular Route 30 eatery is undergoing a name and ownership change.
Truckers protest the insane diesel prices.
Federal Reserve Chairman mentions the word recession.
Nationally 80,000 jobs were cut in March.
Stocks were crap this quarter.
Sorry, that's so depressing.
Because I feel bad leaving you on such a low note, check out this story about the battle of the Apples.
