New apps, Web sites offer holiday shopping help; here’s how to know what’s useful for you
Smart Spending: Online help for holiday shopping Amazon aims to simplify Web shopping by letting users pay with short phrase, ID number
Amazon hopes to simplify Web shopping _ with words Do I really need that? Cost-conscious shoppers ditching items before checking outNEW YORK — Penny-pinching Americans are getting cold feet at the checkout — thinking twice about spending and ditching items before they’re rung up. House, Senate pass budget bills to boost food stamp program, allow Internet drug purchasesWASHINGTON — The Senate dealt a blow to the drug lobby Thursday by voting to permit people in the United States to order lower-cost drugs from Canada over the Internet. Buffett auctions off another charity lunch but bids may not top last year’s $2.1M winnerOMAHA, Neb. — Last year’s winning bid for lunch with legendary investor Warren Buffett topped $2.1 million, but given the economic turmoil, it’s questionable this year’s bidding will approach that level. Indiana soldier who bought rare copy of ‘The Federalist’ for $7 hopes auction nets thousandsINDIANAPOLIS — A rare leather-bound book that played an influential role in America’s early history could bring a windfall for a soldier training for his second tour in Iraq. Madoff Mets season tickets sell for $38,100 on eBay, well below $56,000 listNEW YORK — Someone got a bargain with Bernard Madoff’s Mets season tickets. |