green living, smart spending
Got or getting a new smartphone or tablet? Before you donate, sell or otherwise recycle your gently used device, be sure to wipe it clean and protect your data from hackers and scammers. Follow these easy steps from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC to protect your email contact list, online banking
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Auto shows are where car makers strut their stuff, showing us what’s new in showrooms soon, and what we can expect in years to come. At the Los Angeles Auto Show just before Thanksgiving, new cars and trucks unveiled included the all-new Acura TLX performance sport sedan, a hydrogen fuel cell version of the Audi
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Travel deal: Alaska Airlines is dropping its $25 checked baggage fee. But only for the month of January 2015, and only for members of the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan. If you are traveling in January and not a member, sign up FREE before your trip, and check one bag FREE. Alaska Airlines flies to cities
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BMW’s $200 million additional investment in an American carbon fiber factory may be more important than its $1 billion investment to expand the BMW production facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Here’s why: The smaller investment underscores the success of BMW’s new electric vehicle, the i3 (pictured above) and interest in the high performance i8 due
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Visit Cuba legally now from the USA. My recent visit to Cuba proves it’s easier than you think, with or without the steps toward normalizing relations just announced by President Obama. I flew from Miami on a chartered American Airlines plane. Half the passengers were Cuban-Americans visiting their relatives. The other half was Americans like
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Airports around the world are trying to reduce the stress of getting home or away for the holidays by adding some festive cheer, and it’s much more than just festive decorations and piped in holiday music. How about free gift wrapping, an ice rink and therapy dogs for petting. Here’s some of the things to
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Lufthansa is offering you the chance to name your own price on the new Lufthansa Premium Economy Class. The bid system is for an upgrade from economy on all routes flown by a Boeing 747-8 from Frankfurt, including to Bangalore, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Beijing, São Paolo, Seoul, Tokyo-Haneda and
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Let’s call this the Haul of Fame. If you’ve ever wanted to get your photo on the side of a U-Haul truck, now is your chance. The company is launching a photo contest that also raises money for the Red Cross. Here’s how it works: This offer is from 2014 and no longer in
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Daimler, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, is relaunching the super-luxury Maybach sedan in 2015 as a 2016 model. The company stopped manufacturing them in 2012 because there just weren’t enough sales of the $380,000 car, even to Russian oligarchs or American rap stars. Maybach sold just 3,000 cars in a decade of competing against super-luxury limo
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Humanitarian disasters don’t just bring pain to people directly hurt by them. They also bring out the scammers to prey on our sympathy for those affected. Avoid getting ripped off by a fraudulent Ebola charity claiming to help its victims, or for products that claim to protect you against the deadly Ebola virus. The bad guys
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