Personalities

Baby boomer bloggers writing about Santa and Christmas

Rita R. Robison / December 15, 2015

Tom Sightings at Sightings Over Sixty is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #429. Sightings says boomer […]

Baby boomer bloggers write about travel, health, and home

Rita R. Robison / December 6, 2015

Christmas in Madrid I’m the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #428. It’s the holidays, and several

Baby boomer bloggers focus on holiday shopping, thanks, snow, and plants

Rita R. Robison / December 2, 2015

Linda Myers of Thoughts From a Bag Lady in Waiting is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs

Baby boomer bloggers write about grandchildren, volunteering, relationships, and food

Rita R. Robison / November 29, 2015

Meryl Baer Meryl Baer of Six Decades and Counting is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #427.

Baby boomer bloggers focus on veterans, love, math, and grandchildren

Rita R. Robison / November 21, 2015

Laura Lee Carter of the Adventures of the New (and Improved) Old Farts is the host for this week’s Best

Baby boomer bloggers discuss travel, health, compassion, and hope

Rita R. Robison / October 28, 2015

Linda Myers of Thoughts From a Bag Lady in Waiting is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs

Baby boomer bloggers focus on goals, fall, travel, and health

Rita R. Robison / October 12, 2015

Laura Lee Carter of Adventures of the New Old Farts is the host of this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs

Baby boomer bloggers focus on finances, life, and beauty

Rita R. Robison / September 27, 2015

I’m the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #419. Since I’m a consumer journalist, one thing I’m looking

General Motors to pay $900 million to settle criminal charges over faulty ignition switches

Rita R. Robison / September 17, 2015

Photo: IFCAR The federal government has filed criminal charges against General Motors Co., saying it concealed a potentially deadly safety

This week's top 10 money tips

1. Look for bargains in May on mattresses, appliances, spring clothing, cookware, bedding, and more.

2. Be careful of fees when you use buy now, pay later for purchases.

3. Take a look at these financial terms that people don’t understand, which are costing them nearly $1,000 a year.

4. Spruce up your finances for spring with these tips.

5. Be sure to understand the new requirements for realtor fees because a settlement with realtors hasn’t resulted in the savings expected.

6. Take a look on these details on how Amazon bullies companies in to increasing prices, which costs people more.

7. Beware of debt relief companies that use false claims and charge illegal upfront fees.

8. Be aware Party City is making a comeback by launching inside Staples locations.

9. Pick YouTube TV for live sports and simplicity, or Hulu if you want an all-in-one replacement for both cable and streaming, if you’re trying to decide between the two.

10. Be aware Whirlpool has agreed to a class action settlement to resolve claims that certain refrigerators it manufactured are defective.

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