Need to buy a fire-breathing sword? How about a new outfit for your pet penguin? You’ll need to shop in the virtual world, where virtual goods are a booming business.
The United States is still the richest country in the world. But the country’s grasp on this title is slipping. It seems the wealth gap between developing nations and countries such as the United States is finally starting to close.
Creating a big, expensive epic that flops at the box office has got to be embarrassing. Depending on how bad the movie is and how badly it flops, it can destroy careers…
Do Americans like candy? They like it to the tune of $20 billion a year! That’s right- Americans spend $20 billion on their sweet little vices. They’re out there night and day buying candy bars, chocolates, hardy candy and everything else that packs in the sugar.
Tax cheats are nothing new. From the days of Al Capone to modern celebrities such as Martha Stewart and Luciano Pavarotti, taxpayers have been trying to cheat the government out of its tax dollars for years.
We all know that the US is in massive debt, but just HOW massive is it? “TRILLION” really feels like just a word, that is until you put it into perspective…
Everyone’s always talking about credit scores, but why are they such a big deal?
Maybe there is some false truth, then, to the old adage about crime doesn’t pay?
How expensive is it to keep criminals behind bars or to put them to death? You might be surprised.
The Department of Labor’s latest annual survey provides a detailed look into how the average U.S. consumer “unit” spent their paycheck in 2009.