Younger shoppers see Internet as best for dealsSurvey show generation divide on value, but similar opinions on security
updated 7:32 p.m. ET Feb. 13, 2008
NEW YORK - Convenience and bargain-hunting tend to drive younger Americans to online shopping, while all adults share concerns about security and other drawbacks, a new study finds. According to a study released Wednesday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, 62 percent of Web users under age 30 consider the Internet to best place to find good deals, while only 32 percent of users age 65 and older do. Likewise, younger Internet users are far more likely to find online shopping convenient. John Horrigan, the study's author, attributed the generational gap to the force of habits.
Love can hurt — your bank accountCourtship is costly and Valentine's Day can hit wallets hard
By Alison Damast
updated 10:24 a.m. ET Feb. 13, 2008
The first date is just the start of what may turn out to be the largest spending spree of your life. With the average courtship before a marriage lasting about two and a half years, dating is an increasingly expensive venture. Flowers, presents, dinners, and movie tickets are just the start of the list of items single men need to factor into their budgets, dating and relationship experts said. And don't even get us started on the costs of maintaining a long-distance romance.By the time you head down the aisle, you can easily have spent more than $40,000 on vacations, jewelry, wedding expenses, and meals out, according to our calculations.
resourse from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com Rising foreclosures pressure housing pricesIn hard-hit cities, banks with defaulted loans are unloading properties updated 1:12 p.m. ET Feb. 12, 2008 WASHINGTON - A growing share of home sales are from foreclosures, especially in states hardest hit by the housing bust. In some parts of California lately, nearly 50 percent of home sales come from foreclosed houses.The trend, which is putting additional downward pressure on home prices, is most notable there and in Nevada, Colorado, Tennessee and Michigan, but is also evident in Ohio, Georgia, Florida and Arizona, according to an Associated Press comparison of 2007 sales and foreclosure data. In Nevada, for example, 17.5 percent of home sales were from foreclosures, more than quadruple the number in 2006.
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