Oh stop it author. Stop playing Fun With Statistics. The IPO price could have been $80 and it may have jumped to $150 due to demand.   No one knows what the public will do on recent IPOs.

Ok, I bet the comments are slamming the rich.   Raise your hand if you BELIEVE we have a strong economy with 9% unemployment! Anyone? Bueller, Bueller! A rich person's multiple home troubles aren't troubles the masses will cry about.   Some media members are even saying $4 gas is a good thing. Yet in 2006...more

The table on median Net Worth by Marital status is scary, but I'm sure plenty that reply here will state that they've saved plenty. As for spending by singles, no dude I know blows $7k on a hutch and dining room set. Guys will buy expensive toys. Singles tend to spend a lot more on food and entertainment, trips ...more

Just plain SILLY to name T.V. #1 on this list.  Ask a sports loving dude. Televisions are finally usefully large, cheaper, and HD gives great pictures. You can pry my huge LCD's remote from my dead fingers when Armageddon hits.   Sports programming is so clear that I don't want to go to games any more. We ...more

Re the below comments doggin each other, it's "prey" not "pray."   I don't give Starbucks my money because I like a certain fast food places coffee. Starbucks' business success is amazing considering what they sell.   Do we consider Starbucks a restaurant or its own category, "Starbucks." Comparing Starbuck...more

Who wrote this drivel, a 12-year old or a college professor who's never worked in the real world.   High fuel prices cripple the economy  with higher consumer goods prices(inflation)and ​ eliminate discretionary spending, which makes the economy go.   I'm dumber for having read this 'article.'

I thought this was an Apple blog...???   It's been jacked by righties, lefties and a silly-hoser-canadian ​ who doesn't understand that without the nation south of the Great Canada, he'd be speaking Russian or Chinese.

Reality bites...and it costs you money. A prize ...is a prize ...is a prize and it's taxable, otherwise, the unscrupulous will hire lawyers to really twist this around to their benefit. The comments on these subjects are priceless. In the previous millennium, this verse was sung regarding taxes; "Don't tax you...more

Dear McDonalds, a few questions: 1) How many hours per week will these new hires receive?  Is it worth the gas to get to work? 2) Are you cutting back on full time employees, taking their benefits? 3) How many employees start and quit each year.  This influences this 50,000 hire number. 4) How many employees ha...more