Week of May 27, 2024
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Weight-conscious Memorial Day picnickers might have thought they could cut some calories on potato chips by buying the air-fried variety. Think again and check the label, just as we did.
That is our Mouse Print* story this week.
Between inflation, high interest rates, and a shortage of homes for sale in many areas, what's a homebuyer to do? On a 0 to 100 scale, NBC News developed an index of how difficult it is today to buy a home in counties all over America. (100 is the hardest.) Each state is also color-coded to help you find counties easier.
Stanley Goldstein died last week at the age of 89. Who was he? He co-founded CVS in 1963 in Lowell, Massachusetts. Back then it was called Consumer Value Stores. Why did they eventually shortened the name? It was cheaper making store signs with just three letters! Here's a loving tribute to Stanley.
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Consumer Junk Fees
It is the latest assault on your wallet. If you want a reservation at a popular New York restaurant you now have to pay perhaps hundreds of dollars... and that is only for the reservation. Just the way people resell sports and concert tickets, now would-be scalpers make free reservations at hot restaurants and go online to sell them. NBC reports.
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