Finance

Bart Lorang is the CEO of FullContact API, a Denver based internet start-up. He is not your normal corporate type preferring to wear open neck polo shirts, shorts and flip flops---that's right, flip flops---to work. He is also intent on keeping his work force happy which, according to ABC News, is why he is offering them $7500 to take a "paid, paid vacation". Too good to be true? Well, there are several conditions.

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Freshen up those resumes and dress to impress. Destiny U.S.A in Syracuse will host its second job fair Thursday on the first floor expansion near Lord and Taylor. YNN reports that a number of potential employers from among the merchants located at the mall will be taking applications.

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During the "Frog Days Of Summer", you may be out of town on vacation. And as that iconic TV commercial used to say, "Don't leave home without them". Without what? That was a line said by actor Karl Malden reminding people to make sure they always took travelers' checks on vacation or when out of town. Some of you may be asking, "What are travelers' checks"? 

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My wife and I just closed on a winter getaway place in Florida and while her first thought was how little it would cost to heat mine was how much it would cost to cool--even if we weren't there--in the summer. We here in Central New York have our share of hot and humid summer days when air conditioning comes in  handy and I've come across a few tips courtesy of Yahoo Shine that can help save a few bucks.

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The slowdown of the American economy has resulted in many changes in our consumer preferences and spending. The latest is the renewed popularity of canned beer. Bloomberg.com reports that 53% of the beer sold in 2011 was canned, up from 48% in the years following the economic slowdown of 2007. With consumers watching their leisure time expenditures it appears that bottled and draft beers from both the national brand and craft beer brewers have taken a hit as the more affordable aluminum canned suds have increased in sales. Price is not the only reason for the turn around.

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Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, is said to be worth some $20 billion dollars. Nonetheless, when his lunch bill came at the restaurant he and his wife ate at in Rome, Italy, he did not leave a tip on the $32 Euro ($39 US) tab. According to the British newspaper, The Telegraph, it wasn't because the food or service was bad.

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Is it me, or do we have to store too much trivial information in our heads these days? Just about every place you work, you need a user name and password to get into your company computer system, and then they notify you to change those passwords in 15 days or else you're out of the system! Just when I finally remembered my password without looking at the paper I keep in my wallet.

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Times change and so does the cost of living. A big part of that cost is the price of food, both at the grocery store and at fast food restaurants. McDonald's became franchised in 1955 and over the years has grown to over 31,000 restaurants in 119 countries around the world. The number of restaurants isn't the only thing that has increased however. The cost of living has had its impact on their menu too. What were the original prices?

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How many times have you gone to the store to pick up a specific item only to walk out with a bag or shopping cart full of things you hadn't intended to buy? According to a new survey by MarketWatch.com 9 out of 10 shoppers will do exactly that. What are the reasons behind such impulse buying?

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There's great community spirit in the Utica-Rome area among people and business, and the merchants on Varick Street in the Brewery District of West Utica are demonstrating that spirit.

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Today is the deadline for filing your federal tax returns and if those returns weren't headache enough now comes word that it is also one of the most accident prone days of the year for drivers. Maybe it's the worrying about getting those returns down to post office in time or maybe it's just pre-occupation but, according to MSNBC, there is a 6% higher risk of being involved in a fatal accident on tax day than on any other comparable day. Experts say "pressure" is the most likely cause.

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Those of use who have waited to file our 2011 income tax returns have until Tuesday, April 17th to get it done. In past years, some local post offices would stay open late for that last minute mailing, so it's important that you check your local post office to see if they have extended tax day hours.

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