Wednesday, April 18, 2012
IKEA Now Sells Consumer Electronics
The Swedish furniture store IKEA has announced it's entrance into the consumer electronics market. According to RedOrbit.com, the retailer has teamed up with China-based company TCL media to create a furniture line specifically tailored to accommodate the brand's home electronics offerings that will include HDTV's, Blu-ray players, and wireless sound systems. Like IKEA's other products, the new pieces will be designed for easy home assembly and sold in packing boxes. The new designs will be available in Sweden, France, Poland, and Germany as early as this summer, and are scheduled to hit the U.S. sometime next year.
Would you buy home electronics from IKEA?
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
New Government Rules to Help Stop Foreclosures
Do you think these measures will be effective in reducing the number of foreclosures?
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
3 Personal Finance Apps to Help You Track Your Money
Freelance switch recently released a list of personal finance applications to help freelancers and small business owners keep track of their finances. Here are just a few of those mentioned:
1. XpenseTracker helps consumers track personal and business expenses like mileage, business lunches, and other expeditures. It is available for the iphone or ipad and expenses are easily exported into Exel files that can be opened on a personal computer.
2. Pageonce allows users to pay and keep track of their bills in one place. It also sends out alerts and reminders when spending gets uncharacteristically high or when bills are due.
3. Grocery Gadget is an app. that helps users create grocery lists and save money by using e coupons from various retailers. Also, users can scan the bar-codes of their favorite items and the app. will create a list for future use and automatically calculate totals.
What personal finance applications do you use?
*Jonesjustice blog is not affiliated with these products and received no compensation for their mention.
1. XpenseTracker helps consumers track personal and business expenses like mileage, business lunches, and other expeditures. It is available for the iphone or ipad and expenses are easily exported into Exel files that can be opened on a personal computer.
2. Pageonce allows users to pay and keep track of their bills in one place. It also sends out alerts and reminders when spending gets uncharacteristically high or when bills are due.
3. Grocery Gadget is an app. that helps users create grocery lists and save money by using e coupons from various retailers. Also, users can scan the bar-codes of their favorite items and the app. will create a list for future use and automatically calculate totals.
What personal finance applications do you use?
*Jonesjustice blog is not affiliated with these products and received no compensation for their mention.
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