Ever since slaughterhouses became coronavirus hot spots, the meat industry has been asking the Trump administration for help. Hundreds of employees have been getting sick or not showing up for work for fear of contracting the virus. Labor unions, which had been largely quiet in their dealings with many of …
Read More »New Rule Change Makes Savings Accounts More Attractive
Photo by Dean Drobot / Shutterstock.com A new Federal Reserve ruling will make it easier for many people to pull money out of their savings accounts each month. The nation’s central bank temporarily has suspended a rule that normally limits certain types of withdrawals of money from savings accounts to …
Read More »12 Frugal Ways to Become More Self-Sufficient
In conversations with friends and family recently, one theme I’ve heard again and again is how struck people are by how dependent they are on the availability of so many services and products. Many of them simply needed to go to stores or other places simply because they simply didn’t …
Read More »Mailbag: Questions About Life Insurance, Spring Cleaning, Retail Therapy, Daycare and More
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.1. Ceiling fan direction issues2. Uninformed or focused?3. Mail order seed recommendations4. Will life insurance be viable?5. Spring cleaning without …
Read More »COVID-19: FairPrice Adds More Delivery Slots But Will Charge $3.99 Fee To All Online Orders
Starting from today (April 16) at 8pm, Singapore’s largest supermarket chain FairPrice will be charging a $ 3.99 service fee to all online orders, in a bid to accommodate the increased demand in delivery slots for its online platform. According to an announcement on their website, the number of visits …
Read More »ComfortDelGro Partners RedMart To Fulfil More Grocery Deliveries In S’pore From End April
Online grocery sites in Singapore are facing extremely high demand during this time, and many of their delivery slots are overwhelmed. To help fulfil this surge in orders, ComfortDelGro has partnered with RedMart, which has recently shifted its focus to selling “core necessities”, to deploy its fleet of 10,000 taxis …
Read More »Questions About Unemployment, Screen Time, Grocery Runs, Predictions and More
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.1. Getting nothing done2. Unemployed but okay; what’s next?3. Emergency fund or debt repayment?4. Buying a house right now?5. Retire …
Read More »Questions About Job Losses, Health Insurance, Journaling, Gym Memberships and More
What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.1. Stretching food2. Cancel gym membership?3. Filing taxes, now or later?4. First steps after losing job5. Great time to start …
Read More »40 more game companies join WHO #PlayApartTogether coronavirus awareness campaign
40 more game companies have joined the World Health Organization (WHO) #PlayApartTogether coronavirus awareness campaign. And more the campaign has gained more than 4.7 billion consumer media impressions worldwide. The promotional campaign, organized by the game industry on behalf of the WHO, encourages healthy physical distancing by bringing special events, exclusives, activities, …
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