Last June, U.S. immigration officials were presented a plan that supporters said could help slash waiting times for green cards from nearly three years to three months and save 1 million applicants more than a third of the 45 hours they could expect to spend in government lines. It would also save about $350 million. The response? No thanks.
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Energy-guzzling Americans on the lookout for a painless path to conservation can celebrate this weekend when they will cut greenhouse gas emissions by simply pushing forward the hands on their clocks.
This is the first year that the switch to Daylight Savings Time is occurring early. For years, we adjusted our clocks on the first Sunday in April but now we'll be making the switch on the second Sunday in March (March 11).
With daylight savings time coming three weeks early this year, I.T. admins have been busy making sure businesses and government agencies get the proper patches to make sure everything operates normally. But when it comes to your own devices, such as smartphones and VCRs, you might have to update them manually to accommodate the time change.
While most U.S. clocks spring forward one hour on Sunday, Pulaski County will do double time when it moves the courthouse clock ahead not one, but two hours for daylight-saving time.
Daylight-saving time begins on Sunday this year, three weeks earlier than normal. The change comes from a 2005 law that aimed to reduce energy costs by limiting our consumption of oil.
I am a 23 year old living in Massachusetts. I am currently fully employed and living with my girlfriend who is also fully employed, although combined we make about $61,000 pre-tax. Both of us want to begin saving money so we can buy a home in the next 5 years, but we find it very difficult to do so while living in such a high-rent area.
As tax day approaches, about 70 percent of U.S. consumers think Uncle Sam owes them - and they already have plans for their tax refunds, according to a retail industry survey.
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"California really represents what the rest of the country could do if it paid a bit more attention to energy efficiency," says Greg Kats, managing principal at Capital E, an energy and clean-technology advisory firm. "California is the best argument we have about how to very cost-effectively both reduce energy consumption and cut gr
You won't believe how far some of these people will go to pinch a few pennies in this installment of the 'Cheapest Person I Know' series. Our readers contributed some of their own stories, and here are just a few of the cheapest. How far will you go to save a penny?
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People once again spent everything they made and then some last year, pushing the personal savings rate to the lowest level since the Great Depression more than seven decades ago. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the savings rate for all of 2006 was a negative 1 percent, meaning that not only did people spend all the money they e
You can go on a diet without counting calories and logging crunches. In fact, instead of spending money to get in shape, you will save money by putting you home on an energy diet. Fortunately, reducing the extra energy a home eats up is often easier than eating less and exercising more.
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Haven't amassed a huge nest egg? That doesn't mean you can't retire, but you might have to fall back on Plan B.
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