Time is now for spring cleaning
McClatchy Newspapers
3/13/2009, by Lamara Williams
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Spring is in the air. It's time to forget about that snow you scraped from the windshield earlier in the week. Let's move forward and think about warmer days, flowers peeking up from the soil and spring-cleaning. Yes, that wonderful rite of passage from the winter blahs ...
Designers imagine a real-life Dream House as popular icon turns 50
McClatchy Newspapers
3/13/2009, by Mary Beth Breckenridge
Akron Beacon Journal (MCT) - Life in plastic, it's fantastic." _Aqua, "Barbie Girl," 1997 Put 50 candles on Barbie's cake. The enduringly perky plaything hit the half-century mark March 9.
Barbie has been a cultural icon for all her five decades, a symbol of both unattainable beauty and ...
Knowing stores' subliminal tricks helps bargain hunters
McClatchy Newspapers
3/11/2009, by Nicole Paitsel
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.) (MCT) - Bargain is the new black, and marketers have caught on. But when is a sale a deal?
Retailers have developed myriad techniques to entice customers into the store, over to their products and eventually to the checkout line.
Understanding the often subliminal ...
Neatnik's invention gets its doo; Brother of ‘Monk' actor selling dog cleanup device
McClatchy Newspapers
3/11/2009, by Rick Romell
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT) - When it comes to fussiness, no one picks up all the little pieces and arranges them exactly where they belong _ in art and in ordinary life _ like the Green Bay, Wis., Shalhoub boys. Tony's the one you may know about. He's the Emmy-winning actor who plays TV's ...
In depressed economy, consumers go for comfort of mac'n'cheese
McClatchy Newspapers
3/11/2009, by Melissa Allison and Amy Martinez
The Seattle Times (MCT) - A couple years ago, Brad Glaberson had trouble hiring a delivery-truck driver for less than $15 an hour. Now, he said, "I literally have people coming and saying, 'I'll work for you for minimum wage.'"
The owner of Cucina Fresca, a pasta and sauce company south of ...
Kroger uses technology to stop flow of recalled items
McClatchy Newspapers
3/11/2009, by Barry Shlachter
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Supermarkets across the country cleared the shelves of more than 2,600 items recalled after salmonella contamination was found in some products made by the Peanut Corp. of America. But Kroger, the nation's second-largest food retailer, has gone a big step further than ...
National Semi CEO shifts from gadgets to megatrends
McClatchy Newspapers
3/11/2009, by Steve Johnson
San Jose Mercury News (MCT) - Founded in 1959, Santa Clara, Calif.-based National Semiconductor is one the oldest and best-established technology companies in Silicon Valley. But it's going through a big change under the leadership of its outspoken chairman and chief executive, Brian Halla. The ...
'Digital living room' getting closer
McClatchy Newspapers
3/11/2009, by Troy Wolverton
San Jose Mercury News (MCT) - The digital living room is still under construction, but consumers can now get a glimpse of what it might look like. The electronics industry has long dreamed of giving consumers on-demand access in their living rooms to a universe of movies, music and other ...
Homemade pasta easy and cheap
McClatchy Newspapers
3/9/2009, by Susan Selasky
Detroit Free Press (MCT) - When it comes to making pasta dough, the ingredients are simple but the process is not. Purists will tell you it's a labor of love. But making your own dough can save you money (it costs about 75 cents to make 1 pound of fresh dough).
If you plan to make your own dough ...
Preparing whole chicken can save money
McClatchy Newspapers
3/9/2009, by Joan Obra
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Here's a skill that serves penny-pinching cooks well: cutting up whole chickens instead of buying chicken parts. At supermarket chain Vons.com this week, Foster Farms' party wings were listed at $3.49 a pound, and boneless, skinless chicken breasts were $5.49 a pound. ...
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