Gift Card Guide

Precipitous stock market drops. A bankruptcy of a major investment bank. A billion-dollar bailout of an insurance company. Do we need another sign to start putting our own financial houses in order? Readers had no trouble doing that when I asked them Read more

A wounded Iraq war veteran stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky., Army Sgt. Lalena Heathington-Adams knows what it’s like not to have much of a homecoming. With her family living across the country, the former Red Bluff resident didn’t know anyone when she Read more

Many people toss out receipts without even thinking about it. Not Nelson Roe. He completed a customer satisfaction survey on a receipt from the Midland Sears store and won $4,000 in gift cards, which he received Saturday morning at the store. The Read more

PITTSBURGH — It was only two years ago that a local gift card business left a bad taste in the mouths of shoppers and restaurant-goers across the region. A company called Taste America Gifts was selling popular “dine checks” at local malls. They Read more

NEW YORK - Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, filed a petition Thursday with the Federal Trade Commission asking the agency to protect shoppers from losing money on gift cards when retailers file for bankruptcy. In its Read more

E-Mail Story (CBS) The holiday shopping season has begun, and The Early Show personal finance adviser, Ray Martin , has some information and advice to help you through it. The last two months of the year mark the time when nearly one quarter of all Read more