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Many people get microchips implanted in their pets, but if you don’t update the information, it makes the microchip useless.

As the holiday shopping season gets closer, here’s a warning about rebates.

Capture holiday memories with these snazzy shooters - and still have money left for the turkey.

Christmas decorations are already up in some stores.  It’s a reminder that now is the time to implement a holiday shopping strategy.

Cute trick or treaters at your door. Spooky jack o lanterns on the walk.  A typical Halloween.  A potentially disastrous combination.

There is a new warning about potential health dangers in many of the face paints popular at Halloween. The warning comes from a coalition of environmental and health groups and they point to the results of new product safety tests.

It’s not just about Halloween and costumes, but the health and safety of your pet is a year-round concern. Here are some new products to help you help your pet.

A new study by Intellaprice shows that nationally, the cost of dining out has gone up. Dinner entrees have risen two percent while side dishes and desserts have jumped up almost ten percent; so many restaurants look for creative ways to cut cost and keep customers coming.

Halloween is big business for retailers.It’s the second busiest shopping season of the year, second only to Christmas. But with tough economic times this Halloween is a bit more scary for businesses and consumers.

If your Halloween costume this year is needing a little something extra to push you into the “inhuman” category, costume contact lenses can give that theatrical punch but improperly using costume lenses could have serious consequences on your eyes.

Tired of junkie jack-o-lanterns? PC Mike Wendland offers online help

Credit card companies are trying to squeeze as much money out of customers as they can. Another reason is that companies are scrambling to raise their rates before the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act goes into effect February 2010, which will make it harder for companies to increase their rates.

Walmart has jumped head-on into the prepaid, no-contract cellular business with a plan as low as $30 per month. The world’s largest retailer started selling its discounted “Straight Talk” cell phones in October and analysts predict it could force other cell phone companies to chop prices.

So, good news for T-mobile Sidekick owners! Things are looking a bit brighter..

The cost of eating in appears to be dropping. According to the Texas Farm Bureau, prices are falling at the grocery store—down 3 percent over the past six months.

Celebrities are finding it takes more than just their name when launching a fashion line.  Stars have to be more creative to compete in this economy.

Here comes Halloween.  As the leaves turn and fall and the chill comes into the air, it’s getting close to trick or treat time and here is a guide to help kids and grownups get just the right look come October 31st.

Companies are pushing pink this October to raise awareness and money for breast cancer research, but how much of what you spend is really going to fight the deadly disease?

Sample U, a place that allows consumers to give feedback on new and existing products.  And the businesses are listening.

Are you getting annoyed at your friends on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook?