In search of deals, ease

Holiday sales rise on discounts, online shopping

The pop that wasn't: Life after Facebook's IPO

France celebrates Bastille Day

WASHINGTON - Finding the best deal on a flight has become a lot more difficult, thanks to hefty baggage and service fees that consumers often don't know about until they show up at the airline counter, congressional investigators say.

Education reform inches closer

Idaho Senate passes Luna plan's third part

BOISE - The Idaho Senate voted 20-15 on Thursday to pass the third piece of a plan to reform Idaho's public schools.

Fueling the pain

Climbing costs have drivers in search of lowest prices

Gas prices hike burns drivers

Why areas with good jobs have hard-to-afford homes

Dream of home ownership proves frustrating

Gas prices take the shirts off our backs

Go to a store that sells clothing and head for the shirt display. Pick a size and color that pleases you. Look at the price tag. If it looks too expensive, you still have other choices. Leave the store and go to another clothing store and look for a shirt there. If you look at a few stores, you will probably find a shirt that will suit your style needs and budget. If you wait a bit a sale will occur somewhere and you can get a better deal on your shirt, and you still have other choices.

The collective sigh

That collective sigh of relief that is audible to most every wine consumer is coming from grape growers and winemakers around the appellations of the western U.S. After two unbelievably tough years of poor quality harvests and extremely low tonnage of usable wine grape stock, it appears at least for now that the 2012 crop is going to be larger than normal, in some cases much larger, and of very good to great quality!

There are options for selling unwanted stuff

Spring for many homeowners means confronting all the things that have filled up the closets, basement and garage over the past year. As the late comedian George Carlin used to say: "Your house is a pile of stuff with a cover on it."

Great, cheap coupons just got easier

BuyNowNorthwest.com website receives updates

Buy Now Northwest, a marketing website of the Coeur d'Alene Press that offers customers local goods and services at half-off the normal price, unveiled its new website Friday.

Cyber Monday shoppers give retailers sales bump

Homebuyers scramble as mortgage rates jump

WASHINGTON - The era of record-low mortgage rates is over. The average rate on a 30-year loan has jumped from about 5 percent to more than 5.3 percent in just the past week. As mortgages get more expensive, more would-be homeowners are priced out of the market - a threat to the fragile recovery in the housing market.

Midnight grocery runs capture desperation

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Once a month, just after midnight, the beeping checkout scanners at a Walmart just off Interstate 95 come alive in a chorus of financial desperation.

Has the Fed been fueling bubbles? You be the judge

Health law business insurance site delayed one year

CHICAGO - The Obama administration is delaying yet another aspect of the health care law, putting off until next November the launch of an online portal to the health insurance marketplace for small businesses.

IDFG News for June 26, 2011

Leftover moose tags available

Sharp holiday price drops seen for flat-panel TVs

SEATTLE - If you're in the market for a new flat-panel TV, it's a good time to buy.

Summer time is show time at Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre

It is hard enough to bring one new show to theatre fans after producing shows for over four decades. But Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre (CST) manages to bring four new shows to the area this season.

Bernanke on perilous ground

Fed Chairman presses China over currency manipulation

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is taking some highly unusual steps to counter widespread opposition to his $600 billion plan to jump-start the economy. He's pressing China to let its currency rise and pushing Congress to pass more stimulus aid.

Local Briefs March 3, 2012