Buying Power

PG-13 at 25: Will the Movies Ever Grow Up (Again)?

Mr. Skin | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment


Mr. Skin

Will Hollywood ever look past the financial attractiveness of the PG-13? Or are we forever at the mercy of adolescent buying power?

One Stop Shopping for Greening Your Home: Green Depot Has It All

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green


Marissa Bronfman

Find out how Sarah Beatty, a determined new green business woman, has earned Green Depot's moniker as America's leading one-stop shop for building solutions.

Winning Wallets of Christian Consumers

Suzette Standring | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living


Suzette Standring

Christian buying power can change business for the better. Integrity, excellent products and wholesome advertising beget loyalty from a demographic that spends $1.5 trillion annually.

Conspicuous Non-Consumption: How Facebook Could Save The Environment

GOOD | By Stephen Linaweaver, Brad Bate, and Michael Keating | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living


Why Facebook is more important to the environment than solar panels. The growth of social networks indicates a fundamental shift in patterns of hum...

The Critics and the Credit Cards

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business


Christopher Brauchli

Credit card companies do not limit themselves to tutoring consumers in the art of financial responsibility. They try to insure that everyone who wants a credit card has one.

Shopping and Overeating

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 01.22.2009 | Living


Dr. Jonny Bowden

If only there were a way to immediately link the immediate pleasure of downing that pint of Cherry Garcia with the distant pain of feeling like a lard ass.

Some Change Requires Deep Pockets

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 01.04.2009 | Style


Jeffrey Shaffer

I'd like to conduct a poll in major cities, actually stop people on the street and have them count their cash, to find out how many one-dollar bills an average American is carrying around.