Groupon shmoupon. Wired’s latest issue features a piece on ninja online bargain shoppers who show just how far traditional coupon snipping has come. There’s a woman who drives away from a food shopping trip with $80 worth of groceries and and a payment from the store – ““I actually made money on this trip” – and particular emphasis on the efforts at websites SlickDeals and GottaDeal.
Stocks ended mixed after a nail-biting week for investors, who grew anxious over megacap tech valuations and interest rates as the government shutdown came to an end. It takes time to get a tanker ship up and running again after a full stop.
Since election, global stocks have swelled by $6 trillion
Deciphering Chinese economic data is a huge challenge for investors
Ultra-low global rates are deepening deflationary pressures
