Wait Times Drop For California 911 Cellular Calls
Wait times are dropping and more Californians placing 911 cellular telephone calls are getting through to operators.
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Wait times are dropping and more Californians placing 911 cellular telephone calls are getting through to operators.
A campaign to encourage shoppers to support local merchants rather than big chains is being dubbed Small Business Saturday.
An increasing amount of consumers are opting to get their holiday items online.
Now that the holiday shopping season is in full swing, so are scam artists trying to get at your personal information. McAfee has come out with its 12 Scams of Christmas to help prevent shoppers from online predators.
The holidays are here and retailers are trying to cash in by offering a discounts if consumers open a store credit card. While that may sound like a good idea, consumers should know what they are getting into.
Some shoppers are taking no chances of missing out on those Black Friday deals.
When Ann Wiggins bought a brand new stainless steel Kenmore washer at Sears, she was thrilled. But after a few washes Wiggins said she noticed threads dangling on a few clothing pieces.
With the holiday shopping season underway, there are indications that consumers are spending less or at least within their means.
In the great tradition of Black Friday and Cyber Monday now comes Small Business Saturday. It was created by American Express to help out independently-owned businesses.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted today to override Mayor Gavin Newsom's veto of a city ban on toys being included in fast-food children's meals that fail to meet health standards.
Despite pleas from tobacco retailers, Santa Clara County Supervisors have passed a tough list of new tobacco rules aimed at underage smoking.
The holiday shopping season officially kicks off this week, the day after Thanksgiving. But many tech shoppers are looking past Black Friday to Cyber Monday.
People snapped up more than 450,000 copies of Beatles albums plus two million individual songs during the Fab Four's first week on sale through iTunes, according to Apple.
Bay Area drivers recently found themselves paying more at the gas pump than they had in the past six months. It was particularly difficult news to stomach as consumers prepared to begin their holiday shopping for friends and loved ones.
Netflix Inc. is raising the prices of some of its subscription plans and is shifting its focus to streaming video as more members move to the Internet to watch movies and television shows. Its shares surged more than 7 percent in trading Monday.
