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...effort to juice the economy by encouraging spending over savings. But that would probably also push down even further the rate at which banks can lend. "It would mean banks make a little less money across the board," says Bank of Alameda's Andrews. Not exactly a nice holiday gift...
This year, the Season of Giving has also coughed up an abundance of holiday-themed applications for the iPhone - scores of them. There are, for instance, various gift-buying apps that range from Better Christmas List ($2.99), which tracks your budget (and recently added a "much-requested passcode lock option") to Hanukah Holiday List ($1.99), which is made by the same dude and does exactly the same thing (but costs, inexplicably, a buck less). Or check out the free GPS Christmas List, which sends you an alert when you're near a store that sells something on your list...
...many iPhone-ready talking Christmas books and games; Christmas trees and menorahs that really light; the eSnowGlobe for $1.99 (shake the phone and the snow swirls); half a dozen dreidel apps (shake to spin the dreidel); and a special "holiday version" of FirePlace ($0.99), which crackles cheerily and plays holiday tunes. But beware: the app "has been known to freeze on rare occasions," the developer warns, without irony...
Free Shipping. In case you have enough money to travel and shop this holiday season, InterContinental will ship one 30-lb. box free of charge for guests at its hotels in Atlanta, Boston, L.A., Miami, San Francisco, New York and Washington, D.C. Simply take your box, with receipts as proof of local purchase, to the hotel's business center and have it shipped it to your doorstep. Through...
...Skate! 'Tis the holiday season - which means it's time to strap on a pair of blades, fall smack on your bum many times, then reward yourself with hot chocolate. Chicago has free entry at its rinks through Feb. 28, 2009, with skate rentals running about $5. (See 10 things to do in Chicago.) In Santa Monica, Calif., you can go from the beach to the ice rink (5th Street and Arizona Avenue, two blocks from the Third Street Promenade outdoor mall), for a surreal transition. The $10 admission through Jan. 19, 2009 includes skate rental. (See 10 things...