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...brand and other distinguishing features. Merchant ratings, a series of scores based on consumer feedback (we're talking hundreds of responses at least) help with the decision-making. Click the "All Depts." link at the top of the page to find an alphabetized list of hundreds of highly specific product categories, from action figures to yogurt makers. Covers some 30 million products from 55,000 retailers worldwide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 50 Coolest Websites 2005: Shopping | 6/22/2005 | See Source »

...could be a home theater system, the next a digital camera. The item is available until it sells out, or until 11:59 pm Central Time that night, whichever happens first. This oddball approach has generated a cult following, which keeps the community forums abuzz with product reviews and other chatter. Selection of one too limited for you? Try Overstock.com, a perennial favorite among bargain hunters that sells excess inventory at great prices. New to that site: auctions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 50 Coolest Websites 2005: Shopping | 6/22/2005 | See Source »

...Under the tax laws that applied for those years, unearned income was taxable at the maximum rate of 70%. Baxter said the money was earned income, like a salary, which was taxable at a top rate of 50%. In 1984 he filed suit, contending that his winnings were the product of skill and hard work. Last week the U.S. district court in Nevada agreed and ordered the IRS to give a refund with interest. Said Baxter: "Jack Nicklaus gets to file his prize money as earned income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Mar. 24, 1986 | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...fortune left, Wozniak resigned from Apple early last year to develop an infrared remote-control device capable of simultaneously operating several types of components, including TV sets and videocassette recorders. So far, his CL9, an abbreviation of "cloud nine," is not profitable and has produced only one product, a $30 device that amplifies the signal of remote controllers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buddy System | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Dotto and dozens of pitchmen like him are inundating television airwaves and packing conference halls across the U.S. with their gospel of "no money down." The seminars and TV programs are teasers for the real product: packages of booklets and tape cassettes that explain in more detail how to start from scratch in real estate. At about $300 and up, these home-study courses have earned millions of dollars for the gurus and probably started a few graduates on the path to success. But many mortgage lenders and real estate brokers, irritated by shaky financing schemes proposed to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Preachers of Easy Pickings | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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