Beware of the Online Holiday Shopping Scam
With more people buying gifts online over the holidays, the potential for fraud is high. “Scammers know people are looking for good deals and trying to fulfill their holiday wish lists, often without a lot of time,” said Michael Kaiser, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance. A lot is at stake. On Cyber Monday alone — the Monday after Thanksgiving when retailers tend to run big promotions on the Web — as many as...
Output Gains Lag, As Do Wages
Washington — Leroy and Lauri Dixon used to plow $40,000 a year into promoting their party-supply business in a dozen telephone books. Today they spend $4,000 less and reach a lot more people by advertising on Google, Yahoo and Bing. Also gone are the house calls to potential customers; the Dixons and their staff of 15 at Party Plus Tents & Events now get leads through Facebook, Instagram and other social media. Technology has...
