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How to Score a Free Hotel Upgrade During the recession, travelers could have walked into most hotels and motels in the country with a reservation for a standard room and easily talked their way into an upgrade, so desperate were these companies for customers, but that has changed in the past year or two as consumer demand for travel has picked up.
Apples Top List of 'Dirty Dozen' Foods A report from the nonprofit Environmental Working Group found apples are more contaminated by pesticides than any other fruit or vegetable.
10 Summer Smartphone Apps Nothing says summer more than relaxing on the beach, firing up the grill for a family barbecue or taking a vacation. In fact, a recent Gallup poll suggests that 60% of Americans plan to travel this summer. But regardless of what summer activities you plan to take part in, there are smartphone apps to make your life easier. Here are 10 summer smartphone apps to help you save time and money and have more fun.
Next Retail M&A: Look to Lifestyle Brands VF Corp.'s VFC $2.2 billion acquisition of Timberland TBL revealed a new trend emerging in retail mergers and acquisitions: the interest in retail brands rather than retail stores.