Google Developing Service To Help You Track Your Electricity Consumption

Google is developing a service to help you track your electricity consumption. Read the Article at HuffingtonPost. Video included.

Since our bills in Jamaica are going up by 9% this month - as per this evening's news on Go Jamaica: Consumers To Pay More For Electricity, can someone tell me when this will be ready for use in Jamaica?

Remember this post? Reducing Bills! Electricity Bills, Phone Bills Water Bills! I guess my position as Electricity Police in my house just became permanent.

Great Slidehow of Money Saving Tips from Oprah.com

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Click here: Money Saving Tips from Thrifty Families

This is a quick slideshow of great tips on Oprah.com featuring CNBC's Dylan Ratigan, and loads of ideas from people who are finding ways to save more money. Everything from budgeting, coupons, money management, discipline in spending, some do-it-yourself around the house, utilities, alternative vacations - such as going to the beach etc. There are also stories of people helping other people, and how Google can help you find deals and free"stuff" in your neighborhood.

When I read "going to the beach" as being thrifty, I thought how often so many of us don't consider a vacation to be a vacation unless we have gone on a plane shopping somewhere. If you do want a vacation, Jamaicans - why don't we try vacationing right here and supporting the local tourism industry - any realistic budget does have entertainment provisions. :)



If you do watch Oprah's show, Tuesday's show is entitled "The Thriftiest Family in America"

Hear Ye Hear Ye! Companies That ARE Hiring!

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I was just watching CNNMoney and heard about this article on Fortune.com. Here's an excerpt from an article "They're Hiring!"

"As many big companies are announcing mass layoffs, these 20 top employers have at least 350 openings each right now. Which Best Companies to Work For are doing the most recruiting and what kind of candidates are they looking for?"

Here are the links from each page of the slide show attached to the article. The Companies are:

1. Edward Jones
2. Google
3. Wegmans Food Markets
   
4. Cisco Systems
   
5. Genentech
6. Methodist Hospital System
7. Whole Foods Market
   
8. Microsoft
9. Burns and McDonnell
10. Ernst and Young
11. Booz Allen Hamilton
12. KPMG
13. Pricewaterhousecoopers
14. Scripps Health
15. Mayo Clinic
16. Baptist Health South Florida
17. Bright Horizons
18. Publix Supermarkets
19. TMobile
20. Accenture