Half of Middle-Class Consumers Believe U.S. Has Entered Double-Dip Recession

Half of middle-class consumers believe the United States has entered into a double-dip recession and are adjusting their lifestyle by saving money and cutting spending.

Chennai is great for TCS, but can be greater still

Compare Chennai to leading global cities and destinations and see where we can do better on the scorecard. In the late 1980s as TCS's growth began to pace up, we had a choice between investing in either Chennai or Bangalore.

The rise of the frugal fashionista

Consumers are not particularly hard up, nor more anxious than usual. In fact they are spending, and spending hard, but they just aren't spending much in retail stores and when they do, they are expecting better value for money .

Yankee ingenuity

DUBLIN, N.H. — Robb Sagendorph was a classic Yankee. Frugal and self-sufficient, committed to tradition — and more than a little cranky — he personified the New Englander he hoped to reach when he founded Yankee magazine in 1935. New England - Robb Sagendorph - New Englander - Arts - Literature

Lose weight, save money?

Will whittling your waistline really add some heft to your wallet? Experts weigh in.