There's a new iPad in town. With a display that rivals high-end HDTVs and 4G connectivity, how much will Apple's latest creation cost?
The next iPad will be available on March 16 with preorders starting today. Prices start at $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB, $699 for 64GB. 4G-capable iPads will go for $629 for 16GB, $729 for 32GB, and $829 for 64GB.
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When people say that breastfeeding saves money, they're talking dollars not cents. Since the milk is manufactured by a mother's body, nursing a newborn is nutritious and free. Though breast milk is called liquid gold, it seems like it'd be a more appropriate term for formula once you run the figures on popular brands. On average, one ounce of the powder (which makes two ounces of fluid) costs about a buck with organic and conventional formulas at similar price points. Check out these numbers.
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The other day, I went to Walgreens and was surprised by the cost of some of the cosmetics. Wet 'n' Wild was still dirt cheap, of course, but a few items were more expensive than I'd expected. For instance, this L'Oreal Volume Shocking mascara is $12.99—that's more expensive than mascara from MAC, and just 50 cents less than Bourjois mascara. The more I browsed, the more I kept thinking, "Hmm, for another dollar or two, I could go to a department store and try out that concealer/gloss/blush before buying it."
Of course, there are still some great drugstore bargains, but it seems like prices are jumping higher. In general, do you think drugstore brands are reasonably priced these days?
Warning milk drinkers, you might want to start tightening those purse strings, the cost of milk is going up. Since January, the price of a gallon of milk has gone up a dollar in California - bringing the minimum retail price for a low-fat gallon of milk to $3.10. Similar pricing issues are being felt across the country and are said to be caused by several factors:
Not worried because you don't drink milk? Think again. This pricing structure might end up effect your lattes, chocolates, and cheeses too.
In May, the Hershey Co. in Pennsylvania revised its 2007 earnings expectations, saying higher dairy input costs are "adversely impacting'' its outlook.
In Seattle, a spokeswoman for Starbucks Coffee Co. said that dairy represents from 5 percent to 10 percent of the company's costs, "and as such will put pressure on our cost structure in fiscal 2007.''
In San Francisco, Todd Parent, chief executive of Extreme Pizza ... said he expects to raise prices $1 per pizza in the near future -- a 3 to 5 percent price increase -- to cover costs.
Something tells me this might be a bad time to develop an ice cream sandwich habit...
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
