The Manager Who Couldn't Write
What launched Amy Tan's career was not a big break, but a kick in the butt. Before the million-copy sales of The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God's Wife and The Hundred Secret Senses, Amy Tan was a writer. A business writer. She and a partner ran a ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
As Seen on TV: But Wait! There's More
Your secret is out: You've been buying As Seen on TV products. Not you? Then who is ordering all this stuff? Sales totaled $2 trillion (yes, that's trillion!) last year, and it takes a lot of "low, low prices" to rack up a number that ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
Are We There Yet?
When we piled into our Chevy station wagon that summer day, my brother and I knew we were in for a treat. It would be a five-hour drive to New York, and our mother, the perfect expedition leader, would make the journey as much fun as the ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
Healthy Kitchen Essentials
From ChangeOne.com Use this guide to make sure your kitchen has all the items you'll need for healthy snacking and quick, easy-to-cook meals. Here we list some of the everyday staples, the basic provisions you should have on hand to be sure you ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
The Best Wrinkle Fighters
The skin-care aisle is packed with antiaging products and claims. Here are the topical ingredients clinically shown to help diminish the fine lines and wrinkles that appear when collagen fibers break down. Often listed as retinol, it penetrates ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
Beyond the Pedometer
From Cut Your Cholesterol In addition to pedometers, there are numerous other accessories to help you track your activity and measure your results. While you don't need any of them, some might help with that most important component of exercise: ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
Consumer Relief
Mona Shaw walked into her local Comcast customer-service office one day last summer swinging a claw hammer. The feisty 75-year-old clobbered several pieces of office equipment before she was stopped. "Now do I have your attention?" she ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
How to Shop for Salad Dressing
By Bridget Nelson Monroe From Reader's Digest Douse your greens in the wrong stuff and what was once a healthy lunch becomes a nutritional no-no. Just a quarter cup of ranch dressing, for instance, can add 340 calories and 36 grams of fat. Joan ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
How Do "As Seen on TV" Products Really Rate? The 2004 List
By Loren Mooney (Additional reporting by Lisa Miller Fields) From Reader's Digest Admit it. You watch infomercials. How can you not? They make up roughly one-quarter of all programming on cable and local broadcast television. And sometimes, when ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
How Do "As Seen on TV" Products Really Rate? The 2003 List
By Loren Mooney From Reader's Digest You can't miss them as you flip through the vast spectrum of cable channels. More than 225,000 half-hour infomercials and countless shorter ads air on TV each month. "As Seen on TV" products promise to solve [... more]
Reader's Digest |
Lay Your Own Extraordinary Hardwood Floor
It's hard to beat the natural beauty, warmth and durability of a hardwood floor. A well-laid floor will last for a century or more and can be rejuvenated by resanding and finishing to look brand new. A real wood floor isn't cheap, but neither is ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
How Do "As Seen on TV" Products Really Rate? The 2006 List
Some 60 new pitches debut every month, so demand is high for quality inventions people will actually buy. Or at least a clever item with a catchy name. (Yoga Booty Ballet, anyone?) Of the top 25 most-aired half-hour pitches in 2005, as ranked by ... [... more]
Reader's Digest |
