Signs Of The Times: Tupperware & Sleeping In Airports

A few items of note. (pic via Tupperware)

Tupperware likes the 'frugal consumer' trend - BloggingStocks: "Tupperware will benefit from the trend toward many, many more leftovers and fewer meals out, as Americans rebuild savings amid the housing and stock market slumps."

Airport Reviews - Budget Traveller's Guide to Sleeping in Airports: "For travellers who are REALLY on a budget and are looking for a way to skim a few bucks off their travel expenses, why not consider sleeping in an airport? Why spend money on a night in the airport hotel when an inflatable raft on airport floor is free?"

Repair businesses thrive in downturn - The Boston Globe: "Cash-strapped consumers are postponing purchases and attempting to make do with their possessions, repairing old clunkers, mending clothes that haven't left the closet in years, and reviving troublesome laptops and broken blenders. The new thirst for thriftiness is providing a windfall to those on the front lines of repair - the cobblers ..."

Staples joins the office supply store war with free resumes, business cards: "First, it was FedEx Office, and then Office Depot. Now Staples wants you to know that you can copy your resume for free at its stores, from Monday, April 27 through June 13."

Recession careers: "Con" Artist: "Luckily, however, there is another route for the dashing and criminally-minded: Art. Art doesn't require a MBA from an Ivy League school, nor does it necessarily involve creating collateralized or securitized debt."