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CNET
08-07-2025
- Business
- CNET
Don't Let Fake Prime Day Savings Fool You: How to Spot the Real Deals
Not every Amazon deal is worth it. James Martin/CNET Amazon's Prime Day sale is still a big draw, but some of it is just marketing hype. Many overpriced items are simply discounted to their original price, which feels like a gimmick to convince you to spend your hard-earned money. Even if an item costs less than normal, it may not be worth buying now. A good deal can be dangerous if you're stretching your budget to afford it, according to my colleague Kelly Ernst, who is opting out of Prime Day shopping. So what's the best way to save money during Prime Day? CNET experts are tracking the best deals, and they're sharing a useful trick for determining what's worth buying and what's not. Prime Day 2025 is Changing: New Drops, More Drama Prime Day 2025 is Changing: New Drops, More Drama Click to unmute Video Player is loading. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Next playlist item Unmute Current Time 0:01 / Duration 3:54 Loaded : 10.14% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 3:53 Share Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Close Modal Dialog This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Close Modal Dialog This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Prime Day 2025 is Changing: New Drops, More Drama How to spot the best Amazon Prime Day deals I remember seeing Reddit users complain about Prime Day "discounts" in a thread last year. Some noted the markdowns didn't feel like much, while others reported an actual increase in prices during the Amazon sale. But there's a way to find the real discounts. Before you start shopping, CNET editors recommend making a list of items you plan to buy, reviewing prices and installing the CamelCamelCamel browser extension. "If you're not regularly tracking the prices for a computer, tablet or other device you want, it's tricky to know if you're getting a good deal," says Josh Goldman, managing editor and laptop reviewer at CNET. He says CamelCamelCamel will tell you the pricing history of any Amazon item. So, when the sale rolls around, it's easier to determine whether it's a deal or an everyday price. CamelCamelCamel is free, and you don't need an Amazon account to use it. However, this price tracker only works for Amazon, so you'll need to use other websites or browser extensions, like Honey and Slickdeals, to compare prices from other retailers. Avoid feeling pressured to shop the sales If you haven't budgeted for spending on certain items, or you don't see worthwhile savings, it may be worth skipping the Prime Day frenzy altogether. Plus, there are plenty of other sales coming up: Labor Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Sometimes, waiting is best. Many of us are cutting back on spending and monitoring the effect of tariffs, which are pushing prices higher. If you have a chunk of money you've set aside for a future purchase, I'd recommend keeping it in a high-yield savings account. Putting your savings into a high-yield account will help you earn interest while you wait. Right now, most HYSAs offer annual percentage yields between 3.60% and 4%, or even higher at select banks with stricter requirements.
Business Wire
08-07-2025
- Health
- Business Wire
LocumTenens.com and March of Dimes Partner to Expand and Scale Maternal Mental Health Training for Clinicians
ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- a pioneer in healthcare staffing solutions, announced today a partnership with March of Dimes to expand and scale access to continuing education on maternal mental health for clinicians who practice locum tenens. The collaboration is in response to findings from the March of Dimes 2024 Nowhere to Go: Maternity Care Deserts Across the U.S. Report, which reveals that more than 150,000 babies are born each year in U.S. counties without birthing hospitals, obstetric services, birth centers or obstetric providers. The initiative aims to upskill locum tenens professionals working in these underserved communities where travel times are longer, care is fragmented, and maternal mental health needs often go undetected and untreated, as well as those working in any healthcare setting in which an expecting or postpartum mother might receive care. 'This partnership brings together two organizations committed to improving maternal and infant health through education, compassion and access,' said Amelia Vietri, senior vice president of and leader of its women's health staffing division. 'By equipping our clinicians with deeper insights into mental health and bias, we're not just filling gaps in coverage—we're elevating the quality of care for mothers and babies.' The three-part continuing education series focuses on reducing stigma and equipping clinicians with knowledge and tools to improve outcomes in maternal and infant care, particularly in maternity care deserts. Courses each include three modules on the following topics: Understanding Maternal Mental Health: Launching in September 2025, this comprehensive session on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders includes how to recognize symptoms, conduct screenings, and provide appropriate support during pregnancy and postpartum. Screening for Mental Health and Substance Use: Beginning in November 2025, this training course is focused on recognizing the impact of stigma, identifying risk factors, and connecting patients to resources for prevention of and recovery from substance abuse. Recognizing and Addressing Bias in Maternal Care: The final session in January 2026 is designed to improve cultural competency, enhance patient-provider communication and reduce disparities through actionable strategies. 'Too many mothers are navigating the maternal health crisis without the support they need—especially in rural areas where access to care is limited,' shared Kelly Ernst, Chief Impact Officer at March of Dimes. 'This partnership allows us to reach more clinicians with the training they need to support moms' mental health, advancing our mission to help ensure every family has the best possible start.' This initiative reflects ongoing investment in the health of communities it serves, including local volunteerism, medical mission work and its nonprofit venture, Connecting Kids With Care. March of Dimes has supported clinician education for nearly four decades to drive systemic change and close equity gaps in maternal and infant care. About March of Dimes March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies. We support research, education and advocacy, and provide programs and services so that every family can get the best possible start. Since 1938, we've built a successful legacy to support every pregnant person and every family. Visit or for more information. Follow us on social media at @marchofdimes. About specializes in optimizing healthcare staffing operations with flexible, hybrid and temporary placement of physicians, advanced practitioners, social workers and psychologists. With a presence in more than 90% of the nation's top healthcare facilities and supporting 150 medical specialties, is dedicated to improving healthcare through innovative staffing solutions connecting clients and clinicians to deliver exceptional and uninterrupted patient care. Founded in 1995, is the largest provider of locum tenens services in the U.S. and a leader in the healthcare staffing industry, placing more than 7,000 clinicians annually who deliver care to more than 10 million patients. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, is part of the Jackson Healthcare® family of companies. Learn more at
CNET
07-07-2025
- Business
- CNET
Don't Be Fooled by Prime Day Deals. This Trick Reveals the Real Savings
Overspending during sales is big Prime Day sale is finally here. And so are other sales from major retailers competing for your hard-earned money. Cash is tight, and a lot of folks aren't buying the marketing hype. I remember seeing Reddit users complain about Prime Day "discounts" in a thread last year. Some noted the markdowns didn't feel like much, while others reported an actual increase in prices during the Amazon sale. Even if an item costs less than normal, it might not be worth buying now. A good deal can be dangerous if you're stretching your budget to afford it, according to my colleague Kelly Ernst, who is opting out of Prime Day shopping. So what's the best way to save money during Prime Day without blowing your budget? CNET experts are tracking the best deals, and they're sharing a useful trick for determining what's worth buying and what's not. Prime Day 2025 is Changing: New Drops, More Drama Prime Day 2025 is Changing: New Drops, More Drama Click to unmute Video Player is loading. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Next playlist item Unmute Current Time 0:02 / Duration 0:06 Loaded : 100.00% 0:02 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:04 Share Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Close Modal Dialog This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Close Modal Dialog This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Prime Day 2025 is Changing: New Drops, More Drama This trick can help you spot the real savings Before you start shopping, CNET editors recommend making a list of items you plan to buy, reviewing prices now and installing the CamelCamelCamel browser extension. "If you're not regularly tracking the prices for a computer, tablet or other device you want, it's tricky to know if you're getting a good deal," says Josh Goldman, managing editor and laptop reviewer at CNET. He says CamelCamelCamel will tell you the pricing history of any Amazon item. So, when the sale rolls around, it's easier to determine whether it's a deal or an everyday price. CamelCamelCamel is free, and you don't need an Amazon account to use it. However, this price tracker only works for Amazon, so you'll need to use other websites or browser extensions, like Honey and Slickdeals, to compare prices from other retailers. Remember it's fine to wait and save instead If you haven't budgeted for spending on certain items, or you don't see worthwhile savings, it may be worth skipping the Prime Day frenzy altogether. Plus, there are plenty of other sales coming up: Labor Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Sometimes, waiting is best. Many of us are cutting back on spending and monitoring the effect of tariffs, which are pushing prices higher. If you have a chunk of money you've set aside for a future purchase, I'd recommend keeping it in a high-yield savings account. Putting your savings into a high-yield account will help you earn interest while you wait. Right now, most HYSAs offer annual percentage yields between 3.60% and 4%, or even higher at select banks with stricter requirements.
CNET
06-06-2025
- Business
- CNET
Rocket Money Haggled With Spectrum for Me. Now I Pay Less and Browse Faster
Rocket took a percentage of my savings for its troubles, but for me, it was still worth it. WongBudget surprises are rarely welcome. Which is why I was delighted to find an email in my inbox from my budgeting app, Rocket Money, telling me it had reduced my Spectrum bill and increased my internet speed. Better yet, I didn't even know it was negotiating this deal for me. It had saved me on my Spectrum bill last year when I asked it to, but I hadn't asked it to renegotiate this year. The app just did it and informed me of its success. Here's what happened. Read more: Drowning in Subscriptions? I Saved $400 in 15 Minutes With Rocket Money. Here's How You Can, Too Why did Rocket do this for me? Last year, I asked Rocket's bill negotiation service to lower my Spectrum bill. It succeeded, cutting my cost by $300, or $25 a month for 12 months. As is often the case with expenses like subscriptions, which many of us lose track of, I mentally noted the 12-month deadline and then promptly forgot about it. Fortunately, Rocket did not. When the savings expired this month, Rocket automatically renegotiated my Spectrum bill for the next 12 months, this time netting me $13 off per month for a total of $156 for the year. Screenshot by Kelly Ernst/CNET All told, the budgeting app saved me $456 over two years. Not too shabby, especially considering I didn't even need to do anything this time around. Plus, Rocket upgraded my plan, boosting my internet speed from 600Mbps to 1,000Mbps -- a 66% increase. I received a box from Spectrum with a new modem and instructions to replace my old one. Screenshot by Kelly Ernst/CNET I was already a fan of Rocket Money, which won CNET's 2024 Editors' Choice award for best budgeting app. Getting faster internet at a lower cost is icing on the cake. It wasn't free, but it was still worth it for me Rocket didn't renegotiate my internet bill out of generosity. If its bill negotiation service is successful, it takes a 30% to 60% cut of the amount it saves you. It charged me 30% for both of its Spectrum negotiations. So, it took $90 of last year's $300 savings and $46.80 of this year's $156 savings. I could have contacted Spectrum myself to try to get some savings, but there's no guarantee I would have gotten the same amount. And, more importantly, I simply wouldn't have remembered to do it. So any savings Rocket netted me are a bonus in my mind. Rocket also saved me $400 with its subscription cancellation service last year. To have Rocket cancel your subscriptions for you, you'll need to pay for the premium version of the app, which costs $6 per month. With the free version, you can see a list of your subscriptions and cancel them on your own. One day, when I'm ready to spare a little elbow grease, I might go that route.
Associated Press
28-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Philips and March of Dimes Bring Maternal and Pregnancy Health Content to Philips Avent Pregnancy+ App
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2025-- Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and March of Dimes, the nation's leading nonprofit fighting for the health of all moms and babies, today announced a collaboration aimed at improving maternal health education through the Philips Avent Pregnancy+ app. Philips will integrate essential March of Dimes content into the app to help improve health literacy and create awareness for topics such as preparing for a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) stay, preterm birth, and vaccinations. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: Philips Avent Pregnancy+ app featuring March of Dimes Content The new content will also emphasize the benefits of low dose aspirin, when clinically appropriate, as a preventive treatment for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, aligning with March of Dimes' Low Dose, Big Benefits Campaign. In addition, Philips and March of Dimes will collaborate to identify key research areas, leveraging aggregated app data and surveys to gather valuable insights that will help both organizations further educate and support the needs of mothers and babies. 'Our partnership with Philips reflects our shared commitment to ensuring families have access to trusted, timely information throughout pregnancy,' said Kelly Ernst, Senior Vice President and Chief Impact Officer at March of Dimes. 'Whether it's through our Mom and Baby Mobile Health Centers® or expanding digital health literacy via the Pregnancy+ app, we're meeting families where they are. Initiatives like this represent a meaningful step forward in our mission to improve health outcomes for all moms and babies—and it's partnerships like this that make that progress possible.' Pregnancy+, the world's #1 pregnancy app with more than 80 million lifetime downloads, provides information and guidance throughout a pregnancy including over 800 articles, lifelike 3D baby models, a weekly pregnancy tracker, and audio/video courses led by health and well-being experts. Philips will create awareness campaigns highlighting the new March of Dimes content, including relevant links and assets, that will have broad reach across the United States through the Pregnancy+ app. 'As we continue to seek solutions to address maternal health challenges, initiatives like this can contribute to meaningful change,' said Brenda Kapner, Regional Business Unit Leader, Mother & Childcare, Philips North America. 'By combining our expertise and resources with those of March of Dimes, we aim to deliver accessible education and insights, while utilizing advanced data analysis to better understand and meet the needs of mothers and babies. Together, we have the opportunity to significantly impact maternal and child health outcomes.' About Royal Philips Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company focused on improving people's health and well-being through meaningful innovation. Philips' patient- and people-centric innovation leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver personal health solutions for consumers and professional health solutions for healthcare providers and their patients in the hospital and the home. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in diagnostic imaging, ultrasound, image-guided therapy, monitoring and enterprise informatics, as well as in personal health. Philips generated 2024 sales of EUR 18 billion and employs approximately 67,200 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. News about Philips can be found at About March of Dimes March of Dimes leads the fight for the health of all moms and babies. We support research, education, and advocacy, and provide programs and services so that every family can get the best possible start. Since 1938, we've built a successful legacy to support every pregnant person and every family. Visit or for more information. View source version on CONTACT: Avi Dines Philips North America Tel: +1-781-690-3814 Email:[email protected] KEYWORD: VIRGINIA MASSACHUSETTS EUROPE UNITED STATES NETHERLANDS NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: APPS/APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY PARENTING CHILDREN BABY/MATERNITY OTHER HEALTH HEALTH CONSUMER GENERAL HEALTH SOURCE: Royal Philips Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 05/28/2025 07:18 AM/DISC: 05/28/2025 07:17 AM
