6 Things You Shouldn’t Say to the Newly Laid-off

When she was laid off from the job she loved at a media company last fall, one marketing executive went for drinks with her friends to drown her sorrows and find a little solace. She and three-quarters of her department had been fired — and on top of that, she had just signed a lease renewal, including a rent increase, on her Manhattan apartment.

“Don’t you have six months of rent saved?” asked one seemingly well-intentioned friend. The marketing executive nearly fell off her bar stool.

In the hours after a friend or family member is laid off, the last thing they need is…

9 iPhone Apps for the Recession

We think the iPhone’s as handy a little smartphone as there is — the cool factor is way high — but in the time of the Recession, it’s missing a few app options. Here are nine we’d like to see…