Mouse Print*-- Here We Shrink Again - Spring 2026 - Part 2

We conclude our two-part series spotlighting grocery products that have been recently downsized. This group includes dishwashing liquid, breakfast cereal, fabric softener, and more. That story is in Mouse Print* this week.

See last week: Here We Shrink Again - Part 1

How Much Savings Do You Need to Retire Comfortably?

MoneyLine has pushed the numbers and come up with the amount of money you will need in each state to retire comfortably. They show amounts needed to retire at ages 45, 55, and 65. For example, if you wanted to retire at 55, you would need between $728,000 and $3-mil depending on the state! See the complete list of states and required retirement amounts based on age.

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Hotels Erroneously Ding Non-Smoking Guests $500+ for Smoking Detected in Rooms

As a means of enforcing no smoking rules (and making thousands of dollars of extra revenue per room), some hotels have installed smoke detection systems that keep a time and date record when it detects that a hotel guest is smoking in their room. The trouble is a number of guests have been hit with this $500 surprise charge despite the fact that they are nonsmokers. And fighting the charge has not been easy.