Headline News Archive

2021

March

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• Signs you're not ready to collect benefits. The decision to sign up for Social Security is a big one. You're allowed to start collecting benefits once you turn 62, and while you

• Mothers are regaining jobs. The perception that we’re in the midst of a “she-cession” — in which women have lost jobs at a higher rate

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• How to buy a home with no down payment. As home prices continue to rise, affording a down payment has become a bigger hurdle for prospective home buyers. But there are a few options

• Biden limits eligibility for stimulus payments. Under the changes agreed to by Biden and Senate Democratic leadership, individuals earning $75,000 per year and couples earning $150,000 would still receive the full $1,400-per-person benefit.

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• Senate confirms Gina Raimondo as Biden commerce secretary. The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to confirm Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to serve as President Joe Biden’s commerce secretary and help guide

• 11 million families are at risk of eviction; the American Rescue Plan helps. An estimated 11 million families are at risk of eviction, according to a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The American Rescue Plan,

• Biden consumer watchdog pick signals more aggressive stance. President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the federal consumer watchdog agency indicated Tuesday that if confirmed he would restore more aggressive enforcement actions

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• High turnover at nursing homes poses risks for residents. A new study highlights the persistent problems caused by an unstable work force, an underlying threat that may have led to staggering death tolls in

February

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• Government agencies increasingly are accessing private information. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have tapped a private database containing hundreds of millions of phone, water, electricity and other utility records

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• More consumers complain about errors on their credit reports. The number of credit-reporting complaints more than doubled from 2019, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's online complaint database. Common mistakes include loans that

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• Here’s how to get a consumer complaint before the right pair of eyes. That beautiful birthday bouquet started to wilt within hours. Those pricey running shoes split apart in two months after only a few miles of use.

• Are you putting too much money toward your debt?. Whether you have outstanding credit card balances, student loans or a mortgage, paying off your debt is a sound money move that just about any

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• Your car insurer may be using pre-pandemic mileage to set 2021 rates. A former LAPD detective discovered that his car insurer had quadrupled his pandemic mileage estimate to justify a rate increase.

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• On the post-pandemic horizon, could there be an economic boom?. Signs of economic life are picking up, and mounds of cash are waiting to be spent as the virus loosens its grip.

• After mass outages, some TX residents face huge electricity bills. Millions of Texas residents suffered last week when a winter storm caused a statewide electrical grid failure. But those who had power, even intermittently, are

• Airbnb is driving hosts elsewhere with costly pandemic policies. While there had always been tensions between Airbnb and its four million hosts around the world, a rift has widened in the pandemic after the

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• Mobile home dwellers hit even harder when facing eviction. Affordable housing advocates have celebrated the Biden administration's extension of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's moratorium on evictions as a critical

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• Tax season 2021: A tornado is coming. With two — potentially three — sets of stimulus payments and an overworked IRS staff dealing with all those extra demands, plenty could go wrong

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• HUD to expand fair housing protections. The Department of Housing and Urban Development will issue guidance to investigate complaints of discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, expanding civil rights

• Many arrested for Capitol riot had history of financial trouble. Nearly 60 percent of the people facing charges related to the Capitol riot showed signs of prior money troubles, including bankruptcies, notices of eviction or foreclosure,

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• Send parents money. The United States government helps parents in a few ways — but none of the benefits are simple to get, or available to everyone. The

• FHFA extends mortgage forbearance for up to 15 months. Borrowers with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may be eligible for an additional forbearance extension of up to three

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• Evictions and debt could spike when COVID rent comes due. Millions of Americans unable to pay their rent during the pandemic face a snowballing financial burden that threatens to deplete their savings, ruin their credit

• Democrats speed ahead on economic aid package. Democrats took the first step to push through President Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic rescue plan, using a budgetary maneuver that could eventually allow the

• Ahorros agotados, crédito arruinado: ¿Qué sucede cuando se vence la renta?. Millones de estadounidenses que no pueden pagar la renta durante la pandemia enfrentan una carga financiera en aumento que amenaza con agotar sus ahorros, arruinar