Business
U.S. Suspends $800 Duty Free Rule for Packages
Packages under $800 now face tariffs and inspection. Expect new fees and slower delivery. See who is exempt and how to avoid…
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Politics
Why You Might Not Get A Stimulus Payment
Ever since the pandemic hit, the world has been turned upside down. In most countries, governments arranged to keep people’s livelihoods intact…
January 6, 2021
News
How to Claim $125+ from the Equifax Data Breach Settlement
If you were among the more than 145.5 million people whose information was compromised as a result of the Equifax data breach…
July 24, 2019
News
When Does It Make Sense to Refinance?
In case you didn’t hear, mortgage rates are on the uptick as of the end of last year. The popular 30-year fixed-rate…
January 3, 2017
News
Get A New iPhone? Heck No!
Every Fall a strange phenomenon happens within the U.S; hordes of people with money to burn line up outside of their local…
September 12, 2014
News
Mom Fired For Working At McDonald’s While Kid Plays In Park…Was She Wrong?
Despite my headline, let me first say that it appears as if McDonald’s has communicated with this mom’s attorney that there was a…
July 28, 2014
News
U.S. Students Fall Behind: Seemingly Get Dumber By The Minute
Every three years the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA administers a test designed to measure 15 years old worldwide on…
December 5, 2013
News
Student Loan Rates Double
Planning on taking out student loans? On July 1, 2013, subsidized Federal Stafford student loan interest rates doubled from 3.4% to 6.8%…
July 1, 2013
News
No Social Security Paper Checks Soon
If you are on Social Security or has a parent on Social Security play close attention: come March 1 the U.S. Treasury…
January 11, 2013
News
Food Prices Are About To Explode
If you don’t already know, the U.S. is currently in the throes of a massive drought that is being hailed as the…
August 16, 2012
News
What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau just secured its first settlement which it wrestled away from Capital One Bank in the amount of…
July 23, 2012
News
Almost 30% of Americans Have No Savings
According to our friends over at Bankrate.com, 28% of Americans have no emergency fund, up from 24% in 2011. The general rule…
June 25, 2012