Montana Congressional candidate Greg Gianforte, whose name suddenly landed on all American’ lips Wednesday night, also plays a role in wallets. Gianforte was involved in an altercation with a journalist on the eve of an election for a vacated seat in the House of Representatives. Gianforte is also on the board […]
How would Greg Gianforte have voted on the health care bill? I still, want to know, don’t you? There’s only three answers. For, against, or I’m still ready to answer. There, see, that’s how you avoid assaulting someone. Through the haze of yet another melodramatic event — in this case, a […]
The 43 million Americans with student loans — and the millions more who will take out their first college loans this fall — should pay close attention to President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget. It requests dramatic changes to the help offered to borrowers, calling for an end to many […]
The latest sign that America is a youth-obsessed culture? Men as young as their 30s have taken to “getting work done” so they don’t “age out of” their workplaces and careers. I wrote about this for CNBC.com recently. Ageism is one of the factors contributing to Americans’ general anxiety about […]
People seem to be showing various degrees of trust in our new president, but here’s a sign that some probably trust him too much: A scan of Insedia’s Pitchfork database of stolen credentials shows lots of users employ “trump,” or a slight variation, as their password. That’s bad digital […]
“On tilt.” You gotta know when to hold ’em, and know when to fold ’em. Sadly, folding is something very few people do well. Hey, it happens to the best of us. Poker players end up “on tilt” all the time. Being on tilt means letting your emotions get in the […]
The vast majority of high-risk student loan borrowers don’t know about the options they have to lower their monthly payments — and that’s because loan servicers do a bad job of telling them. That’s the thrust of a report that MagnifyMoney asked me to write about this week. I wrote recently […]
Here are this week’s Facebook live videos.
“There’s always something.” Heather Young, who my readers my might remember, spends a lot of her time thinking about money. She runs an online group designed to help women get their spending under control (The Frugal Females Challenge). But even for Heather, life happens. There’s weddings, bachelorette parties, and … […]
Every successful cyberattack provides a learning opportunity for technologists. WannaCry provides two: Big organizations, particularly in health care, must learn to prioritize safety over compliance; and while doing that, they shouldn’t have to fight against American-made weaponry. For a long time, many health care providers have been worried about the wrong […]
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