What are the 10 biggest ripoffs Americans complained about last year? And which new, fast-growing ripoffs do you need to know about before they find their way on this dastardly list soon? Read on. Consumers who feel cheated or abused often turn to local or state authorities – instead of [Keep reading]
If you want to understand politicians, don’t bother listening to what they say. They always say whatever they have to say. Instead, listen to what their supporters say. Pay close attention to the crowd a politician attracts. Twenty years ago I created a months-long special project on presidential politics called [Keep reading]
If you don’t think identity theft can cost you, just ask Lucky Whitehead. The FORMER Dallas Cowboys player lost his job recently because someone else knew his Social Security number. Whitehead was fingered for a shoplifting crime recently in Prince George’s County, Virginia, not far from Washington D.C. Police said [Keep reading]
A California mom is suing Disney and some of its software partners for allegedly collecting personal information about her kids through mobile phone game apps. I was on the TODAY show this week talking about it; you can click the image above to see the segment. There’s a novel legal [Keep reading]
Everything you know about passwords is wrong. But then, you probably knew that. I’ve been harping on the various exercises in futility that is password setting for some time. Most recently, I talked about password patterns — how we all use them, and how they make life easy for would-be [Keep reading]
If you use retail store gift cards, you should know: They’re not safe. Criminals are remotely draining their value, and unlike credit cards, consumers have no fraud liability protections. If your retail gift card is hacked, you are screwed — you have no rights to get the money back. [Keep reading]
The Dow is up about 20 percent since Donald Trump’s election. Wages are up 2.5 percent on an annualized basis. That’s what you need to know about the U.S. economy right now. Sure, today’s jobs report has lots of people cheering. Most of them are cheering, however, because the news [Keep reading]
Getting a mortgage while holding student loan debt can be tricky — and not just for the obvious reason (a big loan payment can be a budget killer). When making mortgage decisions, lenders sometimes don’t know how to treat all the various repayment plans that student borrowers can utilize. Recently, [Keep reading]
Computer users have something new to worry about in the cat-and-mouse game with hackers. You probably use “password patterns” to create easy-to-remember-but-hard-to-guess passwords. Well, the criminals are on to you. Their ability to detect such patterns may have figured prominently in the high-profile attack on a security professional earlier this [Keep reading]
Choice. It makes a free market work. Yet how many times recently have you tried to do everyday things like book a flight, purchase cable TV, get Internet service, even buy eyeglasses…and discovered you don’t really have much of a choice. Instead, you face a giant corporate monopoly. Sure, perhaps [Keep reading]
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