Missing even one paycheck matters. A lot. To about 60% of all Americans, according to a just-released survey by BankRate.com. So yes, forcing government workers to show up without pay is wrong, unfair, and in some cases cruel. I flew out of Reagan airport in DC this morning, and I [Keep reading]
January is a good time to start looking around for simple ways to save money. Here’s a good one – stop paying for TV channels that you can watch for free. At least check your cable bill this month. January is also a “good” time for pay TV companies to impose [Keep reading]
January credit card bills are often very sobering — like a splash of cold water the morning after a bit too much partying. Maybe you’ve just seen the consequences of your generous December…or maybe you are too afraid to look. Either way, January is often a good time to take [Keep reading]
There’s been a lot of news this year. And it hasn’t all been about politics. It’s very hard as a reporter to break through all the noise coming out of Washington D.C. Still, I managed to do that a couple of times, as my list of 10 most popular stories [Keep reading]
Worst Christmas Eve EVER. Worst December since the Depression. Worst year since the Great Recession. Bear market. Do I have your attention now? The stock market is angry, and you are a victim now. If you’ve been brave enough to look at your portfolio in the past few days, you [Keep reading]
Let’s face it: If you are doing well, you think the economy is doing well. But if you are unemployed, or underemployed, or you aren’t getting a raise this year, you probably think the economy stinks. So I’ll ask: Are you getting a (good) raise for 2019? If so, consider [Keep reading]
Perhaps you missed the tantalizing detail I reported earlier this week that Congressional investigators believe the initial Equifax hackers entered that company’s systems with computers using IP addresses in China. Or The New York Times reporting that U.S. authorities now blame China for the hack on Starwood / Marriott. You probably [Keep reading]
Initial attacks that led to the massive theft of data Equifax data came from computers in China, a Congressional investigation has found. A 96-page report issued Monday by the House Oversight Committee also lists a litany of dramatic errors inside the firm that led to the hack — many previously [Keep reading]
Colleges and banks flaunted new rules meant to protect students from paying excessive bank account fees for prepaid cards loaded with financial aid, and schools that accepted payments from banks were the biggest culprit, according to government research made public today after I filed a Freedom of Information Act. The [Keep reading]
It’s easy to focus on the big number associated with today’s Starwood breach — 500 million accounts compromised. But I’m focused on a much smaller number: 4. As in, hackers had access to Starwood networks for four years. In the world of “advanced persistent threats,” this sounds like some kind [Keep reading]
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