Boston Marathon Bombings: How to Send Help (and Avoid Scams)
It’s only human nature to want to help out victims of a disaster, but tragic events also bring scam artists out of the woodwork.
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How Much Will It Matter If Student Loan Interest Rates Double?
The bell has been rung in the next round in the fight over student loan interest rates, and borrowers could take it on the …
What You Need to Know As Tax Time Rolls Around
Every year the tax code changes, at least slightly, and last year was no exception. Here are the most significant recent …
Dow Jones Closes at Record High — So What?
For all the headlines devoted to the event, you’d think this was a really big deal.
Guess Where Banks Are Sticking Their Fine Print Now?
When I lived in a studio apartment with no closets after college, I got really good at finding inventive ways to stash unsightly stuff like drain cleaner and dirty laundry out of sight.
How to Give It Away: 5 Ways to Make Your Charity Dollars Go Further
On the heels of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, a partnership spearheaded by the 92nd Street Y in New York City launched Giving Tuesday, turning the idea behind all those one-day consumer events on its head.
Is the Student-Loan Debt Crisis Worse than We Thought?
A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York delivers generally positive news about the economy with one glaring exception: student-loan debt.
Can a Payday Lending Start-Up Use Facebook to Create a Modern Community Bank?
Social media and big data are being used in an innovative new payday loan banking model that’s more Silicon Valley than Wall Street.
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FTC to “Rachel”: Shut Up, Already
Score one for the feds in its ongoing cat-and-mouse game with robo-call telemarketers. The agency just shut down five companies in Arizona and Florida responsible for what it characterized as millions of calls from “Rachel” and her fraudulent friends at “Cardholder Services.”
