Finance
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Millions of Americans could be surprised as their tax refunds shrink
Feb 17, 2019 5:25 am - Millions of Americans filling out their 2018 taxes will probably be surprised to learn that their refund will be less than expected or that they owe money to the Interna...
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Is automatic withdrawal the way to curb student loan defaults?
Feb 17, 2019 5:17 am - What if student loan payments were treated like Social Security taxes - automatically withheld from a person's paycheck? Fewer people would fall behind and risk having t...
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Companies are also flunking retirement planningFeb 17, 2019 5:10 am - Plenty has been written about American workers' failure to plan adequately for retirement. Their employers seem to be doing an even worse job. Only 1 in 10 large employe...
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How minimalism can declutter your finances, tooFeb 17, 2019 5:00 am - Christian Matney, 22, and his wife, Aubry, 23, haven't let their youth hinder them from big financial goals. The Austin, Texas-based couple — content creators at YouTube...
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The glass ceiling is even higher in the penthouseFeb 17, 2019 5:00 am - The glass ceiling is even higher in the penthouse. Women earn enough on their own to qualify for 1 percent status in just one of every 22 top-earning households, new res...
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'Retail arbitrage': How people are making money reselling clearance items on Amazon
Feb 16, 2019 5:00 am - With their two young kids in tow, Juston and Kristen Herbert drove to a Target near their home outside Scottsdale, Arizona. It was time to get to work. The Herberts were...
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Mortgage rates dip to their lowest levels in more than a year
Feb 14, 2019 12:00 am - After soaring to seven-year highs in November, mortgage rates have been on a steady decline the past 2½ months and this week sank to levels not seen in more than a year....
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IRS says average tax refund is down 9 percent this year
Feb 14, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The average tax refund is down 9 percent this year, the Internal Revenue Service announced Thursday. Tax filing season opened two weeks ago, so the data onl...
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Your cybersecurity plan is only as strong as your weakest linkFeb 13, 2019 12:00 am - "I'll appreciate it if you make this an overnight delivery and email me the tracking #." This was the closing line of an email that one of our bankers recently received ...
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Record 7 million Americans are 3 months behind on car payments, a red flag for economy
Feb 13, 2019 12:00 am - A record seven million Americans are 90 days or more behind on their auto loan payments, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Tuesday, even more than during the...