Finance
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Millennial Money: How to create financial stability in shaky times
Oct 11, 2020 6:10 am - In a year that has thrown a pandemic, natural disasters and economic calamity at us while we lurch closer to a presidential election, stability can feel elusive. No matt...
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How to handle college loan debt as an unemployed recent grad
Oct 11, 2020 6:00 am - Entry-level jobs are scarce for recent college graduates, which leaves the Class of 2020 in a precarious position as their student loan debt comes due. Taylor Cabrera ha...
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The first female recession threatens to wipe out decades of progress for U.S. women
Oct 04, 2020 6:25 am - Women helped pull the U.S. economy out of the last recession. This time around they are falling behind. The pandemic is disproportionately affecting women and threatenin...
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Liz Weston: Sustainable investing could get a lot harder
Oct 04, 2020 6:00 am - Interest in sustainable investing is soaring, as more people become convinced that making a positive impact can be profitable as well as good for the planet and society....
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Millennial Money: Try touchless payment to avoid dirty money
Oct 03, 2020 6:18 am - If you're looking for a self-improvement task in this pandemic era, try teaching yourself to use contactless payments with your phone or "tap-to-pay" credit and debit ca...
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Effective altruism: The rise of the rational do-gooders
Sep 27, 2020 6:22 am - Brian Ottens wished he could buy his 8-year-old daughter a better iPad. The first-generation one she'd inherited from her great-grandmother didn't support the game she w...
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Millennial Money: Home costs don't stop at a down payment
Sep 27, 2020 6:20 am - If you're saving for your first home, there's no shortage of advice out there - some of it questionable, even if you do have an avocado toast habit. Still, it's true tha...
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Liz Weston: Fear of bankruptcy holds too many people back
Sep 27, 2020 6:17 am - The mystery isn't why so many people file for bankruptcy each year. It's why more people don't. Each year, only a fraction of the Americans who could benefit financially...
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Is credit card relief little help? Check out debt management
Sep 27, 2020 6:15 am - As cardholders experience financial difficulties due to COVID-19, some credit card issuers are promoting their hardship programs. Once a well-kept secret, these programs...
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44% of parents say they can't afford to pay as much of their child's education as they plannedSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - As COVID-19 has generated much uncertainty in this year's college experience for both students and their families, a survey from Discover Student Loans indicated more fa...