Finance
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Why credit card loyalty is no virtue
Mar 08, 2020 6:17 am - Loyalty is often a good thing, but not in a relationship with your credit card. It's often better to be like the "distracted boyfriend" from the internet meme and use yo...
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Liz Weston: Unlock the debtor's prison of student loans
Mar 08, 2020 6:10 am - Earlier this year, a judge denounced the myth that student loans can't be erased in bankruptcy court as she excused a Navy veteran from having to pay $221,000 in educati...
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Commentary: Retirement advice is looking shakier than ever
Mar 08, 2020 6:00 am - Imagine visiting your family doctor because of chest pain. You wouldn't expect him to treat you himself if he knew that a specialist - a cardiologist, for example - was ...
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How auto insurers use your nondriving habits to raise prices
Mar 01, 2020 5:21 am - You expect your car insurance rates to increase after you buy a new vehicle, cause a crash or add a young driver to your policy. But some insurers jack up prices based o...
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How to make a student loan complaint that gets results
Mar 01, 2020 5:12 am - Trying to make a complaint against your student loan lender or servicer may feel like screaming into the void. In 2019, federal student aid customers made 44,155 complai...
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3 financial moves millennials make that deserve more credit
Mar 01, 2020 5:10 am - Read almost any article about millennials and you'll come away with the distinct impression that this generation is royally screwing up. That they're suffocated by stude...
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Liz Weston: Should you shift to a cash management account?
Mar 01, 2020 5:08 am - High-yield cash management accounts are popping up at brokerages nationwide, promising customers much better returns and higher insurance limits than they can get from t...
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CFPB proposal would allow debt collectors to call you about old bills
Mar 01, 2020 5:00 am - A new proposal from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could spark a fight over what should happen to consumers' old debts. Debt collectors lose the right in many ...
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A Best Buy program gets shoppers to pay twice the list price on big-ticket items
Feb 29, 2020 5:22 am - Best Buy last spring began offering a splashy lease-to-own program to customers who'd been rejected for its store credit card. Progressive Leasing, executives said, woul...
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U.S. personal spending slowed in january as incomes jumped
Feb 28, 2020 12:00 am - U.S. personal spending decelerated in January to a still-solid pace, suggesting momentum among American consumers eased somewhat at the start of the year ahead of the co...