News

2017

September

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• Toys R Us plans to hire thousands of seasonal workers despite bankruptcy. Toys R Us Inc. said Thursday that it plans to again hire thousands of part-time workers nationwide for the holiday shopping season despite the toy chain’s bankruptcy filing this week. The company did not specify…

• Wall Street’s watchdog fails own counsel on disclosing cyberattacks. In a 2014 speech, the then-chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Jo White, offered a stern reminder to corporate America: If hit by hackers, they had to tell the public about it. Now,…

• Some people learn to code in their 60s, 70s or 80s. Not all coders are from the millennial generation.

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• What you need to know about filing the FAFSA for 2018. Follow these five steps to avoid mistakes and maximize your college financial aid award

• Brown to replace student loans with grants. Brown University plans to replace student loans with financial grants that do not have to be repaid.

• Someone made a fake Equifax account and then Equifax linked to it. People create fake versions of big companies’ websites all the time, usually for phishing purposes. But the companies do not usually link to them by mistake.

• El ubicuo cajero automático cumple 50 años. El cajero automático, la máquina que escupe billetes (y que cobra fuertes tarifas si uno no escoge la red que corresponde) cumple 50 años este año. Es ubicuo y posiblemente sigue siendo necesario...

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• Equifax shows Republicans must end attacks on financial regulation. It’s time for the Senate Republicans working to roll back a vital consumer safeguard just issued by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to say “uncle.” After Equifax, the accumulated weight of evidence is…

• Before the breach, Equifax sought to limit exposure to lawsuits. Before Equifax discovered a massive computer breach that exposed sensitive information about millions of Americans, the company lobbied Congress on legislation to limit how much it could be forced to pay if sued by consumers,…

• Premiums soar under Obamacare; cost of employer-based plans stay stable. In sharp contrast to the soaring health insurance premiums in many Affordable Care Act marketplaces, the cost of coverage for the vast numbers of people who get insurance through their jobs rose relatively little this…

• ¿Qué hacemos mal con nuestras finanzas?. La frugalidad ayuda a estirar el dinero pero planificar es tan o más importante Los salarios mínimos están subiendo pero siguen siendo mínimos y los trabajadores asalariados apenas han visto significativas subidas en años. Así,…

• Apple reconoce que nuevo reloj tiene problemas de conectividad. Apple Inc reconoció el miércoles que su último reloj inteligente, presentado la semana pasada, tiene problemas con su función más importante: su capacidad para realizar llamadas telefónicas y acceder a los datos sin tener un…

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• Stuck in the middle with few housing options. Housing is expensive for everyone in the Bay Area, but it’s especially challenging for middle-income buyers. Most new supply is at the high or low end. The gap in between is often called “the missing…

• Why it’s so hard for Americans to save for retirement. More than 35 years after he revolutionized the way Americans plan for retirement, Ted Benna is still trying to make it easier for people to save.

• Drivers waste billions of dollars buying premium gasoline. AAA survey and tests show 16.5 million drivers spend extra on premium gas, despite there not being a performance benefit.

• Equifax: 100.000 canadienses afectados por ciberataque. La empresa Equifax dijo el martes que la información personal de unos 100.000 clientes canadienses se vio comprometida tras la filtración de datos crediticios que sufrió la compañía y que salió a la...

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• California legislature passes bills to reform PACE energy-efficiency loans. Two bills that would boost protections for consumers taking out PACE home-improvement loans are headed to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk after passing the Legislature. The regulations come amid criticism by consumer advocates that too many…

• Equifax breach prompts bill to eliminate fees for freezing credit. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and a dozen other Democrats introduced a bill on Friday that seeks to end a major frustration for consumers who've sought to protect themselves from the Equifax data breach. The legislation,…

• Online retailers seize on long-ignored market: women size 16 and up. Online retailers are culling customer complaints, preferences and measurements and arriving at the same conclusion: American women, who on average wear about a size 16, need bigger sizes. Yet plus-size apparel makes up just a…

• Avril Lavigne lidera una lista de riesgo de malware. La otrora princesa del pop-punk Avril Lavigne ha superado a la superestrella Beyoncé en algo, pero puede que no esté del todo contenta con su victoria: ha sido nombrada la celebridad más peligrosa en internet.