Headline News Archive

2020

May

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• Borrowers skipping loan and credit-card payments could soon face rude awakening. The financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic may get a lot worse 120 days after the national emergency is officially over. The CARES Act recognizes the

• How automated background checks freeze out renters. Regulators forced credit bureaus to follow standards for matching records to a person, and the kinds of records the bureaus can legally report are limited.

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• Faulty automated background checks freeze out renters. Computer algorithms that scan everything from terror watch lists to eviction records spit out flawed tenant screening reports. And almost nobody is watching.

• Don't throw away that prepaid debit card you received in the mail. Another round of stimulus payments is going out to U.S. residents. This time they are showing up in mailboxes in the form of a

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• 15 million credit card bills weren't paid in April. New data from credit-reporting firm TransUnion shows that millions of Americans failed to make payments on their credit cards and auto loans in April, underscoring

• Houston becomes largest U.S. city where evictions can resume. Evictions are expected to skyrocket in Texas where the state Supreme Court has lifted a moratorium on evictions and unemployment has risen to historic levels

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• The latest trend in vacation rentals: long-term stays. Like a barbershop newly opened from lockdown, vacation properties are experiencing a surge of bookings. But instead of a week or two on the beach,

• What HOAs should do when residents can’t pay during pandemic. Here are some approaches that may balance the needs of a homeowners association against those of owners who fail to make required payments during these

• Taxpayers paid to develop Gilead's remdesivir, but will have no say in price. Despite the heavy subsidies, federal agencies have not asserted patent rights to Gilead’s drug, potentially a blockbuster therapy worth billions of dollars. That

• Desempleo de jóvenes crearía una “generación de cuarentena”. Más de uno de cada seis trabajadores jóvenes han dejado de trabajar durante la pandemia, informó el miércoles

• El grave problema con la tarjeta de débito con cheque de estímulo que empezó a enviar el gobierno de EEUU. La queja se repite y se repite...

• Lanzan alivio monetario de rentas para residentes, ahora en la ciudad de Los Ángeles a partir de…. Así como el condado de Los Ángeles ofrece asistencia monetaria a sus residentes de las comunidades no incorporadas, ahora la ciudad de Los

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• Credit score drop? Why and what to do next. For many consumers with federal student loans, relief over a 6-month automatic pause on payments turned into dismay as credit scores plummeted. Consumers complained on

• Sorry but we’re keeping your travel-insurance money. If you cancel your cruise or the trip is canceled by the cruise line because of the coronavirus should you be able to get the

• Homeowners are getting mortgage relief they didn't want. Homeowners have swarmed servicers' web sites and phone lines in search of information about mortgage forbearances, which allow them to suspend mortgage payments for up

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• ¿Quiere beneficios monetarios como familia de estatus migratorio mixto? Le piden que siga este paso. Activistas lanzan una petición que le pide a las familias su firma para que los políticos representantes voten a favor de

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• Muchos trabajadores despedidos se enfrentan a los primeros plazos para calificar para el seguro de salud. El seguro de salud subsidiado por los contribuyentes está disponible por un costo modesto...

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• Más de 16 millones de trabajadores en Estados Unidos han perdido el seguro médico desde el comienzo del COVID-19, señala un estudio. Existe una propuesta que pretende ayudar a muchos trabajadores a continuar con la cobertura de su seguro médico

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• Trump’s dilemma: Reject DeVos debt forgiveness rollback or anger veterans. Nancy Pelosi sent the president a bipartisan resolution to reverse his education secretary’s tightening of student debt forgiveness rules. He must decide whether

• Pandemic makes evident 'grotesque' gender inequality in household work. COVID-19 has transformed home life — turning kitchen tables into home offices and classrooms and putting a spotlight on the countless household tasks typically performed

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• Half of Americans who lost wages are getting $0 jobless benefits. A report from the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project finds that according to the Treasury Department, federal and state governments had sent out $48 billion

• Mortgage relief that comes with a $4,000 bill. Borrowers with privately held mortgages don’t have the same options as those with government-backed loans. Some are being told they can skip payments,

• The pandemic may change how we treat low-income parents. The coronavirus outbreak is rapidly altering how we treat illness, how we socialize, how we work and educate, as well as how safe or unsafe

• 40% of households earning less than $40K lost jobs in March. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday that 40 percent of U.S. households earning less than $40,000 a year lost their jobs in March, underscoring the

• Dinero gratis: En medio del coronavirus, un cheque federal de pago mensual no parece una locura. La noción de que el gobierno federal repartiera dinero gratis solía ser un sueño liberal y una pesadilla conservadora.