Headline News Archive

2020

August

07

• Trump order requires government to ‘buy American’ for certain essential drugs. Impact is unknown, as the FDA is tasked with creating a list of medicines that must be manufactured in the United States.

• Small business relief program nears end. The Paycheck Protection Program provided respite for hard-hit small businesses, but it is ending soon. With no word on further government help, owners worry about

• The $600 unemployment aid debate, explained. The typical unemployed American was receiving about $930 a week from late March to late July. That has now been cut to about $330 a week.

• Wave of evictions expected as moratoriums end in many states. Around 30 state moratoriums have expired since May, according to The Eviction Lab at Princeton University. On top of that, some tenants were already encountering illegal

06

• Going cashless during COVID makes life even more difficult for the unbanked. The coronavirus pandemic has caused people to shift away from cash transactions for fear of coming in contact with coronavirus on the surface of dollar

• Used car prices spiking. If you were hoping to find some savings during the COVID-19 pandemic, you won't find them in the used-car market, unfortunately. “It&rsquo

• Interest rates are low, but loans are harder to get. Here’s why. It’s not unusual for lenders to tighten the credit reins during a downturn, but the current situation has made it especially challenging for

• The unique U.S. failure to control the virus. Nearly every country has struggled to contain the coronavirus and made mistakes along the way. Yet even with all of these problems, one country stands

• Is it safe to book a flight after airline bailout restrictions expire?. Oct. 1 will be a day of reckoning for the airline industry: Airlines will then be free to start downsizing. American and Delta are also reportedly

05

• Student-parents struggle to juggle college, work and childcare. The pandemic and all of its health, financial and logistical challenges are amplifying the obstacles to earning a degree that student-parents face under normal circumstances,

• Evictions to hit ‘unprecedented’ level as federal relief stalls. Without federal intervention, housing experts and advocates warn of an unprecedented wave of evictions in the coming months, and one far more devastating than the

• Interest rates are lower. But loans are harder to get. Why?. The economic crisis caused by the pandemic has driven interest rates to rock-bottom levels, meaning there has hardly been a better time to borrow.

• Columna: Una “proliferación sin precedentes” de estafas por coronavirus está barriendo la nación. Los funcionarios advierten que las llamadas fraudulentas y las estafas de COVID-19 están aumentando como resultado de que la gente se quede en

04

• For the unemployed, rising grocery prices strain budgets even more. The cost of groceries has been rising at the fastest pace in decades since the coronavirus pandemic seized the U.S. economy, leading to sticker

• Here's how to ride the stock market if you're close to retirement. "...if you’re within a few years of retiring or if you’re retired, it’s understandable that you’re

• Juez: Negar asistencia pública discrimina a puertorriqueños. Un juez federal falló el lunes que es inconstitucional negar acceso a tres programas federales de asistencia pública a los puertorriqueñ

03

• Trump promises health-care overhaul that never arrives. President Trump’s latest promise comes amid a pandemic that has caused more than 150,000 deaths and cost Americans their work and the health benefits

• Relief package deal remains elusive. Negotiators acknowledged some progress over the weekend, but said they remained far apart on a number of issues.

02

• As chains go bankrupt, suppliers struggle to get final payments. Fallout from the bankruptcies of dozens of American companies is rippling across the globe, as suppliers find themselves with orders abruptly canceled and

July

31

• Ten scams being used by coronavirus crooks. Swindlers have been taking advantage of the pandemic, preying on the financial concerns of a worried public. Here are the 10 tricks to look out for

• Tax refund delays hit e-filers too. The IRS has told people who filed a paper return to expect delays. But others who filed electronically are still waiting for their refunds.

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• The Coronavirus will ruin your credit score. Banking interests have sought to block a measure that would temporarily ban negative items from appearing on credit reports for the duration of the pandemic.

• The Coronavirus housing boom. You might assume that in the middle of a pandemic, when businesses are closing, and one in five Americans of working age are now unemployed,

• Pa. Attorney General scores win in student loan lawsuit. Pennsylvania’s attorney general has won a key interim legal victory in a long-running lawsuit against Navient, which alleges that the giant student-loan servicer

• The gulf between Republicans and Democrats on Coronavirus aid. There is little overlap in the plans released by Democrats and Republicans for another round of federal aid to address the Covid-19 pandemic. Congress is