Headline News Archive

2018

August

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• Are targeted ads stalking you? Here’s how to make them stop. Online ads have always been annoying, but now they’re worse than ever.

• As cars collect more data, companies try to move it all faster. Cars need to get faster — not on the road, but on the inside. Speed has always been part of the mystique of the automotive

• F.D.A. approves generic EpiPen that may be cheaper. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first generic version of EpiPen, providing new competition that could help drive down the cost of

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• 400 homes accidentally foreclosed on - Wells Fargo agreed to $8M payout for mortgage miscalculations (Chinese). 富國銀行（Wells Fargo）8月3日公布報告，坦承銀行內部系統的審核發現錯誤，影響了曾在2010年4月到2015年10月間申請調整房貸的數百名財務困難屋主，造成約400名屋主的房屋被法拍。

• CEO pay jumps to $19 million annually. Top executives of America’s biggest companies saw their average annual pay surge to $18.9 million in 2017, according to a report released Thursday, fueling concerns

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• One family’s approach to paying for college: GoFundMe. One family’s saga highlights the financial hardship of getting a college education and the pros and cons of using crowdfunding to do so.

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• Next steps for homeowners mistakenly foreclosed by Wells Fargo. One thing worse than going through a foreclosure is finding out you never should’ve lost your home in the first place. In a

• Banks and retailers are tracking how you type, swipe and tap. When you’re browsing a website and the mouse cursor disappears, it might be a computer glitch — or it might be a deliberate

• Can consumer loans ever be so expensive they break the law?. California’s high court has ruled that interest rates on consumer loans can be so high that they become “unconscionable” and, therefore,

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• Sports betting is now legal in several states. After the Supreme Court in May overturned a 1992 law prohibiting states from legalizing sports gambling, several states have already legalized it, and others are considering

• White House takes aim at financial protections for military. The Trump administration is taking aim at a law designed to protect military service members from getting cheated by shady lending practices. NPR has obtained

• In U.S., wage growth is being wiped out by inflation. Rising prices have erased U.S. workers’ meager wage gains, the latest sign strong economic growth has not translated into greater prosperity for the

• How to negotiate salary (even when you hate conflict). I’ve always pinned my poor negotiation skills on my aversion to conflict. But that’s just an excuse; the truth is, I

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• Why Apple Pay is the highest-rated mobile P2P payment service. Mobile peer-to-peer payment services used on smartphones, tablets—and even smartwatches—have revolutionized on-the-spot money transfers. But what if that money doesn't

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• Education department to repeal gainful employment rule. The Department of Education plans to repeal the Obama administration’s gainful employment rule, it announced Friday. The rule sought to hold all career

• A new twist on rent-to-own housing. The idea of any of these alternatives is they're premised on the idea that you will eventually qualify for a mortgage to buy this

• Trump pulls back Obama-Era protections for women workers. With little notice, President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that advocates say rolls back hard-fought victories for women in the workplace.

• Want better customer service? Don’t call. Text.. The biggest shift in customer service since the 1-800 number is underway. Some 20 million businesses now use Facebook Messenger each month to talk with customers.

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• Wells Fargo accidentally foreclosed on more homes—what you should do. 625 qualified customers were denied a loan modification, causing at least 400 to lose their homes. A spokesman for Wells Fargo said the people whose homes were

• CVS to offer nationwide telemedicine service through a smartphone. The telemedicine service will be offered for diagnosis of conditions such as colds and flu, skin issues and general wellness matters. The video visit

• Millennials are raiding 401(k)s for a down payment—there's a better way. Rising prices are making it difficult, if not impossible, for some first-time home buyers — especially millennials — to come up with enough cash to

• No, your iPhone isn't eavesdropping on you. In a letter to federal lawmakers, the tech giant insisted that iPhones do not listen to what users are saying and said third-party app developers

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• One in 8 divorces is caused by student loans. In general, finances are the leading cause of stress in a relationship, according to a study by SunTrust Bank, and student debt takes a particularly

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• Dept. of Justice said court made mistake allowing AT&T to acquire Time Warner (Chinese). 美國司法部今天怒批法院允許AT&T以850億元併購時代華納（Time Warner），還說聯邦法官錯估經濟情勢。

• Stop buying crap and companies will stop making crap. It’s hard to believe that our purchasing decisions have any impact on the fashion industry. But this week, we saw that they do.