Headline News Archive

2018

November

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• Two Asian men charged with selling counterfeit gold coins (Chinese). (本報記者)曾經活躍紐約市華人社區及美西地區，自稱來自中國建築工程隊工人的「拆屋掘到金佛古錢幣」行騙集團，年前被警方打擊消聲匿跡一段時間，近期又死灰復燃，並以地產業者和房東為目標，從一些免費出租的網站廣告找尋對象，藉口有意租住房屋約時間見面，然後編故事說是拆卸房屋挖地兩米深發現鐵箱內有重達一公斤的金佛，以及清朝錢幣，民國中央銀行的大額紙幣等，並願以千元的低價誘騙當事人購買這些假金佛，2名自稱是廣東省梅州人的男子，日前被市警轄區109分局拘捕，在皇后區地檢處以不實出售假商品罪名控告。

• David’s Bridal files for bankruptcy protection. The company has struggled to keep up with seismic shifts in the bridal industry: a boom of online bridal retailers, and a trend toward couples

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• The benefits of sharing your salary. Despite all the genuinely positive benefits that may come from people discussing salaries, we still shy away from talking about it. Why? And how can

• How Democrats plan to save the consumer bureau. Newly empowered House Democrats are vowing an all-out fight to salvage the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the face of the Trump administration's drive

• Postal unions make big ad buy to stop postal privatization. Going on the offensive before President Trump lands his punch, postal employee unions are launching a national advertising campaign against the possibility he will move

• Instead of giving billions to Amazon, we could just cancel student debt. Right after the announcement about the so-called HQ2 came down, New York State Assembly Member Ron Kim made an announcement of his own: he'd

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• Another challenge in retirement? Student loans. An increasing number of Americans are lugging their student debt into retirement. 

• Betsy DeVos sued again for delaying student loan forgiveness. A new lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Department of Education, led by Betsy DeVos, is still collecting student loan payments from borrowers who are

• What student loan debt does to people (it’s not pretty). New survey shows the human toll, forcing many to pay more for education bills than necessities.

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• Utility customers could pay for wildfire damage. As wildfires ravage large swaths of California for a second year, one of the state’s biggest utilities has declared that it faces billions

• Online lenders charge minority borrowers more too. It’s not just bank loan officers with racial biases who discriminate against black and Latino borrowers. Computer algorithms do, too. That is the

• Puerto Rico: Sindicatos demandan a gobierno por pensiones. Dos sindicatos demandaron al gobierno de Puerto Rico, acusándolo de administrar mal las cuentas de retiro de los empleados públicos.

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• Betsy DeVos sued again over delays in student debt relief. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was hit with another lawsuit Tuesday claiming she failed to cancel student debt owed by people whose for-profit colleges have

• John Oliver segment features CFPB under attack. According to John Oliver, president Trump has failed to "drain the swamp" and instead put people in power who actively pursue relationships with

• Amazon’s fast expansion invites political scrutiny. When Amazon told the country that it was going to anoint one winning city with 50,000 jobs, the announcement triggered excitement in city halls and statehouses

• Cobro abusivo de deudas, ¡Conoce tus derechos!. ¿Los cobradores de deudas te están acosando? ¿Has sido demandado por un cobrador de deudas? ¿Un cobrador  ha embargado

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• Can you save half your income so you can retire early?. FIRE followers believe many people can save more so that they can retire early.

• 1 million Americans live in RVs. Many say that this lifestyle has improved their marriages and made them much happier.

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• El antídoto para la nostalgia. Néstor y Alan Taveras dejaron su Puerto Rico natal para estudiar. Nestor, de 35 años, fue a Boston University y Alan, de 31,

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• Carreras convenientes: Cuando debes volver a la escuela para poder cambiar de trabajo. Si tienes más de 40 años y todavía estás interesado en volver a estudiar, no estás

• Who wants to be a 401(k) millionaire?. How you can be a 401(k) millionaire, too.

• MoneyGram to pay $125M for violating terms of 2012 settlement. MoneyGram International Inc., the Dallas-based cash-transfer company, agreed to pay $125 million in penalties to the U.S. Justice Department for violating the terms of a 2012

• Here’s how the midterm results could affect student-loan borrowers. There’s a possibility for action at the federal level and in many states.

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• Wells Fargo executives knew auto insurance program was flawed. Wells Fargo & Co executives were warned that an auto insurance plan could be overcharging customers four years before the bank scrapped the program, according

• Fed proposes easing capital rules, testing of some big banks. The Federal Reserve is proposing to ease requirements for holding capital and cash for U.S. banks that are big, but not as big as