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Mar
30
It was a good idea to file early this year, but there’s a good chance there are procrastinators in your community. Now’s a good time for...
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Date posted
Mar
23
This week, the Federal Reserve raised the target federal funds rate from 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent and indicated that additional increases are...
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Date posted
Mar
16
It’s still pretty chilly in many parts of the country, but as March marches on, spring is in the air, if not in the weather, certainly in the...
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Date posted
Mar
9
President Trump this week ordered tariffs on steel and aluminum imports coming to the US from anywhere other than Canada and Mexico. The move...
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Date posted
Mar
2
The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection this week released its annual report of fraud over the past year, including...
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Date posted
Feb
23
It’s almost a rite of passage for school-aged children to beg for a pet, start to demonstrate responsibility, promise to take care of it, and...
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Date posted
Feb
16
It has been a costly flu season so far this year, with high numbers of flu-like symptoms, hospitalizations, and deaths. According to the CDC, the...
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Date posted
Feb
9
It was hard to avoid a heart-sinking feeling this week as stock market headlines jumped out of the business section and onto the front page with...
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Date posted
Feb
2
This year, federal income tax returns are due April 17. Typically, April brings a slew of tax-related consumer finance stories. This year,...
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Date posted
Jan
26
President Trump spoke today on the final day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The annual meeting is a gathering of world...
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Date posted
Jan
19
As we write this column, Congress is on the precipice of allowing the federal government to shut down. It has happened 12 times since 1981, most...
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