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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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...
Read PostPresident Trump this week ordered tariffs on steel and aluminum imports coming to the US from anywhere other than Canada and Mexico. The move...
Read PostThe Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection this week released its annual report of fraud over the past year, including...
Read PostIt’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...
Read PostIt 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...
Read PostIt 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...
Read PostThis year, federal income tax returns are due April 17. Typically, April brings a slew of tax-related consumer finance stories. This year,...
Read PostPresident Trump spoke today on the final day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The annual meeting is a gathering of world...
Read PostAs 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...
Read PostThis week, more than 180,000 people were drawn to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show, the year’s who’s who and...
Read PostJust before the end of 2017, a major tax overhaul was signed into law. The coverage was hard to miss, but that doesn’t mean your audience has...
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