By LOLITA C. BALDOR & ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Evidence indicates it is “highly likely” that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile downed a Ukrainian jetliner near Tehran late Tuesday, U.S. and Canadian officials said Thursday. They said the strike, which killed all 176 people on board, could well[Read More…]
Finance
Financial Focus: Financial moves for life’s ‘inflection points’
By EDWARD JONES You have probably heard or read about inflection points. The term has a specific definition in mathematics, but it is also used widely to describe historical or technological events, such as the Industrial Revolution or the creation of the internet – events that changed human existence in[Read More…]
Dave Says: Cash them in, and do something better!
By Dave Ramsey Ramsey Solutions Dear Dave, My wife and I are following your plan, and recently we found some old savings bonds that had been given to her by her grandfather when she was a kid. Do you think we should go ahead and cash these in before they[Read More…]
Liz Weston: Is it time to switch your college savings plan?
By LIZ WESTON NerdWallet College savings plans are a great way to save for education. But not all college savings plans are great. Most state-sponsored 529 college savings plans, which allow you to invest in a tax-advantaged account for future education costs, have improved significantly in recent years, says Madeline[Read More…]
Wipe out credit card debt by setting SMART goals
By MELISSA LAMBARENA NerdWallet Shatoria Smith was tired of the $5,000 in credit card debt she felt was blocking her from reaching her financial goals. She couldn’t see an easy path to being debt-free, so she drew herself a map by adapting a goal-setting framework she’d first heard about in[Read More…]
The Benefits of Shopping Small This Holiday Season
[email protected] (NewsUSA) ( NewsUSA ) – Small Business Saturday casts a national spotlight each year on independently-owned businesses, which includes a wide variety of shopping options, from the mom-and-pop storefronts in your local community to home-based e-commerce businesses. Since its inception in 2010, Small Business Saturday spending has reached an[Read More…]
As economy slows, new ECB head Lagarde faces big challenges
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy is losing steam. Top officials at the European Central Bank are at odds over policy. And it’s even unclear whether they can do much to help anyway. It adds up to a full in-tray for Christine Lagarde as[Read More…]
How to Buy A House Without Draining Your Savings
[email protected] (NewsUSA) ( NewsUSA ) – Erin, who works at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, had been toying with the idea of buying her first home. She was 32 years old, and was very aware that the Durham housing market was heating up.”I figured if I was going to[Read More…]
Millennial Money: Don’t let anxiety rule your finances
By AMRITA JAYAKUMAR NerdWallet Financial decisions are rarely easy, whether it’s buying your first car or home or deciding whether to refinance student loans. The anxiety can be heightened for millennials who witnessed economic turmoil during the Great Recession as they weigh milestone financial choices as adults. “Many (millennials) grew[Read More…]
Help Safeguard Your Family’s Finances
Hero Images (Family Features) Every year, millions of American workers enroll in employee benefits through their workplaces during a period known as annual enrollment. It’s usually a short window of time, but employees make crucial financial decisions for their families for the coming year. In addition to medical insurance, many[Read More…]