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Infrastructure Push Could Benefit Investors 03/15/2018 08:00pm • Holding true to his campaign promise, President Donald Trump has proposed a plan to rebuild America's worn out infrastructure to the tune of $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. In its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, the American Society of Civil Engineers estimated that the U.S. needs $2 trillion Cutting Yourself Off: Setting Spending Limits With Your Bank or Credit Card 03/15/2018 08:00pm • If you feel uneasy every time your bank balance drops, it might be time to revisit your spending patterns. After all, if you don't set restrictions, chances are you won't have enough income to reach your financial goals, like retirement, saving enough for your kids' college tuition and paying off yo How to Prepare for 5 Unexpected Costs of Retirement 03/14/2018 08:00pm • Retirees planning their budgets may think they covered all their bases by accounting for housing, dining and transportation costs. After all, those are some of the major expenses incurred by baby boomers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, they could be setting themselves up for Simplify Your Retirement With These 8 Money Tips 03/14/2018 08:00pm • Workers nearing retirement tend to assume their life will slow down once they leave the workforce. But many retirees find the opposite is true. As you develop a retirement routine and your calendar fills up, you'll want to spend less time on mundane tasks, such as managing your money, to make room 10 Ways to Pay Your Taxes This Year 03/14/2018 08:00pm • While the majority of tax-filers will receive a tax refund this year, millions of others have to send tax payments to the government by April 17. For tax year 2015, the most recent year available, about 29 million tax returns (19 percent) required payment at time of filing, for a total of about $1 Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD) Outlook Still Bleak Despite Earning Beat 03/14/2018 08:00pm • Sears Holdings Corp (Nasdaq: SHLD) stock fell more than 1 percent Thursday after the company cleared an extremely low bar in reporting fourth-quarter earnings. Despite the earnings beat, its still difficult for analysts or investors to justify owning the stock until the company makes some major chan Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency 03/13/2018 08:00pm • Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are cryptic to say the least. Some people consider bitcoin a currency, others an investment and still others a store of value. Even government agencies can't agree on what bitcoin truly is. The IRS treats it as property, the Securities and Exchange Commission cons 15 Ways Retirees Can Soak Up Spring for Free 03/13/2018 08:00pm • As the days lengthen and the sun shines more often, it's easy to feel the urge to move, get outdoors and try new activities. During retirement, a more flexible schedule gives you the chance to decide exactly what you want to do, and then set your own pace to truly absorb spring. Even if your retire The Pros and Cons of Credit Cards 03/12/2018 08:00pm • A 3-inch-by-2-inch piece of plastic holds the power to simplify your financial life -- or ruin it. Whether a credit card turns out to be friend or foe depends on how you use it, says Beverly Harzog, a credit expert and author of "The Debt Escape Plan." "Credit cards are not evil," she says. "They r 5 Signs You Will Never Retire 03/11/2018 08:00pm • Most Americans aren't saving nearly enough for retirement. Some workers who haven't saved fear that they will never be able to retire. However, there may still be time to change course and reach your retirement goals. If you sit down with a financial planner or even a retirement calculator, you shou 10 Factors That Don't Affect Your Credit Scores 03/11/2018 08:00pm • You probably know that having great credit lifts your finances like hot air in a balloon. It allows you to borrow at low interest rates, which saves huge amounts of interest on loans and credit cards. Additionally, having good credit helps your financial life in some surprising ways, including payin 4 Tips to Stretch Income in Retirement 03/11/2018 08:00pm • The transition to retirement can be an exhilarating but also potentially stressful time for many individuals and their families. The newfound freedom to pursue those "someday" dreams is accompanied by anxieties of whether or not there are sufficient financial means to make them a reality. For this r No fare hikes, services cuts or expansions as Metro budget moves to final vote 03/09/2018 06:05am • WASHINGTON — Metro riders will not face fare hikes or service cuts this summer under the budget proposal the Metro Board preliminary approved Thursday. But riders will not see any service expansions either. The full board on March 22 is scheduled to approve the plan that maintains the servic $1 billion in unclaimed tax refunds; time running out to claim them 03/08/2018 05:09pm • WASHINGTON — About a million people who failed to file 2014 taxes are sitting on more than $1 billion in unclaimed federal income tax refunds, the Internal Revenue Service announced Thursday. But in order to collect that hefty chunk of cash, they'll have to dig out those old W-2s and file their 3 Reasons to Apply for Scholarships That Offer More Than Money 03/07/2018 07:00pm • Scholarship application essays often ask how winning an award could change your life. It's hard not to just think about the ways money could help with college costs. A $10,000 scholarship, for example, could help you bridge the gap between your savings and a college's cost of attendance. It also co