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Charles Booker launches another Senate bid in Kentucky
07/01/2021 11:54am • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrat Charles Booker launched another campaign for the U.S. Senate on Thursday, reprising his “hood to the holler” theme in hopes of forging an urban-rural coalition powerful enough to unseat Republican incumbent Rand Paul next year in Kentucky. Booker, a Black former
How COVID-fueled crowdfunding can revive small businesses
07/01/2021 08:23am • A pandemic-fueled boom in crowdfunding has small businesses flocking to capital-raising platforms that experts say could help many companies get back to normal — as long as small-business owners are able to launch effective campaigns. Regulation crowdfunding, in which companies raise capital from
When COVID Relief Measures Expire and How to Prepare
07/01/2021 12:00am • While the country transitions back to something resembling pre-pandemic life -- with packed stadiums at sporting events, indoor dining at restaurants and resumed in-person schooling -- it's time for your financial life to transition back to normal, too. A number of expanded benefits offered as part
Biden signs three bills to overturn Trump-era rules
06/30/2021 06:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed three separate laws Wednesday that dismantle part of the Trump era, blocking payday lenders from avoiding caps on interest rates, restricting climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling and ending rules on how the Equal Employment
DC small businesses emerge from COVID with help from nonprofits and Wells Fargo
06/30/2021 02:59pm • This content is sponsored by Wells Fargo. Sandra Foote, owner of Flip it LJ Diner, a small restaurant in Northwest D.C., wasn’t sure her business would survive the pandemic. Foote started the diner nine years ago with her husband, who has since passed away. Her business tanked during the hei
Editorial Roundup: U.S.
06/30/2021 11:38am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 29 The Miami Herald on a disturbing, larger question in Surfside condo collapse: South Florida’s long and sordid history of shoddy building practices is hard to ignore in the wake of the Surfside building’s partial collapse. W
Advisors Urge Clients to Plan Ahead for Possibility of Inflation
06/30/2021 12:00am • Advisors routinely counsel clients that equities are a hedge against inflation. For years, investors didn't have to concern themselves much with that advice, as the core inflation rate remained fairly muted while equity markets raced higher. That may be changing. Companies throughout various S&
Common Questions College Graduates Have About Student
Loans
06/30/2021 12:00am • College graduates carrying student loan debt face a repayment process that can be difficult to manage, a fact highlighted by a 2020 research report from The Pew Charitable Trusts. The study showed that while 7 in 10 Americans polled in 2019 thought taking out student
loans
was reasonable given the
Should I Pay for Dental Care With a Credit Card?
06/30/2021 12:00am • The only thing worse than a root canal is getting the bill after it's all over. With all that Novocain in the dentist's office, you'd think someone could develop a shot to numb the mental anguish that occurs when it's time to pay up. If you have dental insurance, that reduces some of the financial
Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy
06/29/2021 04:41pm • Before the pandemic hit, Jacqueline Bartley, a mother of two girls and a boy, had a comfortable life. Then the 41-year-old lost her job at American Airlines, quickly spent her savings and found herself months behind on the $1,350-a-month home she rented. Until then she had never missed a rent paymen
Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy
06/29/2021 01:10pm • Before the pandemic hit, Jacqueline Bartley, a mother of two girls and a boy, had a comfortable life. Then the 41-year-old lost her job at American Airlines, quickly spent her savings and found herself months behind on the $1,350-a-month home she rented. Until then she had never missed a rent paymen
Europe's culture needs rebound after massive pandemic hit
06/29/2021 09:57am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Cultural institutions in the European Union have lost up to four-fifths of revenue and attendance as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the continent and now need all the financial support they can get to restore their standing, the bloc said Tuesday. The latest EU figures show that mus
Duterte open to running for VP, lashes out at ally Pacquiao
06/29/2021 08:02am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he may consider running for vice president next year when his term ends “if there is a space for me,” although opponents have described such a prospect as “a joke of the worst kind.” Duterte’s televised remarks Monday n
Can I Get a Personal Loan With Bad Credit?
06/29/2021 12:00am • Some people look to personal
loans
when money woes strike, but if you have bad credit, getting a loan can be challenging. If this is you, you may be relieved to know that some lenders are willing to work with borrowers whose credit history is less than perfect. Following are some of the challenges
Kremlev confident AIBA will return to Olympic role in Paris
06/28/2021 07:41pm • The International Boxing Association's new president is confident his beleaguered organization will be welcomed back into the Olympic family after the Tokyo Games. Umar Kremlev said at a news conference Monday in Switzerland that AIBA is implementing the changes necessary to get back in the good gra
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