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El gobierno de Biden cambia las reglas del PPP para ayudar a empresas más pequeñas 03/03/2021 08:02am • (CNN) — El gobierno de Joe Biden anunció varios cambios en el Programa de Protección de Cheques de Pago (PPP, por sus siglas en inglés) para llegar a las empresas propiedad de minorías y pequeños negocios que no pudieron acceder anteriormente a préstamos para ayudar a lidiar con la pandemia Your credit report may be wrong; here’s what to do about it 03/03/2021 06:46am • Consumers filed complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in record numbers in 2020, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group. Credit reporting issues were cited in 282,000, or 63%, of the complaints. The maj What if You Can't Pay Your Taxes? 03/03/2021 12:00am • In 2020 approximately 125 million Americans received a tax refund, leaving about 43 million Americans who either broke even or owed money, according to statistics from the Internal Revenue Service. Breaking even -- not receiving a refund -- is actually good. It means you gave Uncle Sam just the righ 5 Student Loan Traps for Nontraditional Students to Avoid 03/03/2021 12:00am • As the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic continues, people with unexpected changes in income might look to higher education to set themselves up for a successful career transition. Technical training and other educational programs are attractive to nontraditional students as a way to Why Lending Your Shares Is a Good Option 03/03/2021 12:00am • WHEN INVESTORS LEND their shares to a broker, they can receive more income over time. Loaning a stock or another asset such as an exchange-traded fund to a brokerage firm can yield investors more income passively. Securities lending is common, and these share lending programs are usually conducted Asian shares advance despite Wall Street retreat 03/02/2021 11:17pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks advanced in Asia on Wednesday after a wobbly day on Wall Street, when the S&P 500 gave back most of its gains from a day earlier. Hong Kong led the advance, gaining 1.7%. Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai and Sydney also were higher. Investors have taken heart from an easing in bo Biden consumer watchdog pick signals more aggressive stance 03/02/2021 05:09pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden's nominee to run the federal consumer watchdog agency indicated Tuesday that if confirmed he would restore more aggressive enforcement actions against companies and banks that largely faded during the Trump administration. Rohit Chopra, currently a Democr Airlines say jobs, wages at risk if Congress doesn't step in 03/02/2021 04:32pm • Airline executives told members of Congress on Tuesday that the airline industry is losing an estimated $150 million a day, and they warned that tens of thousands of aviation workers could lose their jobs or face wage cuts if Congress doesn't again step in to help. They told members of Congress t Sun, sand, shots: Caribbean seeks vaccines to revive economy 03/02/2021 12:38pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Caribbean is hunting for visitors and vaccines to jump-start the stalled economy in one of the world’s most tourism-dependent regions. Clear waters and warm sand attracted a record 31.5 million tourists to the Caribbean in 2019, but visits plummeted by an estimat Pandemic loan program at high-risk for fraud, auditor finds 03/02/2021 11:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Emergency loans made to small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic have been added to a list of government programs considered at high risk of waste, fraud or mismanagement. The most common of those emergency loans, PPP loans, are provided at a low interest rate and are ful Sri Lanka approves new port development with India and Japan 03/02/2021 08:17am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's government said Tuesday it will allow India and Japan to develop a new container terminal at the country's main port, several weeks after scrapping a deal with the two countries to develop one of the key terminals at the same port. Sri Lanka halted the 2019 ag Millennial Money: 3 debt strategies for an unequal recovery 03/02/2021 07:09am • The past year has fractured our world in countless ways. Now, as people look to pick up the pieces, those managing debt need to account for their position in our uneven economic recovery. In this so-called K-shaped recovery, one part of the population is rebounding quickly while another has a lon DC lawmakers propose how to handle marijuana sale, distribution 03/01/2021 04:35pm • D.C. lawmakers are ready to decide how the District will move forward with growing, selling and distributing marijuana legally. The mayor and the council chair have both introduced bills that would lay out a green path. Council Chair Phil Mendelson and his colleagues have worked for a year on leg Jonathan Suárez contract ended by Orlando City after arrest 03/01/2021 09:30am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jonathan Suárez's contact was terminated by Major League Soccer's Orlando City following his arrest last week. The 24-year-old, whose full name is Jonathan Suárez Cortes, and brother Rafael Suárez were arrested Feb. 23 and accused of sexually assaulting a woman, the Osceola Leverkusen defender Fosu-Mensah out for months with injury 03/01/2021 08:31am • LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen right back Timothy Fosu-Mensah will be out for several months with a cruciate ligament tear in his right knee, the German club said Monday. Fosu-Mensah was injured just before halftime in Leverkusen's 2-1 loss to Freiburg on Sunday. The club said he will