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Banks waive overdraft fees due to coronavirus 03/25/2020 10:57am • The financial impact of the coronavirus may be dropping your checking account balance uncharacteristically low, putting you in danger of being socked with overdraft fees from your bank. With your finances in flux, you surely don't need your bank to pile on new debt. However, though some lenders a Montgomery Co. plans to give small businesses coronavirus grants 03/25/2020 07:00am • With so many small businesses shut down during the coronavirus pandemic, the Montgomery County Council is poised to create a $20 million program that would allow businesses to access grants so they can pay their bills and employee salaries. Through the Public Health Emergency Grant Program, busin Coronavirus: Northam closes Va. schools for year; Hogan closes nonessential Md. businesses 03/23/2020 11:40pm • The latest President Donald Trump provided an update Monday afternoon on the COVID-19 efforts. He weighed in on the Senate relief bill that has been stalled. He talked about the possible treatment using malaria drugs. And, he said that critical supplies have been replenished. Find out more. More than 200 colleges delay deposit deadlines as families face unprecedented economic uncertainty 03/22/2020 08:10am • Usually, colleges require students to send in a deposit by May 1 in order to hold a spot in the incoming freshman class. But some schools are offering more flexibility to students as the coronavirus crisis grows. Over the past week, more than 200 colleges and universitie Home equity is at a record. Why aren't more owners tapping it? 03/18/2020 10:44am • Home equity borrowing in 2019 was the lowest in 15 years, according to Lending Tree, which cites a couple of reasons for the pullback. (Getty Images/Thinkstock) Homeowners in the U.S. are currently sitting on a record $18.7 trillion in home equity. That's often a useful financial tool to pay for DC-area cab drivers experience dramatic decrease in demand during coronavirus crisis 03/17/2020 07:15pm • Difficult times for cab drivers as demand drops dramatically. This United Ventures Consortium cab driver's name is Addis Abate. He's been driving for more than six years, and he said he has never experienced anything like this. He has lost almost 75% of his daily income. (Courtesy Degfae Setegn) DC-area businesses, workers confront new coronavirus reality 03/17/2020 06:36pm • A stretch of temporarily closed restaurants in Bethesda, Maryland. (AP) Tuesday marked the beginning of a new reality around D.C. and Maryland: It was the first full day of business restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. You can still eat and drink at bars and re Explained: What did the Federal Reserve do Sunday and why? 03/16/2020 06:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after the Federal Reserve unleashed a massive amount of stimulus to blunt the economic damage from the coronavirus, on Monday the stock market plunged by the most since the Black Monday crash of 1987. But Treasury bond yields fell as their prices rose, a sign that at lea Here's what could really sink the economy: $19 trillion in corporate debt 03/14/2020 03:25am • Companies have spent the years since the global financial crisis binging on debt. Now, as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to push the world into recession, the bill could come due — exacerbating damage to the economy and feeding a meltdown in financial markets. Look Gun legislation: Here's what the Virginia General Assembly passed 03/12/2020 04:55am • With the new majority in the Virginia General Assembly, Democrats swept into office promising action on several pieces of gun legislation. Even before the General Assembly session began in January, Gov. Ralph Northam unveiled a package of legislation containing several proposals to tighten and re How to protect your 401(k) from the coronavirus 03/11/2020 08:00pm • Financial concerns stemming from the coronavirus outbreak have rippled through the global economy. "The coronavirus has had an undeniable impact on the stock market, which extends to 401(k)s," says Steve Sexton, financial consultant and CEO of Sexton Advisory Group, a financial services firm in S Is your employer ready for coronavirus? 03/06/2020 07:15pm • Members of Congress are urging major employers and businesses to take immediate steps to make sure that workers don't lose pay, benefits or even their jobs for following health recommendations related to the coronavirus. "Business needs to lean into this," said Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. "This is en 2020 election guide: The Dem contenders vying to unseat Trump 03/05/2020 11:18am • An already tumultuous election season has seen 25 Democrats drop out of a packed race for the White House. Three candidates remain. Here's what you need to know about the Democrats looking to unseat President Donald Trump — and what they claim they're going to do. Candidates are listed alpha Prince George's County patrol officers to get body cameras by year's end 03/04/2020 03:15pm • Rapid changes are being promised for the police body camera program in Prince George's County, Maryland. Police Chief Hank Stawinski told Prince George's County Council members on Wednesday that the goal is "to have every uniformed police officer on the street with a body camera by the end of thi The refinancing process is still daunting, but a little less so now 02/24/2020 09:30am • It still takes a lot of paperwork to refinance a mortgage, but a lot can be done digitally. (Thinkstock) If you are about to refinance a mortgage, be prepared to invest several hours gathering and preparing a lot of paperwork for the lender — but maybe not quite as many as the job used to requ