Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen discusses inflation risks, taxes and credit card debt in an exclusive interview with FOX Business. The United States is almost certainly on an unsustainable path with regard to the astronomic rise in its national debt, according to a million simulations run by Bloomberg. Bloomberg reported Tuesday …
Read More »Care home costs: ‘Unexpected’ bill could see Britons lose thousands from property capital | Personal Finance | Finance
Many Britons could be hit by “unexpected” care bills costing thousands in the future, as one in two haven’t made proper financial plans, a new study has revealed. With the average four-year stay in a care home costing between £200,000 to £240,000, experts at TakingCare said most Britons resort to …
Read More »AT&T breach: How to protect yourself
Tech journalist Kurt Knutsson reacts to several agencies investigating the AT&T phone outages on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Cybersecurity experts are urging AT&T customers to ramp up their security measures, such as changing their passwords, following a data breach that impacted 73 million current and former accounts. Bob Huber, chief security …
Read More »Smart meter fury as energy bill devices go ‘dumb’ and Ofgem begged to end crisis | Personal Finance | Finance
Watchdogs have been told to get tough on energy firms that are failing to tackle the crisis of smart meters that have become ‘dumb’. It emerged last week that as many as 4 million of the meters are failing to work as designed. In theory, the smart meters supply real …
Read More »Powerball jackpot rises to $1.09 billion after no players win grand prize
Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com The Powerball jackpot grew to an estimated $1.09 billion after no tickets matched the winning numbers during Monday night’s drawing. The winning numbers Monday night were: 19, 24, 40, 42, 56 and a red Powerball 23. The Power Play was 2X. While nobody won …
Read More »Warning as Buy Now Pay Later schemes threaten ‘debt timebomb’ | Personal Finance | Finance
Millions of young people using Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) to fund their lifestyles are unaware of the financial perils involved. Despite BNPL being the second most common form of borrowing, half of people aged 18-34 do not understand it can lead to debt. Some 46 percent did not understand …
Read More »Trump’s Truth Social lost $58 million in 2023, and the stock is taking a hit
Sound Planning Group CEO David Stryzewski discusses what the early success of Trumps social media platform says about investors affinity for the 45th president on Varney & Co. Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) plummeted by more than 23% on Monday after the parent company of former President …
Read More »Indie publisher wins refund fight after poster campaign let-down | The Crusader | Finance
There are many reasons to support Spender Books (SB), one of the UK’s small independent publishers enriching readers’ lives, and in its case with engaging literary fiction and memoirs. But another small marketing business StreetPR did it no favours when it failed to follow through on a promotional campaign SB …
Read More »Today’s 15- and 30-year mortgage rates hold steady | April 1, 2024
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Read More »Warning as most people forget to include these important assets in their will | Personal Finance | Finance
Just over one in ten people with wills have included one or more digital assets, new research shows. New research from Canada Life found that half (49 percent) of UK adults have a will, and just 12 percent of those have included at least one digital asset. Digital assets include …
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