Headline News Archive

2008

August

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• Engañada con el premio gordo. El viejo truco de la lotería sigue seduciendo a incautos y una anciana hispana perdió miles de dólares al creerse el cuento de una pareja…

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• Drive 55 campaign gaining speed. LOS ANGELES — Though it lasted longer than disco and leisure suits, the national 55-miles-per-hour speed limit was another remnant of the 1970s that did…

• El verdadero precio de las millas. Como todo negocio que quiere ganar dinero, las tarjetas de crédito hacen lo que tengan que hacer, dentro de la ley, para que tú creas…

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• Insurers avoid getting soaked in subprime storm. The one financial industry that seems to be dodging the subprime bullet is insurance. Only a handful of companies have had their safety ratings knocked…

• Before you take the housing credit. Part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 authorizes a tax credit of up to $7,500 for qualified first-time home buyers. Based on…

• Fannie, Freddie will raise some fees, lower others. The two biggest sources of mortgages for American home buyers plan to raise their base fees to counter what they see as continuing "adverse conditions"…

• Credit card code? What code?. "Code?" The cashier at the Danish National Railway station in Copenhagen handed me an alphanumeric keypad and looked at me expectantly. I looked at the…

• Delaying Social Security benefits may be wise. Richard Broadway, 66, doesn't intend to retire. "When you retire, you die," he said. "I always want to do projects of one nature or another."…

• Getting the 411 on phone charges. On Sept. 1, AT&T Inc. will cut the number of free 411 calls offered to customers each month to one from three. At first glance,…

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• Dreading winter's bitter bill. Home heating bills are expected to soar this winter and Americans, already struggling with high gas and food prices, are bracing for more financial hardship.…

• College kids scrimp this year. Retail sales, already hurt by the fading and somewhat disappointing effect of tax rebates, are facing another looming threat: For the first time in at…

• Inflation climbs to 17-year high. Americans paid more last month not only for gas and food but also for a variety of goods and services, including clothes, shoes, hotels and…

• Inflación empeora en julio en EEUU. La inflación anual de julio del 5.6% fue la más alta de los últimos 17 años, dio a conocer ayer el gobierno en su informe…

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• Crece cifra de hogares en ejecución hipotecaria. El número de hogares en EE.UU. en proceso de ejecución hipotecaria aumentó en julio un ocho frente al mes anterior y un 55 por ciento…

• Cómo ahorrar en grande. 1. Aligera la carga. Mantener un saldo de $1,000 en una cuenta de crédito en la que pagas el 18% de interés te saca del…

• Asegura tu viaje...es mejor. ¿Qué hacer si tienes que cancelar un viaje? ¿Cómo evitar pagar dinero en penalidades y depósitos? ¿Vale la pena gastar un poco más para estar…

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• Mechanism for credit Is still stuck. A year after financial tremors first shook Wall Street, a crucial artery of modern money management remains broken. And until that conduit is fixed or…

• El robo de identidad para trabajar. El robo de identidad es uno de los crímenes de mayor crecimiento en Estados Unidos durante los últimos años y los hispanos no sólo no…

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• FDIC explores alternatives to payday loans. Banks around the country have issued more than 3,000 small loans as part of a pilot program by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. exploring alternatives…

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• Food giants pass rising costs to consumers. Companies throughout the food chain are changing the way they do business in response to soaring grain costs, and consumers are likely to bear the…

• People, businesses seek to recycle for cash. Forklifts rumble around the scrapyard, grabbing pieces of metal and plunking them on scales: Will the junk be worth a tank of gas or a…

• Cash strapped states quicker to grab unclaimed funds. Faced with swelling budget deficits, a growing number of states are taking control of unclaimed property — such as bank accounts and traveler's checks —…

• Los bancos restringen el crédito. Los bancos de EU están restringiendo desde abril la concesión de créditos a empresas y particulares, al tiempo que están subiendo las ejecuciones hipotecarias y…

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• Where your gas dollar goes. Wondering how all that extra money you're spending on gasoline is split up among government taxes, refinery production and corporate marketing, among other things? It's…

• Updated law cuts college confusion. Confused about tuition costs or the terms of private education loans? Wish you knew the price of textbooks before signing up for a class? Well,…