Headline News Archive

2008

November

05

• Más de 100,000 quiebras en octubre. Más estadounidenses tiraron la toalla en octubre: las declaraciones mensuales de quiebra superaron las 100,000 por primera vez desde que se restringieron las leyes de…

04

• Cuídate de los rescates de 'foreclosure'. Si alguna vez te sentiste tentado por un anuncio que decía: "Podemos salvar su casa. Garantizado"; o quizás: "Tenemos contactos especiales en varios bancos que…

• La guía para manejarte en la crisis. Cuando preguntamos a los norteamericanos sobre su mayor preocupación actual, nos respondieron fuerte y claro: tener suficiente dinero para jubilarse, el valor de sus ahorros…

• Los jubilados vuelven al mercado laboral. Con la crisis financiera, la caída de los ahorros en la bolsa y el fuerte aumento del costo de vida en Estados Unidos, los jubilados…

03

• The 'Catch 22' of consumer credit. Renting an apartment, securing a home mortgage, seeking employment, buying a car, even turning on utilities – each of these life experiences will demand a…

• Bargain hunters help shrink housing glut. wer home prices are luring some buyers back into the U.S. housing market, but foreclosures and a weakening economy are likely to keep downward pressure…

• Car deals a plenty, but bring good credit. CAR dealerships have been lonely places this fall, with many customers driven away by the economic tsunami of 2008. Sales have plummeted, and no one…

• FCC could free up 'white space' for broadband. You've heard of Wi-Fi, WiMax and 3G wireless technologies. Add another (oddly named) wireless creation to the list: white space. White space is industry lingo…

• Huge shifts in bank deposits. The exodus of money from the stock market and troubled banks is reshaping the financial industry as quickly as any government bailout. Amid unrelenting economic…

• La crisis golpea a los ancianos. La crisis económica que vive Estados Unidos tiene un gran impacto en la población anciana, cuya situación, ya de por sí difícil, se agrava al…

• Compra sin dejar de ahorrar. ¿Te imaginas qué bueno sería ir poniendo desde ahora dinero en el nido que guardas para los estudios de tus hijos... cada vez que compras?…

02

• Mutual fund managers have to say, I'm Sorry. Being a stock market fund manager or strategist these days means always having to say you're sorry. Unlike other apologies, this is a special art…

• Shouldn't have to show 'em no stinkin' SSNs. For 43 trouble-free years, John Murray never left home without his American Express card. The retired data coordinator dutifully paid an annual fee every year…

• Beware promises to scrub bad credit reports. With foreclosures, short sales and credit card defaults at record levels, an aggressive breed of firms has sprung up offering to power-wash consumers' damaged credit…

• 10 ways to protect your home investment. You flip the switch and the heat goes on. You make your mortgage payments and your lender is not threatening you. So all's right with…

• Women pay a premium on health insurance. Striking new evidence has emerged of a widespread gap in the cost of health insurance, as women pay much more than men of the same…

• Opening the tap on home equity. Many homeowners who have taken out home equity lines of credit have learned in recent months that these loans are not as useful as they…

01

• Home improvement shows skip drudgery. Thea Rudland knows how hard it can be to buy and sell a house, no matter what you see on television. She and her husband,…

October

31

• What a treat; Candy makers tricked by sales. With a big pullback evident in consumer spending, candy makers were a bit spooked about this year’s Halloween season. They introduced fewer new Halloween-themed products…

• CVS slashes generic drug costs, escalates price war. One of the nation's largest drugstore chains ratcheted up a price war Thursday, offering deep discounts on generic prescriptions amid national concern about the spiraling…

• Banks seek help to forgive some credit card debt. To head off surging credit card defaults, banks and consumer groups are lobbying regulators to make it easier to forgive a portion of struggling consumers'…

• In tightfisted turn, economy contracts. Through recession, countless natural disasters and a major terrorist attack, there has been one constant in the U.S. economy: American consumers have bought more stuff…

30

• ¿Cuánto cuesta tu salud?. Si eres como la mayoría de quienes viven en Estados Unidos, casi seguro que no tienes, en realidad, una idea muy clara de cuánto puede…

• Cuentas claras, amistades largas. La economía está difícil y a todos nos ha tocado apretarnos el cinturón y cuidar la billetera. A muchos les han recortado horas de trabajo,…

29

• More companies may end 401(k) match. As the economic slump deepens, more companies are expected to join General Motors in suspending matches of contributions to their employees' 401(k) retirement accounts. GM…