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Biden Officially Extends Student Loan Payment Pause, Promises ‘Additional Flexibilities’ For Borrowers Biden has extended the student loan payment pause to August 31, 2022. He also promised additional flexibilities and support for borrowers.

All Your Burning Tax-Filing Questions For This Year, Answered Tax Day is approaching. Here's everything you'll want to know to prepare for April 18th.

Hundreds fitted with artificial pancreas in NHS type 1 diabetes trial Hundreds of adults and children with type 1 diabetes in England have been fitted with an artificial pancreas that experts say could become the “holy grail” for managing the disease.

Want to Unload That Investment Property? What To Do. Selling an investment property could leave you with a significant tax hit, but that’s not the only consideration.

The Joy Of A Little Retirement Job More than half of the 5 million people who dropped out of the labor force since the start of the pandemic are 55 or older. Now, with demand strong, some are returning to work.

From labour camp to guitar hero: the abstract beauty of Branko Mataja The Yugoslavian brought psychedelic wonder to his native music. After a rediscovery in a Hollywood record store, he can finally be heard.

Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to Do With Self-Control) If you’ve ever put off an important task by, say, alphabetizing your spice drawer, you know it wouldn’t be fair to describe yourself as lazy. If procrastination isn't about laziness, then what is it about?

Americans Were Great About Paying Their Debts in the Pandemic. Don’t Expect It to Last. Consumers are spending more, and credit-card delinquencies are rising. Investors need to pay attention to who loses if the trend continues.

Why Every LGBTQ Person Should Learn This Skill LGBTQ people are at higher risk of welfare and economic insecurity — and the problem worsened during the pandemic. Fortunately, there’s an economic equalizer, and its name is entrepreneurship. Here are Entrepreneur magazine's 4 reasons why all LGBTQ people should learn the basics of entrepreneur...

Future Returns: Investors Should Stick to Goals During Uncertain Times Investors are right to feel a little uncertain about their holdings as war rages in Ukraine, inflation and interest rates rise, and stock markets wobble. It’s a swirl of confusing events that’s making some wonder whether they should do something different.

America is entering the great experiment of hybrid work Companies will need to find a new model that works for them and their employees – many of whom prefer to work at home some days

Make Time To Start And Finish Your Estate Plan Do your estate planning when you are in good health and can devote the necessary time and energy to it.

Biden’s Tax Hike Proposals Take Aim at Wealthiest Americans. Here’s What We Know. If the billionaire tax passes it would be the biggest tax hike on record.

7 Questions You Should Never Ask a Wine Pro There are no bad questions about choosing wine at a restaurant—but there are plenty of annoying and unhelpful ones. Sommeliers share how they address tricky inquiries.

U.S. Life Insurance Sales Rise on Covid-19 Fears Premium volume for new individual life-insurance policies surged 20% over 2020, while the number of policies issued rose 5%.

How To Create Your Worst-Case Scenario Budget The pandemic taught us all many things. It has especially taught us how quickly life can change and how easy it is to lose your income. Here's how to prepare better.

If You’re Confused About Student Loan Cancellation And The Student Loan Payment Pause, Then Here’s What You Need To Know Here’s the latest on your student loans and what realistically could happen next.

Make Becoming Debt-Free a Priority as Interest Rates Rise Financial advisers say you should pay down your high-interest debt as quickly as possible, given the Fed’s stance.

The Great Resignation Is Beginning to Reverse Course With Americans' fears of the coronavirus falling, schools returning to in-person instruction, and surplus savings dwindling, some of the most significant factors fueling what has become known as the Great Resignation are starting to ease.

This Year, Try Spring Cleaning Your Brain Five ways to soothe a mind overstimulated by anxiety, stress and streams of information.

Do I Need to File a Tax Return if Most of My Income Is Social Security? As long as the only income that the individual receives is from Social Security and there is no tax withheld from those payments, most likely filing a tax return is not necessary. But there may be other matters at work that might require (or behoove) you to file a tax return anyhow. Here's what they...

The Fed Raised Rates as Expected. What Comes Next Is Key. The central bank made its long-awaited move: The quarter-point increase was the first since 2018.

The ‘Yield Curve’ Is Close to Inverting. A Different Curve Tells a More Upbeat Story. When 10-year Treasury notes yield less than 3-month Treasury bills, that strongly signals recession and weak markets. It isn't close to happening yet.

Aging In Place Is All The Rage, But It Is Not Easy It has become increasingly popular to promote home as a setting for both sophisticated medical treatment and long-term care, and often for good reason. But supporters need to recognize the burden it places on families who must take on ever-challenging roles to make home care work.

Homes Earned More for Owners Than Their Jobs Last Year Increase in value of typical U.S. home exceeded median worker income for first time.

Banks Can Trump Fintech as Zero-Rate Era Ends Disrupting banks when interest rates are near zero is in some ways playing on easy mode. As rates rise, the game will get harder—but not impossible.

3 Essential Steps for Repetitive Success Achieve goals and reward yourself because that is a pattern you will become addicted to.

Most Wall Street Experts Now Predict Stagflation—Here’s What That Means For Investors And The U.S. Economy Most investors surveyed by Bank of America predict “permanent” inflation and a bear market.

Reader Asks: We Have $1,057,213 At Our Credit Union. Anything Wrong With That? A case study in how two retirees can improve their lot in life by rethinking their savings.

How Chinese Shares Went Haywire: ‘The Market Is Completely Unstable’ Chinese stocks crashed in recent days, only to rebound with unprecedented force. To some investors, the recovery was nearly as worrying as the selloff.