The Cost of Credit Score Dings To understand how credit scores are determined, it helps to understand the impact that negative actions have.
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Debt Boot Camp: 3 Strategies to Conquer Debt Looking to conquer accumulated debt and fees, or avoid the problem altogether? It’s time to put on your fatigues and get back...
What Is a Payday Loan, and How Does It Work? While it may seem like easy money, these loans can be dangerous to your financial health.
6 Ways You Can Buy a House With Bad Credit If you have bad credit don't panic, there are plenty of options available to help you get that mortgage.
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Keep Yourself from Keeping Up with the Joneses and Keep Your Money Don't try to keep up with the Joneses unless you want to ruin your finances. You can do better than they do.
6 Best Military Banks and Credit Unions of 2021 Members of our military, whether active duty or veterans, have access to unique bank accounts from both banks and credit...
8 Things Debt Collectors Won't Tell You There are things debt collectors aren’t likely to tell you that can make all the difference in resolving your debts.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...