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Amid a flurry of first-day orders and actions, President Joe Biden’s administration showed the door to a top-ranking lawyer at a labor agency meant to guard against unfair labor practices for private-sector workers. The administration…
Biden administration extends nationwide eviction moratorium
U.S. President Joe Biden formally requested that officials extend the nationwide bans on evictions and foreclosures hours after his inauguration. Biden asked the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to consider…
My 70-year-old partner of 16 years refuses to put his bank accounts into both our names. What should…
Dear Moneyist, I am 62 and my partner is 70. We have been together for 16 years, living together for 12 of those. We have always had separate bank accounts. In 2008, we lost virtually everything in the Great Recession, and have…
Grocery sales soared in 2020 due to COVID-19, but analysts forecast a 2021 crash back to Earth
Shoppers raided grocery store shelves in 2020, stocking up their pantries and dining increasingly at home as the COVID-19 pandemic spread. Now analysts and investors are concerned that sales will come back down to Earth in…
Lidl offers $200 extra pay to U.S. employees who get COVID-19 vaccine, joining Aldi and others
German supermarket chain Lidl will give U.S. employees $200 in extra pay if they get a COVID-19 vaccine, the company said on Wednesday, becoming the latest employer to offer such incentives. The grocer, which sells its products…
Counting on a tax refund or stimulus check? 5 things to know before filing your taxes
This year’s tax season will start against a very different backdrop.
Approximately 18 million people are on some form of unemployment assistance and savings rates are drooping along with personal income. Between August and December,…
Stock market posts best Inauguration Day rise in 36 years as Biden takes office
Wall Street appeared to cheer a change of leadership in the White House, producing one of its best returns in nearly four decades on the day of a new president’s inauguration. Read: Stock-market performance under Trump trails…
Opinion: Netflix removes one long-standing cloud for investors
Netflix Inc. had a couple of surprises in its record-breaking fourth quarter, including one that removed a long-hovering cloud for investors. After surpassing Wall Street’s estimates for new subscriptions and posting one of its…
Opinion: This is the big risk if Biden copies Trump and uses an obscure rule to cancel regulatory…
The Trump administration dedicated itself to deregulation with unprecedented fervor. It rolled back scores of regulations across government agencies, including more than 80 environmental rules. The Biden administration can…
I’m a single mom. I take my kids on trips. My mother says I should be saving for a house. What do…
I am a single mother of 2 children. I work 6 days per week, and I also go to school. We live on our own in a house that I currently rent. I am saving to buy a home of my own, and I am also paying off my car. This pandemic has…