Headline News Archive

2018

October

24

• Blue-collar jobs are booming, just not for women. Well-paying jobs that don’t require a college degree are multiplying at the fastest rate in three decades, offering more Americans a

• When Sears flourished, so did workers. At Amazon, it's complicated.. Half a century ago, a typical Sears salesman could walk out of the store at retirement with a nest egg worth well over a million

23

• How to plan for retirement when there is a significant age gap. “Couples with big age differences may need to plan for different retirement dates and life expectancies — with related implications for portfolio-withdrawal strategies, asset

22

• Advice from health care's power users. When you’re sick, the health care system can be scary and confusing. But in a recent survey, seriously ill Americans shared some hard-won

• The physical toll of workplace pregnancy discrimination. Women in strenuous jobs lost their pregnancies after employers denied their requests for light duty, even ignoring doctors’ notes, an investigation by The New

21

• Expansión de seguro de salud es tema electoral en EEUU. Durante casi una década, la oposición a los programas de asistencia médica del expresidente Barack Obama ha sido un

18

• An A.I. (artificial intelligence) glossary. The last six years have witnessed breakthroughs in everything from self-driving cars to algorithms that can detect diseases, and social networks like Twitter that rely

• Prudential Financial no longer needs federal oversight. The Trump administration took another major step toward softening the regulatory burdens faced by big financial firms, finding that mega insurer Prudential Financial no longer

13

• What you need to know for smooth flying. If you’re planning a plane trip in the near future you should know your rights. Here are the basics, as detailed in a

11

• Hurricane Michael prompts Freddic Mac to issue relief policies. In areas where the Federal Emergency Management Agency has yet to make individual assistance available, mortgage servicers are encouraged to leverage Freddie Mac’s

• Travelers teams up with Amazon to sell home security kits. Travelers, one of the country's largest insurance companies, announced that it had launched an Amazon storefront where its customers can buy discounted home security

• Experian credit freeze flaw may have revealed your PIN to fraudsters. The credit bureau’s process to retrieve a PIN that safeguards a frozen Experian credit report had a security defect, making it easier for

09

• Obamacare premiums come down but could have been even lower. In some states average premiums for Affordable Care Act plans will be lower next year than in 2018. But in every state, they would be even

September

27

• Aguas cálidas en Atlántico generan fuertes huracanes. Una mayor temperatura en las aguas del océano Atlántico provocaron un número inusualmente alto de huracanes de categorí

26

• Instagram has a drug problem. Its algorithms make it worse.. Instagram is known for its celebrity posts and photos of enviable vacations. But it has also become a sizable open marketplace for advertising illegal drugs.

25

• An insurance company wants your Fitbit data. Life insurance company John Hancock made a splash last week with the news that soon all of its policies would come bundled with the option

21

• Flood damage in the Carolinas is widespread--Insurance coverage isn't. Flood damage from Hurricane Florence will be extensive, but in North Carolina many don't have flood insurance. North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey discusses

20

• Life insurance offering more incentive to live longer. “Vitality has been an optional benefit,” said Brooks Tingle, president and chief executive of John Hancock Insurance. “Now, we’re saying

18

• Only 10 percent have flood insurance on hard-hit Carolina coast. People without flood insurance will lose their homes or have to try to rebuild on FEMA aid that is often less than $5,000.

13

• U.S. regulators reject Wells Fargo's plan to repay customers. U.S. regulators have rejected Wells Fargo & Co’s (WFC.N) plan to repay customers who were pushed into unnecessary auto insurance, telling

06

• Hospitals fed up with drug companies, are starting their own. A group of major American hospitals, battered by price spikes on old drugs and long-lasting shortages of critical medicines, has launched a mission-driven, not-for-profit generic

05

• Your credit score may have gone up, but don't rest easy. Your credit score may have just gone up. That’s because the big credit agencies have cleaned house a bit, removing outdated info that

• How to get your financial house in order before you die. Life insurance payouts all too often go unclaimed because beneficiaries aren't aware of the policies, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, which

August

30

• Tuition insurance is the second largest investment - second only to buying a house (Chinese). 大學學費是多數家庭繼買房後，第二大筆的投資；隨著學費高漲，對學費退還保險的需求也隨之增加。

• Microsoft pide a contratistas que otorguen licencia parental. A partir del año entrante, Microsoft solicitará a los contratistas que ofrezcan a sus empleados en Estados Unidos al menos 12 semanas pagadas