Headline News Archive

2009

February

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• The best personal finance podcasts. For the past few weeks, I’ve been on an active quest to find the best financial information that fits into my pocket and doesn’

16

• Online health data in remission. The $19 billion prescribed in Congress's economic stimulus package to bring America's health-care records into the electronic age is a welcome opportunity for information technology firms

12

• Employers fight unemployment benefits. It's hard enough to lose a job. But for a growing proportion of U.S. workers, the troubles really set in when they apply for

10

• Screwed by the fine print. Despite the new Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, corporations can still get away with employment discrimination and other harmful action through binding mandatory arbitration agreements in

• Clash over digital health data. The Senate and House appear headed for a clash over competing visions of how to protect the privacy of patients' electronic medical records, with the

08

• Laid-off workers can't afford health insurance. Most low-income people who lose their jobs are also without health insurance, a report released Friday concludes. A study by the advocacy group Families USA

• Faulting firms on fixing credit errors. Many consumers are unaware what their credit score is until it’s time to apply for a home mortgage, but by then it is often

• Health care spending accounts' long shelf life. Question: I'm going to have Lasik eye surgery soon. Because it's so early in the year, I wonder how much money from my flexible spending

06

• Experian will no longer offer FICO scores. Borrowers have less than 10 days to see their FICO credit scores calculated by Experian Group Ltd., one of the three biggest personal credit-rating bureaus. Experian

05

• Cobertura médica para millones de niños. El presidente Barack Obama firmó ayer un proyecto de ley para ampliar la cobertura médica a cuatro millones de menores, una bienvenida victoria lograda

• Obama signs children's health insurance bill. President Barack Obama signed a bill today extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children, a much-needed win a day after he lost his nominee to

04

• Cómo ahorrar dinero en tus seguros. En una época de crisis como la actual necesitas las mejores armas para luchar contra la economía tambaleante. Y para eso el Insurance Information

03

• Battle over re-regulating the money business. Lost amid last week's bad economic news, an unexpectedly partisan vote on the stimulus and President Obama's saber-rattling over Wall Street bonuses were the opening

02

• Give bankruptcy judges a chance to fix home loan. You know you're in a tight spot when Bankruptcy Court begins to look like the least bad solution to a pressing economic problem. But the

• Economic fears have families on verge of unraveling. Signs abound that the battered economy is causing serious damage to the mental health and family lives of a growing number of Americans. Requests for

01

• Make the most of flexible spending accounts. Use it or lose it. Spurred by that impulse, employees and their dependents around the country are rushing to get check-ups and stock up on

January

31

• New credit-rating model is coming. Fair Isaac Corp. said Thursday that TransUnion LLC, one of the three major credit bureaus, will offer the credit-rating company's new model for evaluating borrowers'

30

• A used-car promise finally delivered. On Friday morning, consumers will be able to receive something the federal government promised in 1992: A way to minimize the chance of buying a used

• Obama, Congress seek deal on economic stimulus. Republicans in the U.S. Senate accepted on Thursday President Barack Obama's offer to search for a compromise on an economic stimulus bill that could

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• U.S. aid now goes to credit unions. The federal government yesterday expanded its bailout to another vulnerable sector, saying it will inject $1 billion into a nonprofit company that provides banking services to

• Senate likely to pass kids' health insurance bill. The Senate is expected to approve a bill today that provides health insurance to about 11 million low-income children, paving the way for President Obama to

27

• El seguro de vida no es un lujo. Casi tres de cada cinco estadounidenses no han adquirido una póliza de seguro de vida porque consideran que es muy cara, aún cuando

• More fuel-efficient cars by 2011. President Obama's initiative Monday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and boost fuel efficiency in new vehicles would cut costs for consumers and prod carmakers to

• Life Insurers' Relief Request Challenged. A life insurance industry request for regulatory relief would place consumers "at undue risk," Virginia's insurance commissioner said. Weakened by the financial crisis, life insurers

26

• New doubts about annuities. Retirement investors have long viewed annuities as an effective way to protect their nest egg. But the recent financial crisis has highlighted an inherent paradox: