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Economy

“37% of Americans paid a late fee in the last 12 months, report finds”

“Many consumers are finding it hard to keep up with their bills. To that point, 37% of Americans have been charged a late fee on a bill in the last 12 months, according to a new report by NerdWallet. Credit card late fees were the… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Lyft and Uber say they’ll leave Minneapolis after city requires drivers to be paid more”

“MINNEAPOLIS — Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require that ride-hailing services increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of… Continue Reading…

Business, Economy

“You’ll have almost zero competition to land a ‘highly paid’ job in these 10 cities”

“… Here are the cities with the least competition for highly paid jobs: … “The salaries of the high-paying jobs are relative to the median salaries in each state or city, so the competition rates are more reflective of a… Continue Reading…

Banking

“Big banks have drastically cut overdraft fees, but customers still paid $2.2 billion last year”

“… …” https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/09/jpmorgan-chase-wells-fargo-cut-overdraft-revenue-to-2-billion-in-2023.html

Personal Finance

“We paid off $250,000 in debt and grew our net worth to $800,000: Here’s our best advice”

“We really began to change our money mindset when we realized that time is more valuable than any single monetary amount, and that we didn’t have to only earn money through our 9-to-5 careers. I started to see passive income as wealth that… Continue Reading…

Business

“How to turn your side hustle into a full-time, well-paid job, according to 3 entrepreneurs who’ve done it”

“Be ready to put in the hours A longtime RV repairman, Randall Gibbons started answering people’s questions on JustAnswer, a site that lets people seek help on an assortment of topics, in 2009. In those first few years, he was making just $400… Continue Reading…

Personal Finance

“How to achieve financial freedom and pay off debt, according to a financial expert who paid off $87,000”

“Debt can be overwhelming, especially if it’s in the double or triple-digits. Just ask Tiffany “The Budgetnista” Aliche who had around $300,000 in debt after the last recession… “Focus on that credit card debt. That’s the one that’s costing you… Continue Reading…

Business

“Amazon isn’t the only company that paid $0 in federal taxes last year”

“Under President Trump’s new tax law, 60 of America’s biggest corporations paid $0 in federal taxes in 2018, despite earning billions of dollars in profits. Amazon, Netflix, General Motors, Chevron, JetBlue, IBM and U.S. Steel were all among the companies… Continue Reading…

Economy

“50,219,667 Tax Return Filers Paid $0 or Less in Income Taxes”

“Of the 150,272,157 tax returns filed for the 2016 tax year, 50,219,667—or 33.4 percent–were classified by the Internal Revenue Service as “nontaxable returns,” meaning the people who filed them paid $0 or less in income taxes, according to data published… Continue Reading…