President Donald Trump speaks on “Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure: Faster, Better, and Stronger” in Atlanta on July 15. Jim Watson | AFP | fake pictures His salary could increase if the White House gets away with it. President Trump said this week that he will not sign the next coronavirus relief …
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If you have dividends to generate retirement income, you may want to moderate your expectations. Wells Fargo joined this week’s list of 773 publicly traded companies, 63 of them on the S&P 500, whose dividends are being reduced or suspended. While you may not have seen many changes in income …
Read More »Small Business Emergency Grant Program Has No Money
Pedestrian traffic is slowly returning to Brattle Street and Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but small local businesses still suffer from prolonged blockage of the coronavirus. Lane Turner / The Boston Globe via Getty Images EIDL loans The EIDL Advance program, created by the CARES Act, awarded emergency grants to …
Read More »Refinancing your mortgage can save you money. Here’s how to find out
With mortgage rates at record lows, it is no wonder that many Americans are refinancing their homes. Add to that the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn, and the need to find additional cash or cut expenses becomes even greater. In fact, refinancing requests are 74% higher than a year ago, …
Read More »Before hitting the road, the ins and outs of road trip insurance
The closure of the seemingly endless national pandemic has resulted in high demand for cumulative travel. As the second big long summer vacation weekend begins, people looking to celebrate Independence Day hop into their cars and caravans for road trips, which many consider a safer bet than traveling by car. …
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