Having good credit helps banks and lenders determine their risk in deciding whether to loan you money or extend credit. Good credit also gives you access to the best rates for travel and other rewards. On the other hand, bad credit can impact your ability to get...
What is a Staycation? Instead of going out of town or traveling, you stay home and visit local attractions in your area. Your cities and suburbs offer an array of fun places to go and things to do. Staycations allow you to make the most of your time off whether...
In 2015, 20-year-old Shawn Ford, Jr. of Akron, Ohio was sentenced to death for bludgeoning his girlfriend’s parents to death after they forbade him to visit their daughter, Chelsea Schobert, in the hospital after she and Shawn had gone on a date. Chelsea had been...
February is the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Go Red against heart disease month. The Go Red acronym stands for Get Checked, Own your lifestyle, Realize your risk, Educate your family, and Don’t be silent (spread awareness). According to the AHA, heart...
Middle-aged adults sandwiched between taking care of aging parents and kids are known as the Sandwich Generation. In many cases they are caregivers. This can be someone who provides help to another person such as an ill spouse/partner, a disabled child or, in the...
Reading, Writing and Asset AllocationUnlike other life skills, financial literacy is not taught in our schools. Forbes’ Executive Editor Brett Nelson called financial illiteracy among teens in general “nothing short of a travesty.” A survey by Bank of America/USA...
Women Entrepreneurs are on the RiseWomen make up 40% of all new business owners. According to the National Association of Women Business Owners, more than 11.6 million firms are owned by women, employing nearly 9 million people, and generating $1.7 trillion in...
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, women comprise 47% of the U.S. Labor force, yet lag substantially behind men when it comes to representing leadership positions. The good news is even though the gender wage gap has declined in most professions, the number...
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