The largest U.S. banks are reporting a slowdown in lending. Bank of America and PNC were the latest to do so, with the former reporting Tuesday (April 16) that lending was “sluggish” and the latter saying its lending dropped 1%, the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday. With their earnings reports released Tuesday, they joined three other top banks — Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells […]
Experts partnered with RIP Medical Debt, a medical non-profit that buys and forgives debt, found it had little effect on people’s credit scores and mental healthMedical debt is the most common form of debt in collections in the US. But forgiving that debt once it has gone to collections may provide fewer health and financial benefits than once hoped.A new study by researchers who partnered with RIP Medical Debt, a non-profit that buys and forgives medical debt, found “disappointing” results when...
Special to WorldTribune.com By Stephen Moore, April 10, 2024 President Joe Biden keeps lecturing corporate America to “pay your fair share” of taxes. It turns out he’s right that some companies really are getting away scot-free from paying taxes. But it isn’t Big Tech companies in Silicon Valley or the Wall Street financial company “fat […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – New Mexico is putting hundreds of thousands of dollars towards helping social workers pay off educational debt. The state's Higher Education Department recently awarded relief to 133 state employees. Those employees work for the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD). They received an average of $33,000 in debt relief per []
A Massachusetts registered sex offender was sentenced to prison for attempting to pay for sex with a minor and for possession of child pornography.
Biden’s new debt relief plan proposes to erase $20,000 of unpaid interest for borrowers, regardless of income.
The company anticipates that there will be improvement in its payment performance during the second half of the financial year
Many creditors will be worried they may not be able to recover what is owed to them
Google, the search giant that brought in more than $73 billion in profit last year, is protesting a California bill that would require it and other platforms to pay media outlets. The company announced that it was beginning a “short-term test” that will block links to local California news sources for a “small percentage” of users in the state. The move is in response to the California Journalism Preservation Act, a bill that would require Google, Meta and other platforms to pay California...
Federal authorities announced bank fraud charges Thursday in their investigation into the gambling scandal involving the former interpreter for Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani.
The new tax lien program is expected to be released by the end of June Tenant and homeowner advocates are highlighting flaws in the city’s old tax lien sale program, as officials plan a replacement. [ more › ]
Eagle Marine Services Electrical and Refrigeration, LLC, a marine services company based in Berwick, has agreed to pay a former job applicant $45,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission