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Terry Savage: What to know for Medicare open enrollment

By Terry Savage

September 25, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

Here’s a look at the headline changes seniors will be forced to confront. And in...

Terry Savage: Why the national debt should concern us

By Terry Savage

September 21, 2026 at 11:15 a.m.

The U.S. national debt now exceeds $40 trillion — a MEGO number, which stands for...

Terry Savage: Login process changing at TreasuryDirect

By Terry Savage

September 21, 2026 at 9:55 a.m.

These government IOUs are the safest repository for “chicken money” — money you cannot afford...

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2019, file photo students walks in front of Fraser Hall on the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence, Kan. Student loan borrowers with federal debt won't see a bill until January 2021. That means three extra months of paused payments tacked onto the original six months made possible by the coronavirus relief package. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

What no student loan payments until 2021 means for you

By Associated Press

August 13, 2020 at 4:15 p.m.

You don't have to make another federal student loan payment in 2020. Now is the...

MAY 19: PIER 1 IMPORTS | <p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/05/19/pier-1-stores-closing-liquidation-coronavirus-covid-19/5221531002/">Pier 1 Imports</a> announced in January that it would be closing almost half of its locations; it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection the following month. As businesses closed during the coronavirus pandemic, the retailer in May shifted gears and announced the additional economic strain had prevented the sale of the company and Pier 1 Imports would instead close all of its stores.</p>

28 of the biggest corporations battered by the coronavirus

By Nicole Caldwell

January 29, 2021 at 11:56 a.m.

More than 3,600 companies filed for bankruptcy between January and June of this year as...

1967 | - Price of a 16-oz beer: $0.26
- Inflation-adjusted price: $1.97 (#16 most expensive in last 68 years)
- Number of U.S. breweries: 153
- U.S. beer production: 116.6 million barrels (+6.2% change from previous year) |

A 4.2% ABV pale lager called Gablinger's Diet Beer debuts in 1967, hoping to capture a market that had eluded Coors prior to World War II: America's health-conscious beer drinker. Gablinger's fails, too, but the inventor sells the recipe to Meister Brau which is eventually acquired by Miller and turned into the world's first successful light beer, reborn as Miller Lite in 1973.

This is how much a beer cost the year you turned 21

By Rory Moulton

October 22, 2022 at 8:32 a.m.

Each year, the U.S. spends an astounding $100 billion on beer. Between pints over brunch...

Jose and Leticia Gamiz are seen at their restaurant Mi Vegana Madre on Oct. 10, 2019, in Glendale, Arizona. They closed the business July 31, 2020.

Small businesses are quietly dying by the thousands during the coronavirus pandemic

By Bloomberg News

August 13, 2020 at 10:08 a.m.

Big companies are going bankrupt at a record pace, but that's only part of the...

Millennial Money: How we renegotiated our bills to cut costs

By Associated Press

August 11, 2020 at 4:02 p.m.

I know, I know. You've probably heard all about how you should renegotiate your bills...

Luther Mitchell-Walker and his mother, Kimberly Bell, at Jackson Heights in Seattle on July 15, 2020. (Erika Schultz/Seattle Times/TNS)

This project is trying to reverse gentrification by bringing people back to Seattle’s Central District

By Daniel Beekman

August 11, 2020 at 3:55 p.m.

SEATTLE — When Andrese Collins bumps into people he grew up with in the Central...

There are things you can do to help ease your retirement during the pandemic.

What to do when retiring during the coronavirus pandemic

By Janet Kidd Stewart

August 11, 2020 at 4:03 p.m.

Both of Stephanie McElheny's parents had personal experience with a retirement that came at the...

Windowed work can be a boon for employees and employers alike. CREDIT: Dreamstime/TNS. FILENAME: careersnow-balance-20200809

What exactly is ‘windowed work’?

By Kathleen Furore

August 10, 2020 at 3:52 p.m.

DEAR READERS: Have you ever heard the term "windowed work"? I hadn't until recently. So...

AP Explains: 5 key takeaways from the July jobs report

By Associated Press

August 7, 2020 at 3:47 p.m.

A resurgence in COVID-19 cases didn't shut off the American job creation machine last month...

#9. Familiarize yourself with the CARES Rent Relief Program | <p>The <a href=https://www.investopedia.com/renters-how-to-get-covid-19-rent-relief-4800858>CARES Act</a> allocated $17.4 billion to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that included cash for rent help, public housing, housing vouchers, and elderly housing. Each state's program differs slightly so be sure to look up what is available to you where you live.</p>

U.S. gains nearly 1.8 million jobs in July

By Bloomberg

August 7, 2020 at 3:47 p.m.

The U.S. labor market continued to regain ground in July, though at a slower pace,...