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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 -- A closed Apple store in Brooklyn on March 17, 2020. Apple is paying employees and contract workers even as its stores remain closed.

The Victoria’s Secret contract that anticipated a pandemic

By The New York Times

April 29, 2020 at 11:53 a.m.

It's no wonder the buyout firm Sycamore Partners is trying to back out of its...

BEAR MARKET | In a bear market, stock prices are declining and sentiments are pessimistic so much that the index falls by 20% in the span of two months. Markets can coincide with other rises and falls in parts of the grander economic scheme from <a href="https://www.theactivetimes.com/featured/priciest-retirement-communities-in-america">retirement funds</a> to <a href="https://www.theactivetimes.com/how-to-handle-unexpected-unemployment">unexpected unemployment</a>. In March 2020, stock markets around the globe descended into bear market territory due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the two weeks from March 22 to April 4, 2020, in the U.S., <a href="/business/careers-finance/sns-unemployment-applications-coronavirus-by-state-20200414-7zxcjfyel5fqlnt2im6czpfv3i-photogallery.html">12 million people applied for unemployment relief</a>.

Worst economy in a decade. What’s next? ‘Worst in our lifetime.’

By The New York Times

April 29, 2020 at 11:49 a.m.

The coronavirus pandemic officially snapped the United States' economic growth streak in the first three...

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Here’s what to trim (and what not to touch) from your budget right now

By The New York Times

April 29, 2020 at 11:07 a.m.

So much has already been cut out of my life in the past month. Restaurant...

Married artists Derrick Procell and Meredith Colby adapt to coronavirus changes

By Myrna Petlicki

April 28, 2020 at 4:32 p.m.

Derrick Procell, a singer, musician, and songwriter, found his busy performing schedule emptied because of...

Dody's Hair Creation owner and operator Dody Morrison wears personal protective equipment during a haircut service for Evelyn Wilson, Friday, April 24, 2020, at her salon in Ketchikan, Alaska. Both Wilson and Morrison conversed with each other from behind masks.

In rural U.S., fears of virus seem far away as stores reopen

By Associated Press

June 3, 2020 at 11:49 a.m.

ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it...

Liz Weston: How to ask your bank or lender for help

By Associated Press

April 28, 2020 at 1:39 p.m.

Many banks, credit card issuers and other lenders have promised to help those impacted by...

A sign is lit on the facade of an Amazon fulfillment center, Thursday, March 19, 2020, on Staten Island in New York. The company plans to hire another 100,000 new workers in their fulfillment centers to fill increased customer demand during the coronavirus outbreak in which many workers are working from home and discouraged from going out.

How some companies survive, even thrive, in viral crisis

By Associated Press

April 28, 2020 at 1:38 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the coronavirus struck the United States hard last month, 22-year-old entrepreneur...

<p>The Department of Labor reported an additional 4.4 million people filed for unemployment the week ending April 18, bringing the total to 26.5 million since pandemic-prompted shutdowns began in March.</p>

Fired in a pandemic ‘because we tried to start a union,’ workers say

By The New York Times

April 28, 2020 at 12:01 p.m.

Truck drivers and warehouse workers at Cort Furniture Rental in New Jersey had spent months...

Those three words have led many to cringe and struggle with doing their jobs since bosses began implementing the order during the coronavirus pandemic.

Realize you can’t do everything perfectly while working, taking care of kids

By Dr. Daneen Skube

April 27, 2020 at 4:31 p.m.

Q: I just found out my kids are not going back to school until September....

Options available or unemployed hospitality workers during the coronavirus crisis

By Kathleen Furore

April 27, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

DEAR READERS: While employees in most every industry are experiencing challenges during the coronavirus crisis,...