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16 votes
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Why scrapping VAT on sunscreen and public EV charging would be an expensive waste of money
13 votes -
China rules solar energy, but its industry at home is in trouble
14 votes -
Debit card that matches the protection of a credit card?
So, I'm debating switching to a debit card for daily purchases, since the mental accounting gets confusing with a credit card and it's easier to overspend. The only thing holding me back is the...
So, I'm debating switching to a debit card for daily purchases, since the mental accounting gets confusing with a credit card and it's easier to overspend. The only thing holding me back is the fraud protection that comes with a credit card. Are there any (US) checking accounts/debit cards that match the level of protection you can expect from a credit card? Is such a thing possible?
8 votes -
Cargill’s revenues drop from record levels as ample crops depress prices – revenue decline comes as agricultural trader restructures organisation amid profit pressure
2 votes -
Customers didn’t stop spending. Companies stopped serving.
61 votes -
Museum of Failure, a physical and digital exhibition of business ideas that failed
25 votes -
Life-as-a-Service? Subscription boom faces a big test. More consumer protection is needed in world where everything seems to come with a monthly payment plan.
31 votes -
Dow Jones drops 864 points, and Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 amid US economy worries
50 votes -
Japanese stocks rebound after global sell-off; US futures edge up
19 votes -
Loblaw says financial impact of May boycott 'minor', as sales grow and profit slips
13 votes -
ETF’s are eating the bond market
18 votes -
As digital innovation reshapes the toy market, Lego's chief executive Niels B Christiansen discusses why playing around is good for children, adults and business
19 votes -
The Cost Of Thriving Index
24 votes -
"Why you feel poorer than ever: " (Spoiler) "The problem is getting what we need"
31 votes -
India's WazirX halts trading after $230 million 'force majeure' loss
13 votes -
How corporations and the wealthy avoid taxes (2017)
11 votes -
GameStop, Nvidia short seller Andrew Left and Citron Capital hit with US SEC and criminal fraud charges
11 votes -
Scott Galloway - "The Algebra of Wealth"
15 votes -
Private equity firms should prepare for increased US government scrutiny over healthcare investment
9 votes -
US Federal Trade Commission targets Mastercard in major investigation into AI-based surveillance pricing
17 votes -
US appeals court blocks all of Joe Biden's SAVE student debt relief plan
45 votes -
Graduated in December 2023, but federal student loan servicer still lists my loan status as "in school" and that repayments will not begin until December 2025?
Screenshot for clarity My understanding was that after I graduated, I would have a six-month grace period, during which no loan payments would be due. At some point during that six-month grace...
My understanding was that after I graduated, I would have a six-month grace period, during which no loan payments would be due.
At some point during that six-month grace period, my university should have notified "the feds" or my loan servicer that I had graduated, so that they could appropriately adjust my loan status and start date of my repayments.
Well, we are seven, almost eight months post-graduation, and my loan repayments still are not due to begin until December 2025.
I'm still looking for a job, so if I can continue to put off repayment, that would be great.
Of course, if my loan status finally updates, and the servicer realizes I was supposed to start repayment in July 2024, but didn't, then that would not be great.
What do?
Literally this evening I intended to just go ahead and sign up for the SAVE plan, so I wouldn't have any payments until I got a job, even if my loan servicer woke up and realized their mistake. Unfortunately, republicans hate America, so that plan is looking dead in the water. I might go ahead and try to sign up anyways. Maybe I will continue to get lucky.
7 votes -
US SEC sues Trump Media SPAC ex-CEO Patrick Orlando for alleged fraud
15 votes -
Sweden paying grandparents to babysit
26 votes -
Does market failure justify government intervention? (with Michael Munger)
5 votes -
Tracking cryptocurrency industry spending to influence 2024 US elections
22 votes -
Tractor Supply slashes its DEI and climate goals after a right-wing pressure campaign
29 votes -
US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau takes action against Fifth Third Bank for wrongfully triggering auto repossessions and opening fake bank accounts
20 votes -
Patelco makes minor restorations but no end near for crippling credit union cyber attack
21 votes -
Canada cannot afford another lost economic decade
23 votes -
Does anybody know why transactions don't include metadata about the products bought?
It's 2024 if I remember correctly and budgeting is a fairly common practice. Companies are obsessed with data. Yet when I got to the store and buy a videogame, dap drywall joint compount, and 3...
It's 2024 if I remember correctly and budgeting is a fairly common practice. Companies are obsessed with data. Yet when I got to the store and buy a videogame, dap drywall joint compount, and 3 avocados the transactions is just the store and the amount. It'd be nice if I could track what I've been buying, categories them into entertainment, home improvement, and groceries respectively.
I'm guessing this information actually is tracked but is only used for marketing purposes. But I'm curious, does anyone have more information on why transactions can't at least optionally support extra metadata about what was actually bought?
19 votes -
Singapore couples are marrying earlier to buy homes, leading some to regret
16 votes -
The government of Cuba declares itself in a ‘war-time economy’
19 votes -
The mystery of the £39 orange
11 votes -
Synapse collapse reveals lack of FDIC protection for fintech depositors
15 votes -
Lloyd’s John Neal: ‘You’ll never find an insurer saying, “I don’t believe in climate change”’
36 votes -
Working title (insurance)
5 votes -
Inside a violent gang's ruthless crypto-stealing home invasion spree
12 votes -
US congressional testimony on the impact of climate-related disasters on the solvency of homeowner's insurance
18 votes -
Berkshire was too cheap, then too pricey
9 votes -
State Farm asks for huge California home insurance rate increase, signaling financial distress
15 votes -
International scheme to tax billionaires’ wealth technically feasible, study [by Gabriel Zucman] finds
30 votes -
Any good auto or renters insurance companies?
Well, maybe not good, but any that suck less than the others? I'm in Wisconsin if that matters.
11 votes -
The Hamster Kombat crypto app that’s spreading through desperate Iran
6 votes -
Is economics a losing game for women?
10 votes -
Sweden faces increasing numbers of banking scams
5 votes -
Proposed ballot measure to raise corporate taxes, give every Oregonian $750 a year likely to make November ballot
39 votes -
Giorgia Meloni accused of splitting Italy over law to let richer regions keep taxes. Critics say differentiated autonomy bill, sought by wealthier areas, will increase poverty in south.
9 votes -
Undemocratic, anachronistic, fantastic. How the City of London survives.
7 votes