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If you are Verizon customer, like me, you’ve probably been scrambling to make phone calls, send texts, and get online since Wednesday, due to a massive nationwide service outage. (I am writing this from my local food co-op outside Boston, where I am using the internet in their café.) The mobile giant says the issueContinueContinue reading “Verizon is giving customers a $20 credit for the Jan. 14 outage—but only if they claim it. Here’s how”

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to take up as Republicans have faced increasing pressure to address rising health costs after lawmakers let subsidies expire. The cornerstone is his proposal to send money directly to Americans for health savings accounts so they can handle insurance and health costs asContinueContinue reading “Trump unveils a healthcare plan aimed at lowering costs”

Rejection stings. If you’re on the job hunt right now, it’s likely something you’ve grown accustomed to, if not entirely numb to. Considering more than one in four workers without jobs has been unemployed for at least half a year, chances are that comes with a tidal wave of rejection emails. The entry-level job marketContinueContinue reading “This TikTok life hack could help you embrace rejection”

Well, this could be awkward for Americans traveling abroad. Beginning on January 21, the U.S. will indefinitely suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. While the suspension only applies to those visas needed for employment or to join family in the U.S.—and not student or touristContinueContinue reading “The U.S. is suspending immigrant visas from 75 countries. Here’s what it means for travelers”

A surging stock market and a flurry of deal-making padded the profits of Wall Street’s two big investment banks, which both saw a double-digit jump in profits in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs’s net earnings rose 12% from a year earlier, posting a profit of $4.62 billion, or $14.01 a share. Meanwhile, Morgan Stanley said it earnedContinueContinue reading “Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley see double-digit profit jumps”