If you have a credit card, you may be tempted to borrow money from your credit card through a cash advance. Proceed with caution. Cash advances comes with high fees, high interest rates and could adversely impact your credit score if you can't pay back the money. Interest compounds daily, so this can be an expensive option to get cash during COVID-19.
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Hacks to keep from losing Apple AirPods, get Alexa help, save money
It's as if you need a degree in computer science just to understand the latest lingo – gigahertz this, megapixel that, terabyte this – so wouldn't it be refreshing if there were quick and easy ways to get the most out of your tech?
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The following are a dozen or so "tech hacks" that might come in handy during these challenging times and save you money, time and aggravation.
If you own an iPhone or iPad, enable a feature called Speak Screen. After you do so – by going to Settings>Accessibility>Spoken Content>Speak Screen – swipe down from the top of the screen with two fingers, on any page, and the onscreen text will be read to you.
Free money: $370 million of unclaimed property waiting to be claimed by Utahns | KUTV
Bills, Taxes, Donations: How People Are Spending Their Coronavirus Relief Money | Bostonomix
Federal relief money is starting to make its way to people in Massachusetts and across the country. Most individuals can expect up to $1,200, or more for families. It's all part of a coronavirus relief package passed by Congress in March. We asked WBUR's audience how they planned to spend their money, and dozens of people responded.
For many people, when the federal relief money hit their bank account, it was all about bills, bills, bills.
"I had a $500 propane bill. I had an electric bill. I had a car insurance bill. A health insurance bill. And uh did I mention the cell phone bill?," said Lisa Cutler, a jeweler who sells her goods at craft fairs throughout New England.
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Some 90% of Americans are receiving a stimulus check from the government because of the coronavirus pandemic. But it won't be enough for many of them to get through the crisis, and they'll still have to prioritize which bills get paid and which ones don't.
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In normal times, you might focus on paying down your highest-interest-rate debts first, but these aren't normal times. You may have to focus instead on essentials such as rent, utilities and pharmacy bills.
Money for Welfare Instead Funded Concerts, Lobbyists and Football Games, Audit Finds - The New
According to the report, released by the state auditor's office, the money also enriched celebrities with Mississippi ties, among them Brett Favre, a former N.F.L. quarterback whose Favre Enterprises was paid $1.1 million by a nonprofit group that received the welfare funds. The payments were for speaking engagements that Mr. Favre did not attend, the auditors said.
Other large sums went to a family of pro wrestlers whose flamboyant patriarch, Ted DiBiase, earned national fame performing as the "Million Dollar Man." In a news conference on Monday, Shad White, the state auditor, said it was possible that many recipients of the money did not know it had come from the federal welfare program.
Maine fishing industry hopes for more COVID-19 relief money | WGME
Soccer's River of Money Isn't Flowing, Worrying Teams Downstream - The New York Times
Jonathan David was already thinking about what might come next. He had been in Belgium for almost two years, his first taste of professional soccer in Europe since moving from Canada. He had met every target that had been set for him: He was K.A.A. Gent's leading goal scorer in his first season and the joint top scorer for the whole Belgian league in his second.
"Gent asked him last year to stick around and confirm the potential he had shown," his agent, Nick Mavromaras, said. "He has done that. He proved it is time for him to move to the next level."
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