Cost of Obamacare Insurance Premiums in California Revealed
Covered California, the authority in charge of the state’s health insurance exchange, has released details about what the health insurance market for people who don’t get coverage at work will be next year. A 40-year-old Californian with a moderate income will pay between nothing and $ 219 a month for a basic health insurance plan. 13 More...
Mary J. Blige Hit With $3.4M Tax Lien
What’s up with all these singers with tax problems? Lauryn Hill is headed to prison over her tax issues and now Mary J. Blige, Hill’s “Miseducation” collaborator, is facing a tax lien of More...
Jobless Claims Drop as Economy Shows Gains, Report Says
A new report says the number of Americans applying for unemployment insurance benefits fell by more than 20,000 last week to 340,000, which analysts say indicates solid job growth and an expanding economy. ‘‘The More...
New Study Focuses On Financial Priorities, Challenges of Black America
The 2013-2014 African American Financial Experience study is out. Commissioned by Prudential Financial, this is the second bi-annual study measuring financial attitudes and trends in the African American community, More...
Student Loan Crisis Heating Up Amid Graduation Season, House Vote
(File) The average recipient of a bachelor’s degree this year is saddled with an average of $ 30,000 in debt, according to a study by Edvisors. Student debt has long been considered America’s most More...
U.K. Mom Spends $25,000 on Child’s Wardrobe
Everyone wants their children to look good. But this good? One mother of an 8-year old has spent more than $ 25,000 on designer goods for her little boy, including Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, Ralph Lauren, More...
Michelle Obama Makes No. 4 on Forbes’ ‘Most Powerful Women’ List
First lady Michelle Obama makes number four on this year’sForbes magazine’s “Most Powerful Women” list. The Forbes list contains political leaders, philanthropists, celebrities and CEOs. The top 100 women More...
#WealthforLife Wednesdays: Apps to Manage Your Money
How do you keep track of your financial life? When I was just starting out, it was a combination of sticky notes, highlighted pages of a notebook, Excel spreadsheets and an unbalanced checkbook. I would make a transaction More...
Not a Joke! Comedian Sinbad Files For Bankruptcy
Looks like it’s definitely ‘A Different World’ for comedian Sinbad! According to TMZ, 56-year-old comedian, David Adkins, aka Sinbad, has filed for bankruptcy for the second time last month stating More...
Banks Slow to Pay Owed Money to Homeowners
This may not be a shock to anyone, particularly not to troubled (or former) homeowners: Banks have doled out less than half of the $ 5.7 billion in cash owed to borrowers under settlements brokered by the government, according More...