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Haven’t filed taxes yet? Don’t panic. Here’s what to know

Experts recommend pulling together all of the documents you need and then giving yourself a chunk of time to sit down and get it done.

2 years ago

The likeness of Benjamin Franklin is seen on a U.S. $100 bill, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in Marple Township
Economy
Personal Finance
Taxes

Your tax refund could be smaller than last year. Here’s why

The 90 million taxpayers who have filed as of March 31 got refunds that were an average of nearly 10% less than last year.

2 years ago

Dubois City Hall
Economy
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Taxes

Pa. city manager steals thousands of taxpayer dollars unsupervised

Herm Suplizio, manager for the city of DuBois Pa, has been arrested for stealing more than $600,000 from public accounts over which he had signatory control.

2 years ago

Scene outside an apartment building in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Crime
National
Technology

Bob Lee, Cash App founder and MobileCoin exec, slain at 43

MobileCoin CEO Josh Goldbard says Lee made large contributions to Android at Google and was the first chief technology officer of Square before coming to MobileCoin.

2 years ago

A man makes a bet at a kiosk in the Borgata casino in Atlantic City NJ on March 19, 2021 at the start of the March Madness college basketball tournament
Higher Education
National
Sports

New sports wagering code bans college betting partnerships

The American Gaming Association tells The Associated Press the changes are necessary to keep up with developments in the fast-growing legal sports betting industry.

2 years ago

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2023. - The Federal Reserve slowed its pace of interest rate hikes Wednesday, tempering its aggressive campaign to rein in costs as inflation cools, while signaling the battle is not yet over. The US central bank announced a quarter-point hike to the benchmark lending rate at the end of its two-day policy meeting, taking the rate to a target range of 4.50-4.75 percent. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Business
Economy
Government
National

The Fed raises interest rates again despite the stress hitting the banking system

Some had called for the Fed to wait after two recent bank failures.

2 years ago

Brand-new Nissan vehicles sit on a sales lot in Richmond, Calif.
NPR
Business
Economy
National
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Why car prices are still so high — and why they are unlikely to fall anytime soon

The average new vehicle costs nearly $49,000, an almost $10,000 increase from before the pandemic. This is a look at today's deeply weird auto market.

2 years ago

A customer exits a First Republic Bank branch in Manhattan Beach, Calif., on March 13, 2023. The midsized lender was rescued by a group of top banks after suffering an exodus of depositors following the collapse of two U.S. banks. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Business
Economy

First Republic Bank becomes the latest bank to be rescued, this time by its rivals

A group of 11 lenders including J.P.Morgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo said they will deposit $30 billion in First Republic Bank.

2 years ago

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NPR
Economy
Employment
Gender
Income Inequality
Social Justice

It’s Equal Pay Day. The gender pay gap has hardly budged in 20 years. What gives?

Tuesday is Equal Pay Day: March 14th represents how far into the year women have had to work to catch up to what their male colleagues earned the previous year.

2 years ago

The Federal Reserve has made funds available to other banks in an effort to prevent any other collapses in the financial industry. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Business
Economy
Income Inequality

What to know about the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, takeover and fallout

Silicon Valley Bank is the largest U.S. bank to fail since the 2008 global financial crisis.

2 years ago

A worker (center) tells people that the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) headquarters is closed
NPR
Economy
National

The U.S. takes emergency measures to protect all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank

Federal officials made the emergency announcement Sunday amid panic from depositors over the state of uninsired deposits.

2 years ago

Bede Jordan and Stefan Kalb pose for a photo in front of a brick wall.
NPR
Business
Economy
Technology

Silicon Valley Bank failure could wipe out ‘a whole generation of startups’

The implosion of Silicon Valley Bank could force hundreds of tech startups to lay off workers or shut down completely.

2 years ago

Millions of households across 32 states and the District of Columbia are receiving far less in SNAP benefits this month as Congress unwinds pandemic-era assistance. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
NPR
Economy
Food & Drink
Income Inequality

What SNAP recipients can expect as benefits shrink in March

More than 80% of SNAP beneficiaries are working families, people with disabilities, or elderly people, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

3 years ago

A customer (right) makes a sports bet at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., Monday, Feb. 6, 2023
Philadelphia
Sports

Super Bowl gambling surging as states legalize it? You bet

The American Gaming Association says over 50 million U.S. adults plan to bet on the game, wagering a total of $16 billion. But most of that will happen off the books.

3 years ago

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference
Economy
Government
National
Personal Finance

Fed lifts rate by quarter-point and signals more hikes ahead

Though smaller than its previous hike the latest move will likely further raise the costs of many consumer and business loans and the risk of a recession.

3 years ago

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