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More Consumers Complain About Errors on Their Credit Reports
Complaints doubled last year, federal data shows. Some problems may be related to pauses in mortgage and student loan payments in the pandemic.
Private Equity Firms Are Piling On Debt to Pay Dividends
Dividend recaps, a kind of borrowing long condemned for loading up companies with debt for the benefit of their private equity owners, has surged.
Robinhood Took Fire From Congress
A high-profile hearing criticized Robinhood’s business model.
In the Pandemic, Online Home-Buying Picks Up Speed
First-time buyers have the tech-smarts and now the tools to do all or part of their purchase online, sometimes even before seeing their new houses...
Kamala Harris: Women Leaving Work Force During Pandemic Is a 'National Emergency'
“In one year,” Vice President Kamala Harris said, “the pandemic has put decades of the progress we have collectively made for women workers at risk.”
Global Chip Shortage Challenges Biden’s Hope for Manufacturing Revival
A global shortage of a key component for cars and electronics has shuttered American factories and set off fierce competition to secure supplies.
The new corporate swag: Branded masks, sanitizer spray bottles and Zoom vanity light rings
For businesses such as Lemonade, whose executives appeared in branded masks for their IPO, it’s a chance to demonstrate their socially conscious identity
Employers are adding high-tech solutions to solve a low-tech problem: Getting more sleep
Some employers are shifting from simply talking about better sleep — or giving employees tools to track it — to helping them with what to...
Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination
The CROWN Act, banning race-based discrimination hair discrimination, is being considered or has become law in at least 25 states.
Goldman Sachs CEO says it won’t take a company public without diversity on its board
The new policy starts this summer, and will increase to two directors in 2021.