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Unexpected Expenses Cost Consumers $5,500 on Average Last Year
Unexpected Expenses Cost Consumers $5,500 on Average Last Year
April 05, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Unemployment dropped 3.8% last month, offering another sign that the U.S. economy is on a slow but steady upward trajectory. And while this news is...

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TrueCar Is Restructuring and Changing Management as Losses Continue
TrueCar Is Restructuring and Changing Management as Losses Continue
June 14, 2023  |  eCommerce

TrueCar, the online vehicle listing platform, is set to undergo a strategic restructuring aimed at rationalizing its organization and improving efficiency amid broader downshifts in...

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Deep Dive: How Virtual Cards Can Help Firms Control The Expenses Of A Remote Workforce
Deep Dive: How Virtual Cards Can Help Firms Control The Expenses Of A Remote Workforce
October 19, 2021  |  Spend Management

The pandemic accelerated the already sizable trend toward a more remote workforce, and it appears that remote work’s ubiquity is not ending anytime soon. A...

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Some Airports Freeze Renovations As Fewer Passengers Fly
Some Airports Freeze Renovations As Fewer Passengers Fly
June 08, 2020  |  Travel Payments

Plans to expand some airports have been put on hold as air transportation has been grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported. The...

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Even CEO: Why Savings Is The Key To Breaking The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
Even CEO: Why Savings Is The Key To Breaking The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle
January 27, 2020  |  financial apps

In the paycheck-to-paycheck economy, estimates vary slightly. Some analysts have reported that roughly 65 percent of all U.S. workers now live paycheck to paycheck, and...

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Facebook Invests $130M In Content Oversight Board
Facebook Invests $130M In Content Oversight Board
December 12, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook has been at work creating a content oversight board over the past year. The social media company is now reportedly investing $130 million to...

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SEC Flags Benchmark That Obscured WeWork’s Bottom Line
SEC Flags Benchmark That Obscured WeWork’s Bottom Line
December 03, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The We Company, the parent of WeWork, uses a cash-flow metric called the “contribution margin,” which showed that its core services were profitable, Bloomberg Tax...

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Restaurant Operator Blames Bankruptcy On Wage Hike
Restaurant Operator Blames Bankruptcy On Wage Hike
July 08, 2019  |  Retail

Restaurant Unlimited Inc., an eatery operator with 35 restaurants, has filed for bankruptcy and is blaming the misfortune on a recent minimum wage hike in...

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Millions Of Americans Have Nothing Saved For Retirement
Millions Of Americans Have Nothing Saved For Retirement
May 24, 2019  |  Economy

The job market may be strong and wages may be increasing, but scores of workers in the U.S. have little in the way of savings...

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