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By Morgan Noll Updated December 01, 2021 Plastic is handy. But if you pay only the minimum balance on a credit card every month rather than the full balance, the consequences can be pricey. (You could easily be shelling out today for a flat-screen TV you bought in 2019.) Plus, if your card has a high annual…

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Up to 10 million will need new devices as carriers look to reuse that part of the airwaves by Edward C. Baig, AARP, Updated February 3, 2022 Most every mobile service provider pitch you come across nowadays screams 5G, shorthand for the fifth generation of wireless rolling out across the country. While you can’t blame the carriers for…

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Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University Mon, January 31, 2022, 8:00 AM Doing taxes in the U.S. is notoriously complicated and costly. And it gets even worse when there are delays and backlogs, making it especially hard to reach the Internal Revenue Service for assistance. The U.S. system is 10 times more expensive than tax systems in 36 other countries…

Read More The IRS already has all your income tax data – so why do Americans still have to file their taxes?

By Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter Jan. 30, 2022 Parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades. The American Library Association said in a preliminary report that it received an “unprecedented” 330 reports of book challenges, each of which can include multiple books, last fall. Jack…

Read More Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S.

Microsoft identified this as the main reason some devices aren’t achieving a ‘fully up-to-date’ state. By Matthew Humphries January 31, 2022 In a post on the Microsoft Tech Community website, via BleepingComputer, David Guyer, Program Manager for Windows Updates in Endpoint Manager, explains how a device running Windows needs two periods of time connected to the internet (and Windows Update) to successfully…

Read More Windows Requires a Minimum of 8 Hours Online to Update Successfully

Although the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) generally requires that employers pay workers a minimum wage of $7.25/hour (see 29 U.S.C. § 206(a)), the law permits employers of tipped employees to take a “tip credit,” only paying employees who customarily receive at least $30/month in tips from customers a cash wage as little as $2.13/hour,…

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By Jeff Somers Your chances of customer service success increase dramatically when you get a human being on the line. The automated options often aren’t flexible enough to cover your specific need, and they seem to be designed to stop all but the hardiest souls from actually reaching a customer service rep (CSR). And they are.  Try a service like GetHuman. Type…

Read More Secret Ways to Reach an Actual Person in Customer Service

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Jobs working on homes  When Covid sent the world home to work, Americans looked around and came to a near-universal conclusion: Their living spaces needed help. Whether it was the lack of a dedicated office, stained or outdated carpets, or kitchens and baths in need of a remodel, working at home has spurred a national trend…

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