Sonesta International Hotels Corp. officially became one of the largest hotel companies in the world this month after closing a $ 90 million acquisition of RLH Corp., the parent company of Red Lion Hotels. Sonesta has not finished growing up. The company officially launched on Tuesday a merged network toRead More →
Certain types of debt incurred by parents can have adverse effects on children’s socio-emotional well-being, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Dartmouth published by the journal Pediatrics. The study sheds new light on the link between debt and family well-being, asRead More →
Manfred Kohl is one of 1.9 million Australians struggling with credit card debt. Key points: The Salvation Army’s financial advisory service reports more and more people aged 55 and over are asking for help ASIC says 1.9 million Australians have problematic credit card debt Australia has one of the highestRead More →
Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis has issued an urgent warning to anyone with a credit card, mortgage, or auto financing – and you need to act fast. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, four vital pillars of personal finance support have been put in place to help theRead More →
Update March 31, 2015, 7:11 p.m. Watchdog ASIC is investigating a payday lender accused of lending to drug addicts, gamblers and illiterate people, as well as changing the terms of loan contracts after they are signed. All four corners of the ABC discovered disturbing conduct by online lender Good2Go Loans,Read More →
GREAT BRITAIN is gripped by alarming awareness. Not only do we live in an unequal society, but years of austerity have steadily increased the number of those who find themselves dangerously close to calamity. The predictions are that the post-pandemic economic impact will be greater than the 2008 financial crisis.Read More →
While some rely on friends and neighbors to help them with their groceries, the poor may need to put themselves at risk for COVID-19 by venturing on public transport for supplies. Depending on where they live, they may not trust anyone else to help them. This is true in areasRead More →
4. You may have trouble getting a credit card on your own If you’ve recently retired, divorced, or widowed, and then applied for credit on your own, you may have been rejected because of “insufficient income”. Indeed, in October 2011, a provision of the Credit Cards Act 2009 entered intoRead More →
At the end of last fall, Max the cat made national and international news. The Washington Post, The Independent and even The Irish News, based in Belfast, wrote about Max and his escapades in Macalester. Max went viral when library workers posted a sign prohibiting Max from entering. Max wasRead More →
As the new decade dawns, Canberra faces a state of emergency as bushfires rage in Australia. Wuhan and dozens of other Chinese cities are under quarantine in order to quarantine the rapidly spreading coronavirus. The affordability of rental housing in the United States has reached a absolute record, according toRead More →