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Never too late: Pandemic propels older shoppers online
NEW YORK In November, Paula Mont did something new: The 86-year-old, who hasn t left her New Jersey senior living community in nearly a year, went shopping online.
MILLENNIAL MONEY5 tips to negotiate pay in a tough economy
The pandemic-related recession has altered many job descriptions. For Haley Jones, a 24-year-old resident of Michigan, the coronavirus changed the needs of her company, and as she adapted to meet them
Pandemic art sales
NEW YORK If you ve been watching experts and commentators appearing on television from their homes, their increased attention to decor might look familiar: In the early days of lockdown, they, like
Getting paid to hack? It’s real.
HARRISBURG Did you ever think you could get a job as someone who is paid to hack security systems? What about ethical hacking or the white-hat hacker practices?
MILLENNIAL MONEYTurn your quarantine clutter into money
I placed more online orders than I can count in 2020. And I justified all of them.
Liz Weston: Why you don’t want to be an executor
Being asked to be an executor is an honor you might want to pass up.
Around the globe, virus cancels spring travel for millions
FRANKFURT, Germany They are the annual journeys of late winter and early spring: Factory workers in China heading home for the Lunar New Year; American college students going on road trips and hitti
Liz Weston: What gig workers need to know about taxes
If you became a gig worker during the pandemic, beware: Your taxes just got more complicated.
Liz Weston: How to prioritize debt payments in the pandemic
A singular crisis has led to extraordinary relief options for borrowers. Interest and payments have been paused on federal student loans. Homeowners can request nearly a year of mortgage forbearance.
Edwardsville Kmart closing in April
EDWARDSVILLE The area s final remaining Kmart department store will close next month, according to a post on the store s Facebook page.
Liz Weston: The tax credit fix many can’t afford to miss
Families battered by the pandemic recession soon may discover that the tax refunds they re counting on are dramatically smaller or that they actually owe income tax. Congress offered a partial solut
Budweiser joins Coke, Pepsi brands in sitting out Super Bowl
NEW YORK For the first time since 1983, when Anheuser-Busch used all of its ad time to introduce a beer called Bud Light, the beer giant isn t advertising its iconic Budweiser brand during the Super
Second Family Memory Care Center opens in Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE Second Family Memory Care Center recently held its grand opening and enrollment event Grand Opening and Enrollment event at its downtown location, 89. S. Washington St.
A true blue local business
KINGSTON Uncertainty has been one of the major trends of the pandemic era, now closing in on a year with no end in sight.
New program at Building Blocks Learning Center
WILKES-BARRE While it might look like business as usual at some childcare and pre-school facilities, a lot has changed. Operating a childcare center in the age of coronavirus is challenging to say t
How to make budgeting as painless as possible
Budgeting is a pain. But what s more painful is a bill you can t easily pay, debt that costs a fortune or not having enough money to retire.
Behind those dancing robots, scientists had to bust a move
WALTHAM, Mass. The man who designed some of the world s most advanced dynamic robots was on a daunting mission: programming his creations to dance to the beat with a mix of fluid, explosive and expr
John Phillips: A businessman constantly evolving
WEST PITTSTON John Phillips, at the age of 40, has led a very interesting life.
Indian partying hotspot Goa counts losses, braces for change
GOA, India The sun s golden rays fall on Goa s smooth, sandy beaches every evening, magical as ever but strangely quiet and lonely. This holiday season, few visitors are enjoying the celebrated suns
HBO Max follows Wolfgang Puck Catering
NEW YORK Cooking a meal for a big group is always stressful. So just imagine cooking for over 1,000 guests. Now make those guests white-hot celebrities like Brad Pitt.