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From the Heart to Higher Education: The 2021 College Essays on Money

June 18, 2021

***Despite the loud street music, the arcade lights and the swarms of people, it was hard to be distracted by the stand on the corner serving steaming cups of tteokbokki - a mix of rice cake and fish cake topped with a hot, sweet sauce. I swallowed when I felt my friend pull on the sleeve of my...

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The 20-Day Money Challenge: How to Set Up Your Financial Future

June 10, 2021

Just reaching adulthood and figuring out the financial realities that await you? Or keep a pandemic promise to restart the existing ones? Now is a good time to resolve them, and the good news is that we are here to help.We know your financial life often feels more complicated than it should be. Finding the mental...

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Help Wanted: Someone With Money and Connections

May 9, 2021

So you have been asked to become the director of a special-purpose acquisition company commonly known as SPAC. The job has something to do with the director of a company. But there is one big difference: instead of overseeing a company that builds, sells, or creates something, you are responsible for a large pot of money.Sure, being...

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NBA union executive leads talks to help players make more money from NFTs

May 4, 2021

Joi Garner, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of THINK450, the licensing and marketing subsidiary of the National Basketball Players Association.Source: Joi GarnerThe National Basketball Association and its players union will soon benefit from the rise of the NFTs, and union officer Joi Garner leads one side of the discussion.The league and the National Basketball Players Association are negotiating...

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Biden seeks extra Pell grant money for college and expand aid to Dreamers

April 10, 2021

Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden asked Congress to increase the maximum Pell grants for students by $ 400 annually as part of a budget proposal released Friday.The president also called for the eligibility of undocumented immigrants known as dreamers to be expanded.Pell Scholarships are available to students who have exceptional financial...

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Don’t Pay Tax Penalties on Money You Took From Retirement Accounts

April 4, 2021

If you are using tax preparation software, the document should be printed with the word "rollover" entered next to the zero, Mr. Slott said. Someone filling out a paper form has to type the word "rollover". This treats the deduction as a non-taxable event. (Usually RMDs aren't eligible for rollover, but the IRS made an exception...

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Save Money at the Store

March 28, 2021

How do you spend the right amount on groceries?According to an online survey of more than 1,000 people published in October by LendingTree and Qualtrics, weekly grocery bills in the US rose an average of 17 percent last year from before the pandemic. Thirty-one percent of respondents said they “almost always overpay” in the grocery store.No matter how...

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Please Send Us Your College Application Essays About Money

March 23, 2021

It's a strange year applying for college as the coronavirus rages and the economy is in flux. If you happen to have written an application essay about money, work or social classes - whether about the pandemic or not - we would like to read it and maybe publish it.We have been posting this call since 2013 when...

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