Dear Quentin, My girlfriend owes over $200,000 in medical and credit-card debt, but she believes it can be settled for 5% of the total amount if someone else will pay Read more
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U.S. budget deficit narrows by record amount in July by one measurement
The numbers: The U.S. federal budget deficit has narrowed by a record amount in the fiscal-year-to-date measurement, the U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday. For the first ten months of the Read more
Cannabis activist says convictions amount to modern ‘scarlet letter’ in Senate hearing on marijuana decriminalization
Cannabis activist Weldon Angelos said he still can’t work for a legal cannabis business and has had trouble getting an apartment because of his past federal marijuana-related conviction. Angelos told Read more
I retired at 50, went back to work at 53, and then a medical issue left me jobless: ‘There’s no such thing as a safe amount of money’
Dear MarketWatch, I had always said I was going to retire when I was 50. I had worked and saved since I was 16. Retiring without Medicare and Social Security Read more