Why do employers care about your credit?
When you’re looking for a job, you’re probably not thinking about your credit score. But you might want to start.
Though many people argue that credit scores have nothing to do with their capabilities on the job, some employers say differently. Sixty percent of employers recently surveyed by the Society of Human Resource Management said they [...]
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3 Ways A Woman Can Build Up Her Credit
If you don’t have credit already, start now! Not having credit is almost the same as having bad credit. You don’t want either!
When we think of credit, our first thought is how many plastic cards are in our wallets — one from nearly every store in the mall. Too much credit or not enough can [...]
Method Man Arrested
Already having his fair share of issues with the law, things have taken a turn for the worse for Wu Tang staple, Method Man. Meth was arrested today by New York police for tax evasion. According to WABC New York, the rapper owes the government over $30,000 in taxes. Meth, real name Clifford Smith, is [...]
Boxer ‘Money’ Mayweather Strikes $5.6 Million Deal With IRS
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. agreed to pay $5.6 million in back taxes before the Internal Revenue Service was poised to take the money from his purse after his Saturday comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez, The Associated Press reports.
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Economy hits historically black colleges hard
Zakiya Williams had found a perfect fit at Spelman College. But when the tough economy hit the sophomore and her family hard, she packed her bags, ready to drop out.
“I was not able to get loans, nor were my parents,” she said. “It became really difficult because I felt all my avenues were exhausted.”
It’s a [...]
Do We Care More About Cars Than Kids?
OK. So let me get this straight.
We don’t have enough money to drastically reduce world hunger. We don’t have enough money to send all of America’s children to pre-school. Katrina victims remain in shelters, because we don’t have enough money. But somehow, lo and behold, we have $50 billion to bail out a car company? Am [...]
Black Colleges Lose Campus Money Under Obama
Pointing to the job that their campuses do in educating a disproportionate number of African-American students, the leaders of historically Black colleges and universities are calling on President Obama to increase funding to their campuses at a time of serious economic strife.
The president’s new budget shows that an $85 million infusion of federal dollars, [...]
Taxpayers may have to cover octuplet mom’s costs
A big share of the financial burden of raising Nadya Suleman’s 14 children could fall on the shoulders of California’s taxpayers, compounding the public furor in a state already billions of dollars in the red.
Even before the 33-year-old single, unemployed mother gave birth to octuplets last month, she had been caring for her six other [...]
