Business

You paid off a loan, felt responsible, and then your credit score dropped by 40 points. That feels backward, but it is not rare. The confusing part is that credit scores react to changes in your credit profile, not to moral wins.

Your father-in-law mocked you for buying Bitcoin, but now he's asking for you to lend him money for his small business. Should you let bygones be bygones?

Many services are a lot cheaper when you pay once for the whole year instead of month to month.

Divorce often magnifies financial decisions that didn’t seem very important during the marriage.

You can recommend a friend to your manager for a possible job, but you can't influence the job interview process.

Even if your company is having problems switching to a new payroll provider, its workers still have to be paid on time.

Once you've worked overtime hours, your employer can't rearrange your schedule to retroactively deny paying you the overtime rate.

MySpace enjoyed a span of early success that was followed by mistakes and missed opportunities.

An ownership change doesn't entitle new owners to raise rates on your subscription without presenting a new contract or notice.

If you've prepaid a membership to a fitness club and the place shuts down with no notice, it may be a challenge getting your money refunded.

New startups are using AI to automate the submittal process for consumers looking to appeal the denial of their health insurance claim.

The difference between the image and reality of the Whopper was the source of a class action lawsuit by customers against Burger King.