Canceling credit cards can hurt your credit score, not help it

We’re told not to rely on credit cards to get by, but if you cancel them you can hurt your credit score. You want to strategize before making this move. 

FTC warns about ‘Amazon impersonators’ ahead of holiday shopping season

The Federal Trade Commission is warning Americans about a scam involving impersonators pretending to work for Amazon when asking for payments and gift card information.

Procter & Gamble combats inflation with price hikes in most categories

Procter & Gamble, like many other companies, has hiked prices on consumers in order to offset rising costs that have occurred due to supply-chain issues and a shortage of materials and labor coming out of the pandemic.

Phthalates: Study finds chemicals in consumer goods linked to early death

Daily exposure to synthetic chemicals called phthalates was linked to roughly 100,000 early deaths each year in older Americans in a new study.

New York man sues Canon for $5M, claims printers don’t scan when ink is low

David Leacraft is seeking $5 million from Canon U.S.A. Inc. claiming the company deceptively forces consumers to buy ink cartridges in order to scan documents.

3 finance myths busted

NerdWallet, a site that offers advice and tools to help you wade through financial choices, clears up three finance myths.

Legislators consider making larger child tax credit permanent

The new broader tax credit has been so popular with taxpayers that legislators would like to make the changes permanent.

Butterball ground turkey recalled over possible plastic contamination

Butterball has recalled over 14,000 pounds of its ground turkey because the products may be contaminated with blue plastic, U.S. officials said.

Social security annual cost-of-living set to increase in 2022

Rising inflation is expected to lead to a sizeable increase in Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for the year 2022.

Record 9,090-piece Titanic Lego set hitting shelves in November

Lego has unveiled its biggest creation yet with a more than 9,000-piece Titanic block set stretching over 4 feet long.

Hobby Lobby recalls stools due to fall hazard

About 14,000 wood stools sold at Hobby Lobby are being recalled due to reports of the furniture breaking.