I’m the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #446. I’ve had a busy week here as spring continues to blossom beautifully. However, along with spring flowers, comes tax time. I wrote about my unhappiness with my tax preparer and how to avoid tax scams. Baby boomer bloggers in... Read more →
Photo: order_242 General Motors is recalling more than 1 million pickup trucks. The seat belts in its 2014 and 2015 model-year Chevrolet Silverado and Sierra 1500 pickup trucks can fail. A flexible steel cable can wear out over time when the driver continually sits down, eventually causing the cable to... Read more →
Selecting a doctor is a difficult task. When you move to a new community, you’ll need to do research to find health care providers to help you. And, sometimes, your current doctors may have retired, are no longer taking your insurance, or aren’t meeting your needs. What does a good... Read more →
Thousands of doctors are currently practicing medicine while being on probation for issues ranging from sexual misconduct and drug addiction to unprofessional and dangerous treatment of patients. But it’s difficult and time-consuming for consumers to find out if their doctor is one of them, according to Consumer Reports. A survey... Read more →
Carol Cassara of Heart•Mind•Soul is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #445. Cassara likes to be organized, so she’s thinking about having houseguests this summer. Now, this can be a good or bad thing. She offers tips on what to do and not do when you’re a... Read more →
It’s that time of year. With tax season in full swing, the Better Business Bureau warns consumers of new twists on tax scams. Tax scams ranked at the top nationally in 2015 with more than 2,000 reports out of 10,000, according to the BBB Scam Tracker. The Internal Revenue Service... Read more →
Two federal agencies have determined that the 2015 resolution plans of Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, JP Morgan Chase, State Street, and Wells Fargo aren’t credible or wouldn’t facilitate an orderly resolution if they filed for bankruptcy. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law passed after the 2008... Read more →
On Equal Pay Day, President Barack Obama designated the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, a site that has been central to the fight for women's equality for over a century, as America's newest national monument. In a proclamation, Obama describes the history of the house: The house, located at 144... Read more →
Because preparing my income taxes is a challenging chore for me, I thought I’d try having H&R Block help me this year. I’d tried the firm about 10 years ago when I had an unusually complicated return after my mom passed away. I remember I was disappointed with H&R Block.... Read more →
Photo: Quantumquark Goldman Sachs will pay $5.06 billion due to the bank’s deceptive practices leading up to the financial crisis of 2008. The settlement requires Goldman to pay $2.385 billion in a civil penalty and $1.8 billion in relief to consumers, including relief to underwater homeowners and distressed borrowers for... Read more →