What Happens When You Don’t Pay a Hospital Bill “As Americans sink under medical expenses, debt collectors go to great—and sometimes strange—lengths to collect.” On March 8, 2011, Joclyn Krevat, an occupational therapist in New York, was sitting at her computer when she received a most unusual LinkedIn request. The wording was the familiar: “I’d […]

Koch Family’s Quiet Foray Into Tech: 4 Cutting-Edge Sectors They’ve Bet On Billionaire business mogul David Koch, one of the Koch brothers best known for their influence in American politics, died Friday morning at the age of 79. His passing directs the public’s attention to the Koch family once again and its vast and secretive […]

10 little known ways to get out of debt fast “The number one secret to get out of debt is very simple – Just ask someone who has been there. Someone like me.” Today, the average family now devotes one-fourth of its spendable income to outstanding debts. Over half of us spend 110% of our […]

Japan’s trade negotiator is putting the screws to the Trump administration Dairy farmers are pushing hard for a deal with Japan. Ukranian dairy was recently approved for sale in Japan; Europe and Japan recently implemented a free trade agreement that covered cheese imports. While the trade war with China has been getting all the attention, […]

Ransomware attacks are an expensive threat to city and state governments. They won’t ebb anytime soon ”Hackers have scored big payoffs to unlock email, phones and public records across the country”. Riviera Beach, Fla., agreed to pay a $600,000 ransom to hackers who took over the city’s computer system, one of thousands of attacks worldwide […]

LinkedIn Reportedly Used by Some Nations to Recruit Spies LinkedIn isn’t only an excellent way to find new business opportunities and network with others who work in the same field. It’s also a great way for foreign powers to recruit spies, according to a New York Times report published on Tuesday, August 28. The practice […]

Flint’s water gets worse, after 2 million gallons of sewage dumped into river In April, Flint, Michigan, officials warned that proposed budget cuts to infrastructure improvements on the city’s wastewater management were a bad idea. “We’re going to get to a point where we can’t treat our wastewater and sewage anymore,” Director of Public Works […]

We Need What Canada Has: Economic Security South of the border, here in the United States, we Americans tend not to pay much attention to our northern neighbors. Entire election cycles can come and go without anyone running for national office saying anything significant about Canada. But that’s all changing. Canada now looms much larger […]

Facebook is Tracking Your Internet Activity “You Can Finally See All Of The Info Facebook Collected About You From Other Websites” After a long delay, Facebook is releasing a tool that will allow people to see what kind of information it has collected about their online activity beyond its borders — from the news they […]

Trump Demands That American Companies ‘Start Looking for an Alternative to China China’s plan to retaliate against American tariffs, which was announced late on Friday in Beijing, includes putting new levies on $75 billion worth of American goods. WASHINGTON — President Trump, angered by Beijing’s decision on Friday to retaliate against his next round of […]