July 30, 2017, 6:00am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: I have $100,000 to invest for income. I want at least 6 percent. At age 63, I don’t want to invest this $100,000 in dumb mutual funds or annuities from which my broker said I could withdraw money monthly and automatically. These products are very costly to… Read story
July 29, 2017, 6:00am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: Our 30-year-old daughter and son-in-law have decent jobs, have six children, live in Colorado Springs and have become new members of a church that’s just starting up. We don’t agree with all the things they are doing, and we object to their using all of the $63,000… Read story
July 28, 2017, 6:01am Business
I could hear the panic in her voice, this pastor, who never fears anything. Read story
July 26, 2017, 6:00am Business
Our financial lives have become a series of debit card swipes. Read story
July 25, 2017, 6:00am Business
There is an old saying: Don’t let the perfect get in the way of the good. Read story
July 24, 2017, 6:01am Business
Quicken Loans arguably has the mortgage industry’s squeakiest-clean image — named by J.D. Power as No. 1 in home loan customer satisfaction for seven years in a row and No. 1 in loan servicing for three years straight. It also has a reputation as a technology innovator; witness its heavily… Read story
July 23, 2017, 6:01am Columnists
Donald Trump Jr. visited with a Russian attorney and others to just maybe get some dirt on Hillary Clinton during the campaign season, and that’s treason, it’s said. It’s collusion. It’s the final curtain for his daddy. Read story
July 23, 2017, 6:01am Columnists
The aircraft arrayed around the spacious lawn of Maxwell Air Force Base, home of the Air University, mostly represent long-retired types. The largest, however, is a glistening B-52 bomber, which represents a still-employed component of the Air Force’s aging fleet: The youngest B-52 entered service in 1962. Sons have flown… Read story
July 23, 2017, 6:01am Columnists
Focus, America, focus. The most urgent task right now is to make sure a stake is driven through the heart of the Republican effort to gut Medicaid and balloon the ranks of the uninsured. Read story
July 22, 2017, 6:01am Business
Dear Mr. Berko: A co-worker told about a company called Momentum Machines. It makes robots that can make 400 made-to-order hamburgers an hour. The robots apply ketchup, add pickles or lettuce, hold the mustard, grill the hamburger, add cheese, wrap it, and then put it in a bag. And he… Read story
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