Month: April 2017

In most situations, it’s fairly easy to get approved for a loan for a used vehicle. Despite the fact that most banks will not give you a loan for a car older than four or five years, anybody in decent financial standing shouldn’t have too much trouble with the approval process. However, when Melissa Johnson bought a used Kia Soul in Bend, Oregon, she was shocked to receive a call a week later stating that her financing request had been … Continue reading “Marijuana Workers In Oregon Struggling to Find Loans”

Nearly three-quarters, 74%, of adults believe that an unattractive smile can hurt their overall career success. After new research has surfaced, however, it looks like in addition to attractive smiles, general physical attractiveness provides significant benefits in the workplace and in life. According to Above the Law American businesses have a problem with “lookism,” which apparently dates back to the 1800s. Lookism can be defined as “discriminatory treatment toward physically unattractive people; mainly in the workplace but also in social … Continue reading “More Opportunities Being Unfairly Given to Physically Attractive People”

Debt is all too common in the United States. More than one-fourth of Americans admit to not paying their bills on time, and according to a new report, this outstanding debt doesn’t disappear until death. New data from Credit.com shows that a whopping 73% of Americans will die with some type of debt. And no this figure isn’t just a couple thousand, the report shows that the average total debt at the time of death is $61,554. Experian FileOne and … Continue reading “Till Death Do Us Part: a Tale of Debt and the American People”

There are almost 28 million small businesses in the U.S. today, including 22 million self-employed small business owners — and social media giant Instagram wants to help them succeed. The picture sharing app offers a unique advertising platform for small local businesses, and on March 22, the website officially reached 1 million advertisers, which is five times more than they had a year ago. Not only that, but most of Instagram’s advertisers are small businesses, from local bakeries to independent … Continue reading “Instagram Hits 1 Million Advertisers, Propels Small Business to Success”

The engineers have spoken, and the results don’t look good. In a recent report card of the nation’s infrastructure, the U.S. has received a D+. This almost failing grade was given by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in March as a part of the assessment the group releases every four years. While shocking, this grade is barely any different from that of 2013. This means that the infrastructure nationwide has been deemed “poor” and “at risk” for over … Continue reading “The Report is Here: American Infrastructure Is Crumbling”