• Are you Ready for Baseball Season?

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau It’s been a long six months, but baseball season is finally back! Whether you’re a fan of the Oakland A’s, the San Francisco Giants, or another team, excitement is in the air. It’s fun to show support either from the stadium or...
  • All Your Data Are Belong to Us

    Shelly Palmer Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have been all over the news this week. Mr. Cook has admonished Mr. Zuckerberg for Facebook’s current predicament and has been exceptionally self-serving proclaiming Apple’s data privacy policies as moral high ground. Before your eyes glaze over and...
  • Planificación para la Jubilación

    NAPS Si alguna vez siente que sus recursos económicos son demasiado bajos para  poder ahorrar para la jubilación, podría haber buenas noticias para usted. El Crédito del ahorrador (Saver’s Credit) – un crédito fiscal poco conocido para algunos elegibles pagadores de impuestos por el Servicio de Impuestos Internos o...
  • Tenga cuidado con estafas al comprar un cachorro en línea

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau ¿Celebraste el Día nacional del Cachorro el 23 de marzo? Las adorables imágenes en mis redes sociales casi me convencieron de adoptar un perro, ¡pero decidí que no quería molestar a mi gato! Aunque los cachorros son maravillosos, no es prudente adoptar...
  • Beware of Scams When Purchasing a Puppy Online

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau Did you celebrate National Puppy Day on March 23? The adorable pictures all over social media almost convinced me to adopt a furry friend of my own – but I decided that I didn’t want to risk upsetting my cat. Although puppies...
  • Build Your Own Troll Farm

    Shelly Palmer  You live in a war zone. You cannot see the enemy, you do not know when you are under attack, and you have no way to determine who has won any given battle on any given day. Since the consequences of any specific attack are intangible on...
  • Identity Theft: What You Need to Know

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau  Identity theft is the unauthorized use of another’s identity to commit crimes or for financial gain, like opening accounts, filing taxes, or making purchases. Unfortunately, it can happen to anyone. In 2017, it was the second most reported complaint to the Federal...
  • Robo de identidad: lo que necesita saber

    Rebecca Harpster Golden Gate Better Business Bureau El robo de identidad es el uso no autorizado de la identidad de otra persona para cometer crimen o para obtener ganancias financieras, como abrir cuentas, declarar impuestos, o hacer compras. Desafortunadamente, le puede pasar a cualquiera persona. En 2017, fue la...
  • Report: Congress Consistently Votes with Wall Street, Against Consumers

    Suzanne Potter California News Service   SACRAMENTO, Calif. – While much of the country has been focused on Trump administration scandals, a new report shows Congress has been busy doing Wall Street’s bidding. Since last year, according to the sixth annual report by the group Americans for Financial Reform,...
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