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The IRS Says Wednesday Is the Last Day to Sign Up for Stimulus Check Direct Deposit by Brad Tuttle The last day to use the IRS Get My Payment app and receive your stimulus check via direct deposit is coming up. According to the IRS, the deadline is Wednesday, May 13.

The Definitive Guide to Antibody Tests: What They Do, Where to Get Them, and How Much They Cost by Elizabeth O'Brien As some states ease their shutdowns, there’s a growing interest in antibody tests that can tell whether you’ve been infected with the new coronavirus — and presumably, have developed some degree of immunity to the disease. But these tests have limitations, scientists caution.

Travel Deals Are Everywhere. Is It Worth the Risk? by Alina Dizik When Niemah Butler started planning a weekend away for her friend’s 40th birthday, she wasn’t going to let a pandemic get in the way. Instead, Butler and seven friends booked a long weekend away to the Dominican Republic. Their trip includes airfare and an all-inclusive hotel for $800 for travel at the end of July.

How We're Paying off $50,000 in Student Loans, Even With a Job Loss During Coronavirus by Wade Thiel Last year, my wife and I paid off more than $30,000 in student loans. This year, we should pay off another $21,000. That’s $51,000 of debt eliminated in just 24 months. We didn’t inherit a large sum of money from a grandparent or a long-lost uncle. For the first time in our lives, we simply focused on our financial health.

Experts Say Struggling Airbnb Hosts May Be Forced to Sell Their Properties by Gabriella Cruz Martinez As the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the economy and travel industry, Airbnb homeowners are starting to wonder if they’re going to be able to make their next mortgage payment. “It’s a worrying time,” said CJ Hunt, an Airbnb host in Hampton Roads, Virginia. “There will be a lot of shifts and some people that depend on Airbnb income may not make it.

Where Home Prices Are Heading in the Age of Coronavirus by Daniel Bortz Baltimore realtor Nicole Callender had five homes scheduled to hit the market April 1. Then the coronavirus struck and all of her clients decided to postpone. Now with home sales picking back up in the last two weeks, Callender is urging sellers to move forward, betting that life — and her city’s real estate market — will soon be back to normal.

Big-Name Stocks Are Boasting Huge Yields Now. But Here Are the Risks Investors Should Consider by Chris Taylor With interest rates near record lows, trying to live off investment income isn’t easy. Dividend yields — which rise as stock prices fall — can seem like a tempting alternative. But the strategy is a risky one. Fears of the coronavirus have been weighing on stock prices. As a result, payouts on some prominent companies have reached eye-popping levels.

How to Decide the 'Best' Way to Use Your Stimulus Check by Julia Glum Do you remember that children’s book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie?" The gist is that there’s a boy who — as you might guess from the title — gives a mouse a cookie. It sets off a whole chain of events. The mouse eats the cookie, which makes him want a glass of milk, which makes him want a straw, which makes him want a mirror to check his milk mustache, and so on.

Coronavirus Is Forcing Domestic Workers to Choose: Protect Their Health or Pay Their Bills? by Kenadi Silcox When Emily Norde showed up for her nannying job in early March with her 10-month-old daughter in tow, she expected it to be a normal day of work. And it was, until the parents returned home that evening. “The mom had been running a fever of 103 degrees since that morning.

"Yes, You Can Still Claim Unemployment While Working Part-Time. Here's What You Need to Know" by Kaitlin Mulhere More than 26 million people have filed unemployment claims in the past month, a number that shatters previous records tenfold. The sheer size of the out-of-work population means many of those millions are likely navigating the unemployment process for the first time.