Dear Moneyist, When my maternal-great-aunt died, my father wanted me to help him purchase her property. He currently owns a condo and the arrangement we made is that, once he buys my aunt’s house, I will move into his condo and pay the HOA fees. A little more than a […]
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Online shoppers fail to get parcels but struggle to get refund
Photograph: Alistair Berg/Getty Images Black Friday shoppers and anyone gearing up for an online Christmas should beware: Guardian Money has seen a big jump in complaints from people who bought expensive items online that failed to arrive as planned. But rather than refunding the buyer as they should, retailers have […]
Work-life balance in age of coronavirus a struggle for some, survey finds
Achieving work-life balance in the age of coronavirus is proving difficult for college students and graduates just starting out in the professional world, one survey found, with many citing mental health services as an important benefit they would like to see offered by future employers. Even though students and recent […]
Brentwood’s Diesel bookstore launches a GoFundMe as more stores struggle through pandemic
Diesel bookseller Lynn Aime makes a sale next to a sign asking customers to contribute to the shop’s GoFundMe. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Next to a bottle of hand sanitizer, on a table at an entrance to Brentwood’s Diesel bookstore, is a message to customers describing an existential […]
Diesel launches a GoFundMe to survive the pandemic as bookstores struggle
Diesel bookseller Lynn Aime makes a sale next to a sign asking customers to contribute to the shop’s GoFundMe. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Next to a bottle of hand sanitizer, on a table at an entrance to Brentwood’s Diesel bookstore, is a message to customers describing an existential […]
Small businesses in college towns struggle without students
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Young people struggle with finding mental health support amid COVID-19 pandemic
Kathryn Boit feels “guilty for struggling so much” these past few months. As president of the Harvard Student Mental Health Liaisons, she has “college friends, acquaintances and strangers reach out to me for resources and advice,” she said. “I don’t know the answers anymore.” It’s no wonder Boit, a Harvard sophomore, […]
Young people struggle with finding mental health support amid COVID pandemic
Kathryn Boit feels “guilty for struggling so much” these past few months. As the president of the Harvard Student Mental Health Liaisons, she has “college friends, acquaintances, and strangers reach out to me for resources and advice,” she said. “I don’t know the answers anymore.” It’s no wonder Boit, a […]
University of Maryland students struggle to cancel housing leases
When South Campus Commons at the University of Maryland, College Park, canceled its apartment leases in March, Julia Kane called it “the right thing to do” during the pandemic. By June, the university also gave students the option to cancel their fall housing agreements without penalty. But then South Campus […]
Day cares welcome mask-wearing toddlers as parents struggle to ‘make best decision’ in COVID-19 world
Sam DeRoze is almost 4 years old. After years of nanny care, he’s supposed to dive into his first organized school experience this fall. But the coronavirus pandemic has his mother mulling. “I’ll need to see the plan from his preschool before I decide,” says Dianne DeRoze, a business consultant in […]
Daycares welcome mask-wearing toddlers as parents struggle to ‘make best decision’ in COVID-19 world
Sam DeRoze is almost 4 years old. After years of nanny care, he’s supposed to dive into his first organized school experience this fall. But the coronavirus pandemic has his mother mulling. “I’ll need to see the plan from his pre-school before I decide,” says Dianne DeRoze, a business consultant in […]
Small businesses around the world struggle to survive
Hour after hour in the dark, Chander Shekhar’s mind raced ahead to morning. More than three months had dragged by since the coronavirus forced him to shut down his business — a shop racked with vibrantly colored saris, on a block in New York’s Jackson Heights neighborhood once thronged with […]
Americans struggle with unemployment delays
For Cocoa, Florida, residents Christine Powell and her fiance, Robert Hammond, the relentless downward economic drag of the past six months has been suffocating. First, Hammond was put on medical leave in December after he broke his hand. Then, as the 49-year-old landscaper was about to return to his job, the pandemic hit. Hammond […]