ALL THE MONEY NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW | | | | | | Daniel de Visé | Personal Finance Reporter
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Good morning and happy Friday! It's Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money. |
I'm filling in today for Betty Lin-Fisher, our national consumer reporter, and will feature her work. |
This first piece was positively prophetic. |
Even before Thursday's massive cellphone outage , Charlene Hopey had seen firsthand the benefits of an old-fashioned landline. Hopey has lived through California wildfires and earthquakes. She had friends who couldn't make or receive a call during the disasters because they had ditched their landlines for cell phones and didn't have good service. |
Hopey is among a dwindling number of consumers who choose to still have a traditional landline using copper wires. But they may eventually not have that choice. Read the story. |
Homeownership spikes among Asian Americans, Hispanics |
Juan Carlos López Flores purchased his first home last month. The auto mechanic in Las Vegas bought a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home for $411,000. |
Minority homeowners such as López have increased their rates of homeownership in the past year, despite rising mortgage rates, according to the National Association of Realtors. Asian and Hispanic homeownerships have reached all-time highs. But a large racial disparity remains. Read the story. |
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Daniel de Visé covers personal finance for USA Today. | | | | Phone companies are looking to drop traditional landline service. What's at stake if that happens and who is affected? | | | |  | Minority homeownership among Asian Americans and Hispanics are at an all-time high, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. | | | | There's a long list of potential emergency scenarios when cell phones could become unreliable — some more dire than others. Here's how to prepare. | | | | Volkswagen is recalling over 260,000 vehicles due to potentially faulty fuel tank suction pumps, according to the NHTSA. | | | | About 36% of U.S. adults reported having more credit card debt than money in an emergency savings account. | | | | Two recalls involve more than 150,000 vehicles in total, the latest safety notices issued by Ford this month. | | | | Capital One's acquisition of Discover could mean fancy airport lounges, better service and perks for consumers but little actual cash savings. | | | | How do you talk to your parents about death and money? We tackle that in our Uncomfortable Conversations About Money series. | | | | Liza Likins thought "Donald" was in love with her. Instead, he cheated her of more than $1 milllion in a romance scam. | | | | Vehicle insurance prices continue to soar despite overall easing inflation trends. See which states have the highest rates and where yours ranks. | | | | |  | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | | |
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