March 2021

The science, art and magic of persuasion getty Fast: Name the three reasons humans communicate. If you haven’t answered yet, either you haven’t given enough thought to basic human communication, or you have given it too much thought. We communicate – through verbal, written or non-verbal modalities – to persuade,Read More →

Syracuse, NY – The $ 900 billion stimulus bill contains $ 284 billion for a second round of small business loans under the federal government’s paycheck protection program. The US Small Business Administration approved 5 million PPP loans, for a total of $ 500 billion, in the first round ofRead More →

The average 30-year mortgage rate could drop below 3%, an incredibly low level that could lead even more Americans to refinance. But for mortgage rates to break through this historic barrier, financial forces would have to line up in a way some economists consider unlikely. Perhaps the most important, TreasuryRead More →

Top line The mother of the 9-year-old girl detained and pepper sprayed by police in Rochester, New York, last week accuses the officers involved of mismanaging the situation by responding to her daughter’s nervous breakdown with unnecessary force . ROCHESTER, NY – FEBRUARY 3: People demonstrate outside the gates ofRead More →

On August 31, 2020, the Tenth Circuit affirmed the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado finding that certain student loans unsecured by a government unit may be discharged in bankruptcy. Navient Solutions, LLC argued that debtors’ student loans were excluded from their Chapter 13 discharge under 11Read More →

Last year, voters in Montana, Arizona, New Jersey, South Dakota and Mississippi approved voting measures to legalize marijuana in their states. It looks like Virginia will continue this trend towards state legalization in 2021. In a landmark vote on Friday, February 5, 2021, the Virginia General Assembly passed two billsRead More →

The non-bank lender has announced that it has extended its commitment on trailing commission payments to brokers for borrowers affected by COVID-19. In March of this year, Pepper Money was the first lender to announce that it continue to honor all track payments for customers affected by the coronavirus pandemicRead More →

The loans were given to Pepper in January 2018, with an initial 30-month contract, extended until October 30, 2020. Pepper manages 850 million euros in defaulted and guaranteed mortgage loans with an average delay of more than seven years. In 2019 alone, Pepper solved 22.3% of that book, a resultRead More →

The tragic circumstances surrounding the kidnapping and murder of Andrea Bharatt have highlighted the sensitivity of our society to a number of issues. And while our attitudes toward the worth of women, the pursuit of justice, crime and punishment, and skepticism of authority are by no means monolithic, the rhetoricRead More →