• Restaurateur gives tips on helping coronavirus-hit industry

    Restaurateur gives tips on helping coronavirus-hit industry

    Dear John: I’m a restaurateur. As you know one of the biggest business areas affected by this coronavirus crisis is the hospitality industry. We have no way of knowing how any planned bailout is going to work — whether it’ll be fair and equitable or how long it will take to receive funding, if there …
  • Can’t we dip into our retirement money at a reduced tax rate?

    Can’t we dip into our retirement money at a reduced tax rate?

    Dear John: I have been following you for over 25 years. Is there any chance the proposal that you wrote in 2004 about dipping into retirement money at a reduced tax rate could now be passed? It would stimulate the economy and generate tax revenue. In my humble opinion, we could be heading into a …
  • ‘Dear John’ reader gets lemonade for a GM lemon

    ‘Dear John’ reader gets lemonade for a GM lemon

    Dear John: I would like to fax to you 21 pages of correspondence in dealing with General Motors on one of their defective vehicles. My vehicle, a 2019 Chevy Camaro, has been in the shop eight times and has been towed three times to the dealership. I have sent one letter and two emails to …
  • People still considered about Credit card — even if it’s been closed

    People still considered about Credit card — even if it’s been closed

    Dear John: Jeff Richardson here from VantageScore. I thought I’d briefly point out that our models do in many cases consider the credit history and age of closed credit card accounts. As with many things, it depends on what else resides in a person’s credit file. But it is not correct to state that the …