Sergio Hernandez
Sergio Hernandez is business editor of The Week's print edition. He has previously worked for The Daily, ProPublica, the Village Voice, and Gawker.
Latest articles by Sergio Hernandez
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Fat taxes, $10 boarding passes, and other absurd airline fees
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Making money: When to collect Social Security, and more
feature 3 top pieces of financial advice — from how to have fun while prepping for retirement to the lure of a second mortgage
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Making money: How to pay for child care, and more
feature 3 top pieces of financial advice — from what to do if you're late filing your taxes to evening out energy bills
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Making money: Cleaning up your credit report, and more
feature 3 top pieces of financial advice — from spending responsibly to facing debt collectors
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Is the Boeing Dreamliner back in business?
feature The embattled plane maker is itching to stretch its wings
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Making money: How to strike a 'power pose,' and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from the cheapest state to own a car to seeing the light with greener bulbs
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Making money: Finding good food for less, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from keeping up with the Dow to the perils of retailer credit
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Making money: Search options for scholarships, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from getting short-term health insurance to switching to a quarterly budget
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Making money: Life insurance for students, and more
feature 3 top pieces of financial advice — from learning the new health-care rules to building your credit profile
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The corporate costs of surveillance
feature The leaks about the government's spying program spell big trouble for companies like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft
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Making money: Tax holidays for students, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from sprucing up your house to hiring a financial adviser
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China's Iraqi-oil dominance: Should the U.S. be miffed?
feature Counter-intuitively, this might actually be good news for U.S. consumers and companies
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Making money: Dealing with gift taxes, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from avoiding sneaky credit card fees to getting better odds for early retirement
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Will Americans buy Obama's renewed economic focus?
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Making money: How to get financially fit in 30 days, and more
feature 3 top pieces of financial advice — from building a nest egg that lasts to cutting your kid off
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Making money: Avoiding an IRS audit, and more
feature 3 top pieces of financial advice — from getting a financial checkup to pre-paying your mortgage
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Making money: The effectiveness of personal websites, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from battling bank fees to lowering your credit score
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JPMorgan in Washington's crosshairs
feature The biggest U.S. bank is discussing an $11 billion payment to settle government investigations related to the mortgage crisis
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Making money: Caveats on the housing boom, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from avoiding ObamaCare scams to preventing painful money mistakes
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Making money: Saving on your cell phone bill, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from finding high-deductible health plans to saying no to these add-ons
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Making money: Getting a piece of the start-up pie, and more
feature 3 top pieces of financial advice — from how to weather IRS audit season to what secondhand goods to skip
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Phasing out 'easy money'
feature U.S. markets sank after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted that the Fed might end its bond-buying program
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Making money: Saving for college with a 529, and more
feature 3 top pieces of financial advice — from where to buy a home to avoiding the urge to flee the market
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Making money: Renters insurance for students, and more
feature Three top pieces of financial advice — from when to find a new stockbroker to drawing limits for at-home work
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