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The Clark Howard Podcast

10.15.18 Sears files for bankruptcy; United airlines is Clarkrageous; 529 plan guide update

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Sears filed for bankruptcy and will be closing a lot of stores. Clark tells you what you need to know if you have items on layaway or have a Sears credit card; United Airlines is threatening its customers that use skip lagging to get lower fares; Clark has updated the 529 plan guide and offers you the best advice on which states' 529 plans you should consider investing in for your child's education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Music

0:06.0

Glad you're here with us on the Clark Howard Show where it's all about you and that wall

0:11.0

of the yours.

0:12.0

I want you to learn ideas to me so you can keep more of what you make.

0:17.1

Coming up in just a few minutes in today's Clark Regist moment.

0:21.0

United Airlines in the news again.

0:24.4

When are they going to make good news instead of bad news at United?

0:28.4

Well, I've got good news for you coming up later yet.

0:31.8

I, after spending dozens of hours digging in, have new recommendations for you in saving

0:40.8

for a kid's education.

0:42.9

And I'm going to fill you in on my latest findings and latest recommendations for you coming

0:49.2

up later.

0:50.8

Right now I should mention that I have very concise info for you about how to handle the

1:00.2

experience data vulnerability that has affected people's pens for credit freeze with experience.

1:11.9

We've really worked through this and come up with a much more streamlined, easy procedure

1:18.3

for you to protect yourself from somebody taking over your identity and your accounts

1:24.5

because of this vulnerability, the potential to do so.

1:28.2

Simply what you do is you permanently remove your security freeze with experience and

1:36.6

then immediately go back in and reset by setting up a new security freeze is the best

1:42.6

way to remove the existing vulnerability.

1:47.2

If you want to be able to pass that along to someone, we have a briefing on that at Clark.com.

1:54.8

Sears has generated a number of questions for me from news outlets and from consumers.

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