The Daily Money: Beware child tax credit scams

The Daily Money: Beware child tax credit scams

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Friday, July 16

It's finally Friday! Brett Molina here filling in for Nathan Bomey to deliver your latest headlines.

🍦🍦🍦 What's better than another weekend? One with free ice cream. National Ice Cream Day is this Sunday, which means discounts and freebies of your favorite scoops.

Speaking of scoops, time for ... 

INSIGHT OF THE DAY: You have likely read some of our remarkable coverage of how U.S. companies are struggling to diversify their executive ranks. Our latest feature focuses on the lack of executive diversity among the top food/retail companies. The same is true in the banking industry, where white people held 73% to 87% of all executive jobs at the top banks.

Here are more top headlines to get you through the weekend:

It's not just child tax credits arriving. So are the scammers. Here's how to avoid them.

Take on too big a house payment? Look out for these three signs your mortgage might be too much.

Subway wants you know it's really proud of its tuna. They even made a website about it

I'll drink to that? The easing of COVID restrictions means we can see friends and loved ones in person, which could spell the end of the virtual happy hour.

Scroll down for more headlines, and have a wonderful weekend!

Brett Molina, Consumer tech reporter

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