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What Is a Portfolio Lender? 04/15/2024 08:00pm • If you've applied for a mortgage and been turned down, you might want to look for a lender whose requirements are more flexible. Portfolio lenders have more leeway to set their own qualification guidelines and might work with you when other lenders have said no. What Is a Portfolio Lender?A portfoli Robinhood Introduces its First Credit Card 04/15/2024 08:00pm • With free accounts and trades starting at just $1, Robinhood has become a popular platform for beginning investors. Expanding on this popularity, the Robinhood Gold Card launched in March 2024. 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Here are some tips to navigate it 04/15/2024 11:49am • NEW YORK (AP) — April 15 is the last day to submit tax returns for 2023. If you left your tax filing to the last minute, you’re not alone. The IRS says it has received more than 100 million tax returns, with tens of millions more expected. If you need more time, today is also the deadline to fil Retail sales surge 0.7% in March as Americans seem unfazed by higher prices with jobs plentiful 04/15/2024 10:24am • NEW YORK (AP) — Americans boosted spending at a hotter-than-expected pace in March, underscoring how shoppers remain resilient despite inflationary pressures and other economic challenges. Retail sales rose 0.7% last month — almost double what economists had forecast — after rising 0.9% in Fe Ukraine's foreign minister says Israel's response to an Iranian aerial attack shows what Kyiv needs 04/15/2024 09:40am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The success of Israel and its allies in largely thwarting a massive Iranian missile and drone attack shows what Ukraine could achieve against Russian aerial barrages if it had more support from its partners, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Monday. A recent Russia Sydney attack victims include a mother who saved her baby, a Chinese grad student and an architect 04/15/2024 09:19am • SYDNEY (AP) — The people killed and wounded by an assailant at a Sydney shopping mall were mostly women. A police officer shot and killed the man who had attacked people at the busy Westfield Bondi Junction mall, and his family said he had a long history of schizophrenia, lacked social skills and Australian police probe why man who stabbed 6 people to death in a Sydney mall targeted women 04/15/2024 08:48am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen others targeted women while avoiding men, a police commissioner said on Monday. The killer's father blamed his son's frustra Biden administration agrees to provide $6.4 billion to Samsung for making computer chips in Texas 04/15/2024 07:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide up to $6.4 billion in direct funding for Samsung Electronics to develop a computer chip manufacturing and research cluster in Texas. The funding announced Monday by the Commerce Department is part of a total investment Here's how to reduce stress and get your taxes done 04/15/2024 03:22am • NEW YORK (AP) — For many people, tax season isn't only about gathering W-2 forms or calling an accountant. It can also bring intense feelings of stress or anxiety about dealing with finances. Financial stress during tax season can manifest in different ways, whether that's procrastinating on your AI-generated models could bring more diversity to the fashion industry — or leave it with less 04/14/2024 10:43pm • CHICAGO (AP) — London-based model Alexsandrah has a twin, but not in the way you’d expect: Her counterpart is made of pixels instead of flesh and blood. The virtual twin was generated by artificial intelligence and has already appeared as a stand-in for the real-life Alexsandrah in a photo shoot Seth Jarvis leads Hurricanes past Blackhawks 4-2 for 5th straight win 04/14/2024 10:33pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have one game left on their schedule, and their playoff position is still undecided. In the meantime, they are closing strong. Seth Jarvis collected two goals and an assist in the third period, and Carolina beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Sunday for its fi Israel is quiet on next steps against Iran — and on which partners helped shoot down missiles 04/14/2024 08:20pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli leaders on Sunday credited an international military coalition with helping thwart a direct Iranian attack involving hundreds of drones and missiles, calling the coordinated response a starting point for a “strategic alliance” of regional opposition to Tehran. B 7 of the Best Long-Term Stocks to Buy and Hold 04/14/2024 08:00pm • While it's certainly true that past performance is not indicative of future results, it can be asserted with confidence that the stock market tends to go up over time. Put another way, stocks have proven themselves to be excellent long-term investments. Some professional and individual investors tra