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Dun & Bradstreet Business Credit Score: Here's What You Need to Know 11/06/2023 07:00pm • Business credit scores incorporate payment history, available credit and other financial factors to measure the creditworthiness of a business. Dun & Bradstreet is a leading provider of business credit scores, so if you've ever applied for a business loan or line of credit, the lender might have 9 Best Expense Tracker Apps 11/06/2023 07:00pm • The latest smartphone apps have made monitoring spending habits, tracking expenses and managing money a breeze. A monthly expense tracker app automates the process of recording transactions, totaling expenses by category and tracking progress toward goals. While there are many resourceful apps avail A processing glitch has held up a 'small percentage' of bank deposits since Thursday, overseer says 11/06/2023 06:50pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A processing glitch in the network that processes electronic transfers between nearly all U.S. bank accounts led to delays in settling deposits, some of which remain stalled, according to the private company that operates the system. The Clearing House Payments Co. said Monda Illinois lawmakers scrutinize private school scholarships without test-result data 11/06/2023 05:55pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Critics of an Illinois program providing private school scholarships say there's no proof it improves academic achievement. But state education officials, delayed by COVID-19's school disruptions, have never reported the academic performance of participating students as re Falcons' Smith shaves mustache in sleepless night but keeps Heinicke as starting QB 11/06/2023 05:37pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Arthur Smith has shaved his mustache and is keeping Taylor Heinicke as the Atlanta Falcons' starting quarterback. Smith is having second thoughts about one of those decisions. Smith promised change after Sunday's 31-28 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. The coach's facial hair was the v Orsted wants out of $300M forfeiture for scrapped New Jersey offshore wind farms 11/06/2023 04:46pm • OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Offshore wind power company Orsted is trying to get out of a $300 million guarantee it agreed to pay New Jersey in the event it failed to build its first wind farm off the state's coast. Last Tuesday, the Danish firm scrapped its Ocean Wind I and II projects in southern New Inspired by online dating, AI tool for adoption matchmaking falls short for vulnerable foster kids 11/06/2023 12:17pm • Some are orphans, others seized from their parents. Many are older and have overwhelming needs or disabilities. Most bear the scars of trauma from being hauled between foster homes, torn from siblings or sexually and physically abused. Child protective services agencies have wrestled for decades wit A new survey of wealthy nations finds favorable views rising for the US while declining for China 11/06/2023 11:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Public opinions in 24 countries — mostly rich nations — have grown more favorable of the United States than of China, according to the latest survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center. The gap in favorability of the world's two largest economies widened after views o Maryland Men's Basketball Preview: Terps have the pieces for a special season 11/06/2023 05:51am • What a difference one year makes. Last fall, the Maryland men's basketball team was coming off its first losing season in 29 years — and with new head coach Kevin Willard — were picked to finish tenth in a Big Ten stocked with Top 25 teams (three in the rankings with five more receiving votes This Week in Business: Consumer borrowing, consumer sentiment, small business update 11/06/2023 03:10am • Borrowing barometer The Federal Reserve delivers its monthly snapshot of U.S. consumer borrowing on Tuesday. The tally, which excludes mortgages and other loans secured by real estate, is expected to show consumer borrowing rose by $7.5 billion in September. Consumer borrowing is being watched clos Ducks rally for 6th straight win, snap Golden Knights' 12-game point streak with 4-2 victory 11/05/2023 11:57pm • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mason McTavish scored the go-ahead goal with 3:40 to play, Sam Carrick had two late goals, and the Anaheim Ducks rallied from two goals down in the third period to hand the Vegas Golden Knights their first regulation loss of the season with a 4-2 victory on Sunday night. Car Poetry Emotion: Sentiments drive work of Prince William County’s youngest Poet Laureate 11/05/2023 09:17pm • Michelle Garcia loved books as a child, and a love for writing quickly followed. In fact, she wrote her first nonfiction piece at age 11, memorializing the day her grandfather passed away from cancer. “I’ve always been a writer before I was even old enough to know it,” she said. “It’s b Ryan Blaney earns 1st career NASCAR championship and gives Roger Penske back-to-back Cup titles 11/05/2023 09:09pm • AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ryan Blaney only had to beat Kyle Larson and William Byron to win his first NASCAR championship. He needlessly added Ross Chastain to his list, too, racing him pointlessly hard in an attempt to win the race Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. When he couldn't pass Chastain, Blaney a 7 Best Vanguard Bond Funds to Buy 11/05/2023 07:00pm • When it comes to fixed income, firms like Nuveen and Pimco often dominate the conversation, the latter having the distinction of being co-founded by renowned investor Bill Gross, who is also known as "the Bond King." These firms have historically been benchmarks of excellence in bond fund management 10 Best Low-Cost Index Funds to Buy 11/05/2023 07:00pm • One of the longest-standing debates in the investment industry is whether actively managed funds are better than passively managed index funds. The former select their securities through a fund manager's proprietary strategy, or based on quantitative rules, in an attempt to achieve a specific object