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What Investors Should Know About the Capital One-Discover Deal 02/20/2024 07:00pm • On Monday, Capital One Financial Corp. (ticker: COF) announced plans to acquire Discover Financial Services (DFS) in an all-stock deal valued at $35.3 billion. Capital One and Discover are two of the largest U.S. credit card companies, and the combined company would potentially serve as a formidable The Fastest Way to Get Your Tax Refund in 2024 02/20/2024 07:00pm • The IRS finally made it through a backlog of tax returns caused by COVID 19-related delays. The agency had a backlog of about 17 million paper-filed Form 1040 tax returns at the close of the 2021 tax-filing season, but by the end of 2023 that backlog was virtually eliminated, according to the Nation What to Know About Buying a House When You're 60 and Older 02/20/2024 07:00pm • If you're over 60 and buying a house, you may second-guess making such a commitment. Whether it's your first home or your 10th, unless you're buying the house with cash, you'll probably take on a 15- or 30-year mortgage, and a good chunk of your retirement budget will be monthly house payments. You American Airlines is raising bag fees and changing how customers earn frequent-flyer points 02/20/2024 06:28pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� American Airlines is raising the cost of checking bags and it is making other changes to push customers to buy tickets directly from the airline if they want to earn frequent-flyer points. The airline said Tuesday that checking a bag on a domestic flight will rise from $30 now to $35 Attorney: Husband denies any involvement in disappearance of American woman in Spain 02/20/2024 05:50pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� The husband of an American missing in Spain under suspicious circumstances played no part in her disappearance and disputes her family's contention that their impending divorce was ���nasty,��� his attorney said Tuesday. David Knezevich was in his native Serbia when hi Americans' reliance on credit cards is the key to Capital One's bid for Discover 02/20/2024 04:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Americans have become increasingly reliant on their credit cards since the pandemic. So much so that Capital One is willing to bet more than $30 billion that they won't break the habit. Capital One Financial announced Monday that it would buy Discover Financial Services for $35 bi Every week is World Interfaith Harmony Week for devotees of Swami Vivekananda 02/20/2024 03:51pm • NEW YORK (RNS) ��� At a Sunday morning service on Sunday (Feb. 4), a priest gave a sermon, a choir sang devotional hymns and a congregation bowed heads in a joint prayer. It was a typical Sunday for these faithful New Yorkers. Yet rather than a church, this service took place at a spiritual home mea An impossible task? Calzona takes over Napoli 48 hours before facing Barca in Champions League 02/20/2024 03:08pm • ROME (AP) ��� If Francesco Calzona didn���t already know most of Napoli���s players, it might be an impossible task: He became coach of the defending Serie A champion 48 hours before facing Barcelona in the Champions League. But Calzona knows Napoli through and through. He was an assistant to Mauriz Editorial Roundup: United States 02/20/2024 01:26pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Feb. 17 The Washington Post on suicides in federal prisons Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein���s suicide and mob boss Whitey Bulger���s murder both made headlines as shocking failures of the federal prison system. But the shortcom Capital One's bid for Discover carries expectation that Americans won't slow credit card use 02/20/2024 12:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Capital One Financial is betting that Americans will keep shopping and use a credit card to pay for their purchases at stores and on the internet. Capital One announced Monday that it would buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion. The combination could potentially shake up China cuts key interest rate in latest move to boost its ailing property sector 02/20/2024 09:20am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� China���s central bank announced Tuesday that it cut its 5-year loan prime rate while leaving its 1-year rate unchanged in the latest move to ease pressures on the ailing property market. The 5-year rate was lowered by 0.25 basis points to 3.95% while the 1-year rate remains at 3.45 'This Old House' host��Kevin O'Connor gives home improvement tips at Capital Remodel + Garden Show 02/20/2024 03:58am • The��Capital Remodel + Garden Show returns to Chantilly, Virginia, this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You can meet Kevin O'Connor, host of PBS' "This Old House," at the Dulles Expo Center on Saturday at 1 p.m. "I'm looking forward to coming back," O'Connor told WTOP. "I'm talking about two proj Capital One to buy Discover for $35 billion in deal that combines major US credit card companies 02/19/2024 11:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Capital One Financial said it will buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion, in a deal that would bring together two of the nation's credit card companies as well as potentially shake up the payments industry, which is largely dominated by Visa and Mastercard. Under the ter Capital One to buy Discover Financial for $35 billion in deal that combines two of the largest US credit card companies 02/19/2024 08:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Capital One to buy Discover Financial for $35 billion in deal that combines two of the largest US credit card companies. IRS Offer in Compromise: Everything You Need to Know 02/19/2024 07:00pm • If you've found yourself in debt to Uncle Sam, there are many ways to pay what you owe, including working out an installment payment plan with the IRS. What you might not know is that you could also potentially qualify for what is known as an IRS offer in compromise -- a program that allows you to s