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Jittery markets rally after Argentina's Milei gets his first legislative 'triumph' on broad reforms 06/13/2024 04:40pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Wall Street rallied Thursday as Argentina's President Javier Milei traveled to Italy for the Group of Seven summit, buoyed by his first legislative victory after the Senate passed sweeping proposals to slash state spending and boost his powers. Having hitched his pol Republican candidates for Utah's open US House seat split on aid for Ukraine 06/13/2024 12:34am • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — All five Republicans battling for Utah's only open U.S. House seat agreed in a debate Wednesday that they see an urgent need to reduce federal spending, but only some said cutting military aid to Ukraine would be an effective way to achieve that goal. The crowded pool of cand 10 Best Value Stocks to Buy Now 06/12/2024 08:00pm • The stock market keeps hitting new record highs, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 posting particularly impressive gains. 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What's next for the co-working office space provider? 06/12/2024 04:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — WeWork has officially emerged from bankruptcy. And all eyes are on whether its new leadership can guide the long-embattled provider of co-working office space to success. Once a Wall Street darling promising to revolutionize the world of work, WeWork took a stunning — but anticip Text of the policy statement the Federal Reserve released Wednesday 06/12/2024 02:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Below is the statement the Federal Reserve released Wednesday after its latest policy meeting ended: Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. Job gains have remained strong, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation has Pakistan’s new government presents its first budget as it seeks a new long-term IMF bailout 06/12/2024 12:39pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s new coalition government presented its first budget in parliament on Wednesday, promising an increase of up to 25% in the salaries of government employees and setting an ambitious tax collection target while talks with the International Monetary Fund about a new bailo Operations of the hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline can begin, regulators say 06/11/2024 11:44pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline was given the go-ahead Tuesday to start operating, six years after construction began at more than double its original estimated cost. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the 303-mile (500-kilometer) Mountain Paramount Global owner calls off merger talks with Skydance Media 06/11/2024 08:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — National Amusements, which owns a majority voting stake in embattled entertainment giant Paramount Global, said Tuesday that it has ended talks on a possible merger of Paramount with movie production company Skydance Media. The potential deal had drawn attention for weeks amid con 5 Best Charles Schwab Money Market Funds 06/11/2024 08:00pm • Keeping some cash on hand as "dry powder" can be a useful strategy for beginner and advanced investors alike. Cash can serve as a psychological aid to stay invested during periods of market volatility, enable dollar-cost averaging or provide the opportunity to take advantage of a downturn to buy the 16 Things to Do When You're Deep in Debt 06/11/2024 08:00pm • Americans are carrying a lot of debt. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Center for Microeconomic Data, total household debt increased by $212 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023, making it so that everyone owes a collective $17.5 trillion. In addition, America's credit card balan Survey: Unwilling to Sell, Many Homeowners Remodel Instead 06/11/2024 08:00pm • Today's homeowners have a problem that many aspiring first-time homebuyers would be lucky to have: Their mortgage rates are too low to give up, and their monthly payments are too cheap to trade in. Some homeowners don't want to move and sacrifice their lower housing payments, and others can't afford Biden's student loan work gets tepid reviews — even among those with debt, an AP-NORC poll finds 06/11/2024 05:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As he campaigns for reelection, President Joe Biden frequently touts his work on student debt, pointing to the millions of people who received cancellation under his watch. Yet relatively few Americans say they're fans of his work on the issue, even among those who have student l Mexican peso weakens as next president vows to forge ahead with 20 reforms - and adds a couple more 06/11/2024 05:13pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican peso continued to weaken Tuesday as Mexico’s outgoing president — and his successor — vowed to forge ahead with some 20 c onstitutional changes that have rattled investors. Claudia Sheinbaum won this month’s presidential election. But she has spent much of th