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Chinese developer Country Garden says it can't meet debt payment deadlines after sales slump 10/10/2023 06:33am • HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese property developer Country Garden warned Tuesday that it cannot repay on time a 470 million Hong Kong dollar ($60 million) loan in the latest sign of distress after Beijing clamped down on mounting debts in the industry. The company said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock As the NHL season begins, the long-anticipated salary cap boom is coming in the summer of 2024 10/10/2023 06:10am • Welcome to what folks around the NHL hope is the last season of the flat cap era. Since the pandemic depleted the hockey business like so many others and after the playoffs were bubble wrapped to award the Stanley Cup, the league has been digging out of a hole deeper than any on-ice deficit. As a re 6 of the Best High-Dividend ETFs 10/09/2023 08:00pm • As interest rates and inflation sit at multi-decade highs, future stock market returns have become even more enigmatic, with the S&P 500 retracting 4.9% in September. Increasing stock market volatility and a questionable economic backdrop leave investors seeking safe havens. Dividend-focused ETF 2 Federal Reserve officials say spike in bond yields may allow central bank to leave rates alone 10/09/2023 06:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Federal Reserve officials suggested Monday that the central bank may leave interest rates unchanged at its next meeting in three weeks because a surge in long-term interest rates has made borrowing more expensive and could help cool inflation without further action by the Fed IMF and World Bank pledge Africa focus at first meetings on the continent in 50 years 10/09/2023 01:28pm • MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — In the shadow of a deadly earthquake in Morocco that caused nearly $12 billion in damage, the world's most powerful economic policymakers said they would focus on Africa as they work to grow and stabilizing the global economy during times of war, inequality and climate ch Kimberly Palmer: How to plan for a potential inheritance 10/09/2023 11:03am • The amount of wealth millennials and Gen Xers stand to inherit from their parents and grandparents almost defies comprehension: According to Cerulli Associates, a Boston-based research and consulting firm, $84.4 trillion in wealth will be transferred between 2021 and 2045, primarily from baby boomer 7 Best Cheap Dividend Stocks to Buy Under $10 10/08/2023 08:00pm • A quarterly dividend payment from a high-quality stock may be as close to a sure thing as you can find on Wall Street. Even during periods of broad market weakness, the lower a stock's price falls, the higher its dividend yield rises. Unfortunately, companies often cut their dividend payments as the 7 Money Market Funds to Buy for Safety 10/08/2023 08:00pm • "Cash is king," or so the saying goes. When markets crash, it is cash and cash-like assets that investors flee toward. While the most paranoid of savers may stash cash under their mattresses, the majority will hold them in federally insured options, such as high-yield savings accounts and certificat What Is Loan-Level Price Adjustment? 10/08/2023 08:00pm • Loan-level price adjustments, or LLPAs, are fees that influence the cost of a conventional mortgage based on a borrower's risk level. LLPA fees lower mortgage pricing for low-risk borrowers while raising the cost for higher-risk borrowers. Here's what you need to know about LLPAs if you take out a m How to Save Money: 14 Expert-Backed Ways 10/08/2023 08:00pm • We've all heard the advice to build an emergency fund, create a nest egg for retirement and sock away money for your children's college fund. You do that, and your future is assured -- hopefully. But how do you actually save money? It's easy to say, "I'm going to save money," but that's an empty pro Japan auteur Yamada sticks to exploring the human condition after 90 films 10/07/2023 02:12am • TOKYO (AP) — Yoji Yamada has directed 90 films, including “Tora-san,” which tops the Guinness World Records for the longest-running movie series starring the same actor. In each of the 48 installments, beginning in 1969, the hero peddler with a heart of gold falls in love but doesn’t get the Election denier and 'MyPillow Guy' Mike Lindell confirms he's out of money, can't pay legal bills 10/06/2023 05:58pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys who've been defending MyPillow chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies are seeking court permission to quit, saying he owes them unspecified millions of dollars and can't pay the millions more that he'll Business Highlights: September hiring points to strong job market; UAW stops strike expansion 10/06/2023 05:22pm • ___ A surge of hiring in September defies predictions, pointing to US job market’s enduring resilience WASHINGTON (AP) — An unforeseen burst of hiring last month has lifted hopes that the economy will prove durable once again, even as an array of threats lie ahead. Businesses across the U.S. eco Donald Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker 10/06/2023 10:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker. “Congressman Jim Jordan has been a STAR long before making his very successful journey to Shares in troubled British lender Metro Bank bounce back by a third as asset sale speculation swirls 10/06/2023 08:48am • LONDON (AP) — Shares in the troubled British lender Metro Bank bounced back by a third on Friday on reports that it has been sounding out bigger rivals to buy a chunk of its assets. Sky News reported that advisers to the bank have contacted Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group among others. That