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Hostess is being acquired by JM Smucker in a deal valued at $5.6B after coming back from the brink 09/11/2023 04:34pm • Hostess, the maker of snack classics like Twinkies and HoHos, is being sold to J.M. Smucker in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $5.6 billion. Smucker, which makes everything from coffee to peanut butter and jelly, will pay $34.25 per share in cash and stock, and it will also pick up approximately Helton teams up with organization to eliminate $10 million in medical bills for Colorado residents 09/11/2023 04:05pm • DENVER (AP) — Retired Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton is teaming up with the organization RIP Medical Debt to help eliminate $10 million in medical bills for residents around the state. The program is set to start later this month, with recipients around Colorado receiving letters that Kimberly Palmer: A fall financial cleanse could get your spending back on track 09/11/2023 09:39am • If summer is a season of spontaneity and indulgence, then fall offers a counterpoint: It’s a chance to get back on schedule, and back on budget. “Summer, with travel and no school, tends to be a really spendy time. The fall is a nice reset,” says Ashley Feinstein Gerstley, a certified finan Thailand's new prime minister tells Parliament his government will urgently tackle economic woes 09/11/2023 01:42am • BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s new Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin vowed to act quickly to relieve the country's economic problems in his inaugural speech to Parliament on Monday, following four months of political uncertainty while parliamentarians were unable to agree on a government. Srettha enter Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Before You Retire? 09/10/2023 08:00pm • Some 44% of homeowners ages 60 to 70 carry a mortgage with them into retirement, according to mortgage banker American Financing. Is that a smart financial move? The decision of whether to pay off your mortgage before retirement should hinge on how much you've saved for retirement, your cash flow an 7 Best Semiconductor Stocks to Buy in 2023 09/10/2023 08:00pm • The first eight months of 2023 have been highly profitable for semiconductor stock investors, with the benchmark iShares Semiconductor ETF (ticker: SOXX) up 42.5% through Sept. 8. Meanwhile, VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) has fared even better, returning 48.2% over the same period. Sector performanc A Guide to Federal Student Direct Loan Consolidation 09/10/2023 08:00pm • Borrowers with multiple federal student loans may find it difficult to keep track of making several payments a month. To streamline the process, borrowers have the option to consolidate some or all of their federal student loans into one. Rather than multiple loans with differing interest rates, bor How to Go Back to School With Defaulted Student Loans 09/10/2023 08:00pm • Defaulting on student loans can present an obstacle if you want to go back to school. Student loan default, which occurs after 270 days of missed payments on federal student loans, typically makes you ineligible for federal student aid. That means borrowers in default can't access the grants, work-s Escaped murderer still at large slips out of search area, steals van, tries to contact ex-co-workers 09/10/2023 04:17pm • PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say an escaped murderer who has eluded capture since breaking out of a southeastern Pennsylvania prison a week and a half ago slipped out of the search area, changed his appearance, stole a dairy delivery van, abandoning it miles away and remained at large. Lt. Biden, Modi and G20 allies unveil rail and shipping project linking India to Middle East and Europe 09/09/2023 10:55pm • NEW DELHI (AP) — President Joe Biden and his allies on Saturday announced plans to build a rail and shipping corridor linking India with the Middle East and Europe, an ambitious project aimed at fostering economic growth and political cooperation. “This is a big deal,” said Biden. “This is a Police announce 2 more confirmed sightings of escaped murderer on the run in Pennsylvania 09/09/2023 03:32pm • WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Police on Saturday reported two more confirmed sightings of an escaped murderer on the run for more than a week in southeast Pennsylvania amid a search by hundreds of law enforcement officers. Danelo Souza Cavalcante, 34, escaped from the Chester County Prison while awaiti Italy's Meloni meets with China's Li as Italy's continued participation in 'Belt and Road' in doubt 09/09/2023 10:06am • ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit and vowed Saturday to “consolidate and deepen” relations, as Rome considers abandoning Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative of Chinese-built and -funded infrastructure projects The African Union is joining the G20, a powerful acknowledgement of a continent of 1 billion people 09/09/2023 09:59am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The group of the world's 20 leading economies is welcoming the African Union as a permanent member, a powerful acknowledgement of Africa as its more than 50 countries seek a more important role on the global stage. U.S. President Joe Biden called last year for the AU’s perm For nearly a quarter century, an AP correspondent watched the Putin era unfold in Russia 09/09/2023 04:22am • NARVA, Estonia (AP) — At the Ivangorod-Narva border crossing, the last glimpse of Russia is of a sprawling fortress and the first sight of Estonia is another fortress on the other bank of a slender river. They’re almost comically close: People with strong arms could have a game of catch between OSU, WSU ask court to prevent departing Pac-12 schools from standing in way of rebuilding conference 09/08/2023 08:06pm • Oregon State and Washington State on Friday filed a complaint in Washington state court against the Pac-12 and Commissioner George Kliavkoff, seeking to prevent departing members from getting in the way of their efforts to rebuild the disintegrating conference. The breach of bylaws complaint was fil