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10 Things to Know Before Closing a Credit Card 07/10/2017 08:00pm • You could call it the tale of two credit card holders. In the last year, Craig Fuller, owner of a company called TransRisk, in Chattanooga, Tennessee closed a credit card and saw his credit score plunge from 760 to the mid-600s. And then there's Nanette Miner, an educational consultant in Mount Ple How Americans can reverse their biggest retirement savings regret 07/10/2017 09:35am • When it comes to retirement savings, you want no regrets, but 22 percent of Americans say they already regret not saving early enough, according to a recent Bankrate survey. A late start can threaten dreams of a secure retirement but doesn't need to derail it entirely. "Don't despair," says Ca Immigration Forces Sweden to Re-Evaluate Its Welfare State 07/09/2017 08:00pm • STOCKHOLM -- When he was in his early 20s, Jacek Dabrowski earned money by visiting Sweden during the summer months and working in the construction industry. Now 34, the native of Krakow, Poland, returned to Sweden in 2016 so he could earn more money than what he could in his homeland -- essential, Congress Likely to Press Yellen on Interest Rates, Inflation 07/09/2017 08:00pm • Following the Federal Reserve's June decision to raise interest rates for the third time in six months, Fed Chair Janet Yellen is set to testify in front of Congress on Wednesday and Thursday. Congress will likely press Yellen on her plan to normalize interest rates and unwind the Federal Reserve's Black homeowners struggle as US housing market recovers 07/09/2017 11:33am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yul Dorn and his wife raised their son and daughter in a three-bedroom home crammed with family photos, one they bought in a historically African-American neighborhood in San Francisco more than two decades ago. Today, the couple is living in a motel after they were evicted How to Pay Off Your Credit Card Debt: 3 Strategies for Success 07/06/2017 08:00pm • The recession may be in our rearview mirror, but since credit card debt isn't a thing of the past, plenty of people still feel like they're in the equivalent of a financial car wreck. (If that's your life right now, you may want to check out U.S. News Best Credit Cards for Bad Credit of 2017.) If y Decide If You Need a Private Financial Aid Consultant 07/04/2017 08:00pm • When Brad Lyons' oldest son was a junior in high school, he decided to contact Fred Amrein, a college funding expert. Knowing that he was on the cusp of a whirlwind of college tours, applications, Free Application of Federal Student Aid forms and tuition bills -- and with three more kids to get thro 10 All-American ETFs to Buy Now 07/04/2017 08:00pm • Red, white and blue chips.America, despite what certain campaign slogans might have otherwise implied, is pretty darn great already. And among the things we can boast is a robust stock market that not only produces rip-roaring returns regularly, but has done so in a much more stable manner historica New Student Loan Interest Rates Cost Borrowers Little 07/04/2017 08:00pm • Student loan changes are a bit like fireworks. Both arrive every July, and both can easily burn you -- if you're not paying attention. For many borrowers, that may seem like the case this month. As the Student Loan Ranger has previously written about, the U.S. Department of Education recently put on 10 Law Schools With the Highest Full-Time Employment Rates 07/04/2017 08:00pm • Job Prospects For Law School GraduatesBefore investing in a law degree, it's important to identify law schools where graduates have high employment rates. Experts say schools where the vast majority of students graduated with lasting full-time jobs are a safer bet than those where graduates often st 10 Colleges Where Grads Have High Debt 07/03/2017 08:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: Why Emerging Markets Are a Good Bet Now 07/02/2017 08:00pm • Emerging markets have been on something of a tear over the past year, and experts say they have more room to run. That's good news for investors who have arrived late to this party. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which tracks stocks in 24 countries -- including China, Russia, Poland and Peru -- is 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy for July 07/02/2017 08:00pm • The first half of 2017 has been great for the stock market; the Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 9.1 percent in the first six months of the year, putting Wall Street on pace for an annualized gain of 19 percent. Given stocks are now in the ninth year of a bull market, investors might be wonder AP FACT CHECK: When a swoopy line on a chart misleads 07/01/2017 06:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Oh, those charts. President Donald Trump passed one around on Twitter in recent days, and it showing spending on Medicaid rising for years in the future under the stalled Republican health care bill. You'd never know from his chart's mountain-climbing line , or his rhetoric, t How to Find a Legitimate Work-From-Home Job 06/29/2017 08:00pm • There are many reasons you might be looking to work from home. Maybe you have young kids, and you want to work while keeping an eye on them. Maybe you've always dreamed of running your own company and starting an online business at home is the way to get there. Maybe you have a spouse who is your h