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Kenyan president dismisses Cabinet ministers after weeks of protests over taxation, poor governance 07/11/2024 10:41am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday dismissed almost all of his Cabinet ministers and promised to form a new government that will be lean and efficient following weeks of protests over high taxes and poor governance. In a televised address, the president also dismissed UK water firms get smaller rate hikes than sought amid struggle to cut pollution, attract investors 07/11/2024 05:38am • LONDON (AP) — British regulators on Thursday slashed proposed rate increases by water companies, crimping revenue at a time they are struggling to persuade investors to finance efforts to reduce sewage spills that have fouled waterways around the country. Under the draft decision by regulator Ofwa IRS collects milestone $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth taxpayers 07/11/2024 05:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS announced Thursday that it has collected $1 billion in back taxes from high-wealth tax cheats — a milestone meant to showcase how the agency is making use of the money it received as part of the Biden administration's signature climate, health care, and tax package sign Mexico will build passenger train lines to US border in an expansion of its debt-laden rail projects 07/10/2024 08:35pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s massive, debt-fueled passenger rail building program is not going to end with the administration of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, but will instead double, he said Wednesday. López Obrador said his successor, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, is p 10 ETFs to Build a Diversified Portfolio 07/10/2024 08:00pm • One of the key principles guiding portfolio managers today is that different asset classes have historically behaved in consistent ways depending on the economic cycle. For instance, stocks tend to do well during periods of economic expansion and low interest rates. On the other hand, during major r Joint Checking Accounts: Here's When You Should (and Shouldn't) Get One 07/10/2024 08:00pm • One of the most fundamental decisions a couple faces is whether to treat money as a joint asset or something to be managed separately. Traditionally, married couples have been expected to keep their money in a joint checking account, and many finance professionals tout this arrangement as engenderin Federal judge orders mediation to break impasse over Puerto Rico power company debt 07/10/2024 06:03pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal judge overseeing a drawn-out debt-restructuring process for Puerto Rico’s power company ordered all parties to mediation on Wednesday in the latest attempt to break an impasse that has sparked widespread indignation. The U.S. territory’s Electric Power Au Ex-NBA player Jontay Porter pleads guilty in case tied to gambling scandal that tanked his career 07/10/2024 05:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Former NBA player Jontay Porter admitted Wednesday that he schemed to take himself out of games for gambling's sake, pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy crime in the scandal that already got him banned from the league. “I know what I did was wrong, unlawful, and I am deeply s Judge says Rudy Giuliani bankruptcy case likely to be dismissed. But his debts aren't going away 07/10/2024 03:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A judge said Wednesday he was leaning toward throwing out Rudy Giuliani 's bankruptcy case after lawyers for the cash-strapped former New York City mayor and his biggest creditors — two ex-Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against him — agreed China and Bangladesh reaffirm their ties as territorial and economic issues rise in the region 07/10/2024 10:29am • BEIJING (AP) — China and Bangladesh are reaffirming their ties during a visit by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Beijing on Wednesday as tensions rise in the region over territorial disputes and resources. China’s official Xinhua News Agency quoted Wang Huning, a member of China's Po Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Fed chair's comments give scant clues on rate cuts 07/10/2024 12:15am • Shares were mixed Wednesday in Asia after remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in front of Congress did little to change investors' expectations for the timing of a Fed interest rate cut. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index touched a fresh intraday trading high but fell back, edging 0.1% lower to 41, Kenya's president warns of huge consequences after his effort to address an $80 billion debt fails 07/10/2024 12:13am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The ballooning debt in East Africa's economic hub of Kenya is expected to grow even more after deadly protests forced the rejection of a finance bill that President William Ruto said was needed to raise revenue. 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