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G7 stance on China complicated by huge stakes in economic ties, cooperation on global issues 05/18/2023 09:16pm • HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven advanced economies are generally united in voicing concern about China. The question is how to translate that worry into action. Over the past two years, President Joe Biden’s administration has sought to reframe the relationship with Beijing Dividend Payout Ratio: Formula, Analysis and Purpose 05/18/2023 08:00pm • One way to look at dividend investing is that it's a simpler path to cash flow than real estate or other means and takes less time to pull off. After you research dividend stocks and invest in a few shares, the dividend payments start accumulating. However, corporations are not obligated to continue How Do Installment Loans Work? 05/18/2023 08:00pm • Installment loans are a type of loan that allows you to finance large purchases or unexpected expenses and pay them off over time with a series of fixed payments, usually monthly. Unlike options such as payday loans or credit cards, installment loans have a set repayment schedule and interest rate w AP analysis: Most beauty school programs would be in jeopardy under US proposal 05/18/2023 06:20pm • Under a new proposal intended to protect students, nearly two-thirds of cosmetology certificate programs at for-profit colleges would would risk losing federal funding. So would over a third of such programs in massage therapy and dental support services. Overall, 22% of programs at for-profit schoo Ghana bets on $3bn IMF loan to ‘reset’ economy, ease hardship 05/18/2023 04:37pm • ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghanian officials said Thursday that the $3 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout approved for the West African nation would help “reset the economy” and ease the economic hardship on millions of citizens. Though “far from a magic solution wand,” the credit China's loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse 05/18/2023 04:35pm • A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China. An Associated Press analysis of a dozen countries most indebted to Chi FACT FOCUS: Who’s to blame for the national debt? It’s more complicated than one culprit 05/18/2023 03:51pm • The U.S. is inching closer to a deadline to raise the debt ceiling or risk defaulting on the nation’s $31 trillion in debt and political leaders have not yet reached a deal to avert such a crisis. Amid those negotiations, politicians and commentators online have pointed fingers at who they say is Storied rugby club Wasps forced to start again at bottom of English league pyramid 05/18/2023 03:13pm • LONDON (AP) — Wasps, one of England's most storied rugby teams and a two-time European champion, must begin rebuilding from the bottom of the country's league pyramid after having a license to play in the second-tier Championship revoked on Thursday. The club was expelled from the top-flight Premi Why a government default could be worse than a government shutdown 05/18/2023 01:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — All the hand-wringing over a potential government default if Congress doesn't increase the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling has conjured up images of past government shutdowns. In shutdowns, "essential” workers — TSA agents and such — showed up, but most federal emp Takeaways of AP's report on Chinese loans pushing poor countries to brink of collapse 05/18/2023 10:56am • A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse because of a common, undeniable factor: their struggle to pay back hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world’s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China. Here are the key takea Biden, Japan's Kishida meet ahead of G-7 summit, vowing to 'stand strong' against global threats 05/18/2023 10:36am • HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Thursday aiming to showcase the strength of their alliance ahead of a Group of Seven summit where leading democracies will tackle the challenges of Russia’s war in Ukraine, North Korea’s ballistic nuclear Biden campaign sees multiple 'viable pathways' to 2024 election win 05/18/2023 09:24am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden 's reelection campaign is vowing to hold the states that won him the White House in 2020 but also compete in places it lost like North Carolina and increasingly Republican-dominated Florida, providing what it says are “a number of viable pathways to the 270 Why a Fed rate-hike pause may not be as great for stocks as Wall Street hopes 05/18/2023 08:10am • NEW YORK (AP) — The possible end to the Federal Reserve's long campaign of rate hikes appears like an oasis to beaten-down Wall Street investors, but is it a mirage? With inflation cooling from its peak last summer, Wall Street overwhelmingly assumes the central bank will hold rates steady for the IMF board approves $3 billion bailout for Ghana amid economic crisis 05/18/2023 08:09am • LONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund's executive board has approved a long-awaited $3 billion bailout for Ghana in hopes of combating the country’s economic crisis. The arrangement will allow for the immediate release of $600 million, with the remaining funds to be made available over t Asian stocks follow Wall St higher on hopes for US debt deal 05/18/2023 12:31am • BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Thursday on hopes U.S. political leaders can reach agreement to avoid a potentially disastrous default on government debt. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Oil prices edged lower. Wall Street rallied Wednesday after P