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May Day: World’s workers rally, France sees pension anger 05/01/2023 08:28pm • PARIS (AP) — People squeezed by inflation and demanding economic justice took to streets across Asia, Europe and the Americas on Monday to mark May Day, in an outpouring of worker discontent not seen since before the worldwide COVID-19 lockdowns. French police charged at radical protesters and tro I Bonds: The Risk-Free Asset Yielding 4.3% 05/01/2023 08:00pm • The U.S. consumer price index, or CPI, rose by 5% year over year in March, well above the Federal Reserve's long-term target of 2% inflation. For Americans concerned about falling stock prices and soaring inflation, U.S. I bonds may be an attractive option. The U.S. Department of the Treasury recent ETF or Mutual Fund: How to Choose 05/01/2023 08:00pm • Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are quite popular among American investors. An estimated 16.1 million Americans--about 12% of U.S. households--held $6.5 trillion in ETFs at the end of 2022, according to data from the Investment Company Institute. That's a whopping 9,748% increase from 2000, when ETF 8 Biggest U.S. Credit Card Companies This Year 05/01/2023 08:00pm • The card you use for purchases matters. Although all cards work similarly at the point of sale, the types of cards you carry and the card issuers can greatly affect your experience. Will That Be Credit or Debit?The latest research shows that debit has outpaced credit as consumers' preferred payment Biden, top lawmakers to discuss debt limit at WH May 9 05/01/2023 07:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden sought Monday to ease a debt limit standoff by inviting the four Congressional leaders to the White House on May 9 — signaling the growing fears of a default as the federal government might be unable to pay its bills as soon as June 1. Administration and con Treasury's Yellen says US could default as soon as June 1 05/01/2023 07:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Monday that the U.S. could default on its debt as early as June 1, if legislators do not raise or suspend the nation's borrowing authority before then and avert what could potentially become a global financial crisis. In a lett Business Highlights: First Republic, Airline strike votes 05/01/2023 05:06pm • ___ First Republic Bank seized, sold in fire sale to JPMorgan NEW YORK (AP) — Regulators seized troubled First Republic Bank early Monday, making it the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, and promptly sold all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase in a bid to stop furt Treasury secretary: US could default on debt as early as June 1 if Congress doesn't raise borrowing limit 05/01/2023 04:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury secretary: US could default on debt as early as June 1 if Congress doesn't raise borrowing limit. US Speaker McCarthy: Russia must pull out of Ukraine 05/01/2023 02:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday said Russia must pull out of Ukraine, blistering Russia's “killing of the children” and distancing himself from some in his Republican party who oppose additional major U.S. aid to Ukraine to stave off the Russian invasion. In Israel on 6 things everyone should know about money before 30 05/01/2023 09:10am • Saving for retirement, becoming wholly financially independent or reaching debt freedom might seem intimidating or even out of reach at a young age. But it's important for young individuals to start making good money decisions if they want to have financial success later in life. Here are some of Norwegian Cruise Line: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/01/2023 07:46am • MIAMI (AP) — MIAMI (AP) — Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NCLH) on Monday reported a loss of $159.3 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Miami-based company said it had a loss of 38 cents. Losses, adjusted for stock option expense and to extinguish debt, were 30 cents per How to Get a Personal Loan 04/30/2023 08:00pm • People get personal loans for a whole variety of reasons, from consolidating high-interest debt, buying a new appliance or paying for a vacation. Whatever your reason, as long as you have a good plan in place for repayment and you're not creating more hardship for your finances, personal loans can b Known for laughs, DC dinner spotlights risks to journalism 04/30/2023 12:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Correspondents' Association dinner — known for its fun albeit ferocious jabs at Washington — took a more solemn tone this year as President Joe Biden acknowledged the several American journalists under siege in authoritarian countries around the world. “We What GOP's plan for Medicaid work requirements would mean 04/30/2023 11:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a half million of the poorest Americans could be left without health insurance under legislation passed by House Republicans that would require people to work in exchange for health care coverage through Medicaid. It's one of dozens of provisions tucked into a GOP bill Deadly heat waves threaten older people as summer nears 04/30/2023 08:58am • PHOENIX (AP) — Paramedics summoned to an Arizona retirement community last summer found an 80-year-old woman slumped inside her mobile home, enveloped in the suffocating 99-degree (37 C) heat she suffered for days after her air conditioner broke down. Efforts to revive her failed, and her death wa