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What Is Mortgage Recasting? 07/09/2024 08:00pm • Homeowners who want to lower their monthly mortgage payments often consider refinancing. However, a loan recast could be the better choice. Mortgage recasting involves making a very large prepayment and asking the lender to recalculate your payment based on the remaining loan term. A recast reduces Nikki Haley releases her delegates so they can back Donald Trump at the RNC next week 07/09/2024 03:04pm • CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — Nikki Haley is releasing the delegates she won during this year's Republican primary so that they're free to support Donald Trump at next week's convention, a move that goes toward solidifying GOP support around the party's presumptive nominee. Haley on Tuesday opted to release UK utility giant Thames Water will seek fresh funding to keep business afloat 07/09/2024 05:38am • LONDON (AP) — Thames Water, Britain's largest water company, said Tuesday it's hunting for fresh funding to keep the business afloat, even as the heavily indebted company warned it would run out of money by the end of May. The company, which is burdened by some 15 billion pounds ($19 billion) in d Stock market today: Asian shares trade mostly higher after S&P 500, Nasdaq reach more records 07/08/2024 11:56pm • TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday after Wall Street benchmarks reached more milestones. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.5% in morning trading to 41,386.80. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.7% to 7,819.30. South Korea's Kospi edged up nearly 0.1% to 2,859.63. Hong Kong' Recession 2024: What to Watch and How to Prepare 07/08/2024 08:00pm • The U.S. economy is on relatively solid footing heading into the second half of 2024. But while inflation has cooled, progress has been choppy and inconsistent. Labor markets have remained stable, but the Federal Reserve has been forced to delay its pivot to interest rate cuts. Many economists, incl Thanks to a $1 billion gift, most Johns Hopkins medical students will no longer pay tuition 07/08/2024 02:28pm • Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition thanks to a $1 billion gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies announced Monday. Starting in the fall, the donation will cover full tuition for medical students from families earning less than $300,000. Living expenses and fees Macron keeps France's prime minister in place for 'stability of the country' after chaotic election 07/08/2024 01:38pm • PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of France’s prime minister, asking him on Monday to remain temporarily as the head of the government after a chaotic election result left the government in limbo. Voters split the legislature on the left, center and far right, leavin Read the letter President Biden sent to House Democrats telling them to support him in the election 07/08/2024 01:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants Democrats in Congress to know he has no intention of exiting this year's election, sending them a letter on Monday on his personal letterhead. Here is Biden's letter to the congressional Democrats whose backing he likely needs: Fellow Democrats, Now that Is college worth it? Poll finds only 36% of Americans have confidence in higher education 07/08/2024 08:00am • Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college, with most saying they feel the U.S. higher education system is headed in the “wrong direction,” according to a new poll. Overall, only 36% of adults say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in hi The Latest | In a surprise, French leftists win the most seats in legislative elections 07/08/2024 04:13am • Final results in France say a leftist coalition that came together to try to keep the far right from power has won the most parliamentary seats in runoff elections. There was high voter turnout Sunday. President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance has come in second and the far right in third. No French vote gives leftists most seats over far right, but leaves hung parliament and deadlock 07/07/2024 11:24pm • PARIS (AP) — A coalition of the French left won the most seats in high-stakes legislative elections Sunday, beating back a far-right surge but failing to win a majority. The outcome left France, a pillar of the European Union and Olympic host country, facing the stunning prospect of a hung parliam Money Dysmorphia: What Is It and Does It Impact You? 07/07/2024 08:00pm • You have savings, no pressing debt and make a good income. When you review your accounts and circumstances you should feel proud and comfortable, but instead you're seized with worry. You can't relax and enjoy your positive situation. Or, maybe the process of earning money makes you nervous or you f House Republicans unite on spending cuts to non-defense programs, but Senate roadblock awaits 07/06/2024 12:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are off to a quicker, more united start this year when it comes to funding the federal government, passing four of 12 annual appropriations bills before the end of June compared to zero at this time last year when the new majority got off to a rocky start. But The Latest | Keir Starmer is officially the new UK prime minister 07/05/2024 02:39pm • Labour leader Keir Starmer officially became prime minister of the United Kingdom on Friday after his party won a landslide victory in a national election. Starmer received the blessing of King Charles III to form a government in a ceremony known as the “kissing of hands.” A photo of the occasio He's derided as dull but Keir Starmer becomes UK prime minister with a sensational victory 07/05/2024 02:24pm • LONDON (AP) — For someone often derided as dull, Keir Starmer has delivered a sensational election result. Starmer led Britain's Labour Party to a landslide election victory, and on Friday became the country's 58th prime minister — the first leader from the center-left party to win a U.K. nation