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Pakistan and IMF reach preliminary deal to release $1.2 billion from bailout package 10/15/2025 03:41am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund have reached a staff-level agreement for the release of $1.2 billion from the bailout package approved last year. The $7 billion bailout approved by the IMF in July 2024 aimed to keep Pakistan from defaulting on its debt repayments. The 7 Best International Stock Funds to Buy for 2025 10/14/2025 08:00pm • Investment analysts use a variety of fundamental metrics to gauge whether the U.S. stock market is overvalued. One of the most widely cited is the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings (CAPE) ratio, also known as the Shiller P/E, named after Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller. The CAPE rat IMF more upbeat about US growth than just months ago, but outlook is dimmer than last year 10/14/2025 07:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and global economies will grow a bit more this year than previously forecast as the Trump administration's tariffs have so far proved less disruptive than expected, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, though the agency also said the extensive duties still pose Stocks wobble as trade tensions between the US and China escalate 10/14/2025 05:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. indexes bounced between gains and losses on Tuesday and wound up mixed on Wall Street as trade tensions continued to simmer between Washington and Beijing. The S&P 500 closed 0.2% lower after shifting between a steep morning loss and a recovery in the afternoon. The Dow Jo Beyond Meat shares drop below $1 on investor concerns 10/14/2025 03:45pm • Beyond Meat's shares were trading below $1 Tuesday as investors fretted over the company's plans to cut its debt by issuing more shares. It was further bad news for the plant-based meat maker, which has been struggling with weak demand for its burgers, sausages, tenders and other products. Beyond Me French prime minister will suspend a pension reform to avoid government collapse 10/14/2025 12:23pm • PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu on Tuesday announced he would suspend a much-debated plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a move aimed at preventing his fragile minority government from being toppled. After a week of political turmoil, the newly reappointed Leco Police fire tear gas at Brussels protest against austerity measures 10/14/2025 11:29am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian police used tear gas and a water cannon in an attempt to disperse tens of thousands of people who flooded Brussels on Tuesday to protest Prime Minister Bart De Wever's proposed austerity measures. Minor scuffles broke out between police and protesters, some of whom played d When Will Mortgage Rates Go Down? The Answer's Not As Simple As You Think 10/13/2025 08:00pm • Ever since mortgage rates began climbing from below 3% in 2021 to above 7% in 2022, interest in the search query "When will mortgage rates go down?" has surged, according to Google Trends. Three years later, many prospective homebuyers and homeowners looking to refinance are still asking the same qu North Carolina effort wipes out $6.5B in medical debt for 2.5M people 10/13/2025 05:50pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More than 2.5 million North Carolina residents are getting over $6.5 billion in medical debt eliminated through a state government effort that offered hospitals extra Medicaid funds from Washington if they gave low- and middle-income patients the financial relief and implement First Brands founder resigns amid accounting scandal and billions in missing funds 10/13/2025 02:47pm • The founder and CEO of First Brands resigned Monday, weeks after the auto parts supplier filed for bankruptcy protection amid an accounting scandal that has left lenders scrambling for more than $2 billion in missing funds. Patrick James, who founded the company in 2013, will be replaced on an inter How to Get Preapproved for a Mortgage 10/12/2025 08:00pm • When you're serious about buying a home, one of the first steps you should take is getting a mortgage preapproval. It's a relatively quick process that involves a lender pulling your credit and reviewing your financial situation to determine whether you qualify for a home loan and how much house you The Pros and Cons of a 0% Balance Transfer 10/12/2025 08:00pm • A 0% balance transfer credit card can be a valuable debt reduction tool. However, it can also be a trap. That's not a contradiction. As with any tool, the key to making a 0% balance transfer card work is how you use it. The right way to use one of these cards starts with knowing their pros and cons. Macron's France now has a new Cabinet. It will face an uphill battle to end the political crisis 10/12/2025 04:40pm • PARIS (AP) — France’s newly reappointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu named a new government Sunday, as he faces pressure to urgently produce a budget and quell political turmoil that is scaring businesses and investors and staining the country’s image. The Cabinet includes several familiar France's re-appointed prime minister Lecornu calls for calm amid political chaos 10/11/2025 12:03pm • L'HAY-LES-ROSES, France (AP) — France’s newly re-appointed prime minister acknowledged Saturday that there weren’t ″a lot of candidates″ for his job — and that he might not last long in the post given the country’s deep political divides. Sebastien Lecornu, renamed by President Emmanue France's Macron asks newly resigned Prime Minister Lecornu to try again to form a government 10/10/2025 04:41pm • PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, just days after his resignation, asking him to try again to form a government and produce a budget in a bid to end the country's political deadlock. Lecornu’s re-appointment followed days of