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Even if Medical Debt Isn't on Your Credit Report, It Can Drag Down Your Credit 06/17/2024 08:00pm • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a new rule on June 11 that would ban unpaid medical debt from appearing on credit reports. The proposal is open to public comment and has not been finalized, though it would likely take effect in 2025. The rule would aim to close a regulatory loophol How to Prepare for Dramatically Higher Federal Student Loan Interest Rates 06/17/2024 08:00pm • When federal student loan interest rates increase again in July 2024, undergraduate students taking out direct loans for the 2024-2025 academic year will see some of the highest rates in over a decade. Meanwhile, graduate and professional degree students and parents taking out direct Grad PLUS or Pa Bankruptcy judge approves sale of Express Inc to group led by WHP Global 06/17/2024 05:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of the majority of Express Inc. 's operations to a consortium led by brand acquisition and management firm WHP Global — providing a lifeline to the struggling retailer and its hundreds of remaining stores. The offer includes $136 mill Autodesk, Walt Disney rise; AMC Networks, Dycom fall, Monday, 6/17/2024 06/17/2024 04:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Monday: Autodesk Inc., up $14.64 to $240.51. Investor Starboard Value disclosed a $500 million stake and wants improvements at the company. Aaron's Company Inc., up $2.52 to $10.06. IQVentures Holdings is buying the ren The war in Gaza has wiped out entire Palestinian families. AP documents 60 who lost dozens or more 06/17/2024 06:42am • BEIRUT (AP) — He is among the very last survivors of his Gaza family, a clan so close they knew without thinking how blood and marriage bound them across generations and city blocks. Then, branch by branch, 173 of Youssef Salem’s relatives were killed in Israeli airstrikes in a matter of days in China keeps lending rate unchanged as data show housing market is still struggling 06/17/2024 06:14am • BANGKOK (AP) — China's central bank kept a key lending rate unchanged on Monday, choosing not to loosen credit as data for May showed signs of persisting weakness in the world's No. 2 economy's manufacturing and real estate sectors. The central bank kept its rate for 1-year medium-term lending fa The high cost of living is still biting the UK. Many don't think the election will change anything 06/17/2024 12:09am • LONDON (AP) — Dominic Watters watches his gas and electricity meter like a hawk. He topped it up a few days ago, but now there’s just 1.85 pounds ($2.40) of credit left. That may determine what kind of dinner he and his teen daughter get tonight, he says. Watters, a campaigner for better access What Is Budget Counseling -- And Do You Need It? 06/16/2024 08:00pm • It can be challenging to keep your finances in check, particularly with an unpredictable economy, inflation and rising household expenses. Budget counseling could be the answer to get in a better position to manage your money. Read about what it is and how to decide if you need it. What Is Budget Co 7 Best Money Market Funds to Buy for 2024 06/16/2024 08:00pm • Both the European Central Bank and the Bank of Canada have initiated 25-basis-point cuts in their policy interest rates, but their U.S. counterpart has not followed suit. In its June decision, the Federal Reserve again kept its policy interest rate unchanged at 5.25% to 5.5% and indicated that marke Mountain Valley Pipeline goes into service, starts delivering gas in Virginia 06/15/2024 10:48pm • Mountain Valley Pipeline, the 303-mile vessel that will deliver natural gas from the Appalachian region of West Virginia into Southwest Virginia, officially went into service Friday, after about a decade of steadfast opposition over concerns about environmental and community impacts in the areas in Cyprus says no let-up to fiscal discipline course as S&P raises country's credit rating to BBB+ 06/15/2024 04:49am • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus said Saturday it won’t let up on a course of strict fiscal discipline while supporting economically vulnerable groups and the middle class after credit ratings agency Standard & Poor''s upgraded the country’s rating to BBB+ from BBB. Cypriot President Nikos Ch What we know about the fight between conspiracist Alex Jones and Sandy Hook families over his assets 06/15/2024 12:14am • HOUSTON (AP) — Bombastic conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to liquidate his personal assets as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, which killed 20 first graders and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut, was a hoax. But the i Alex Jones’ personal assets to be sold to pay $1.5B Sandy Hook debt. Company bankruptcy is dismissed 06/14/2024 11:06pm • HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the liquidation of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones′ personal assets but dismissed his company’s separate bankruptcy case, leaving the immediate future of his Infowars media platform uncertain as he owes $1.5 billion for his false claims that the Nigeria bets on a new $2.25B World Bank loan to support reforms that have resulted in hardship 06/14/2024 07:08pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The World Bank has approved a $2.25 billion loan for Nigeria to shore up revenue and support economic reforms that have contributed to the worst cost-of-living crisis in many years for Africa’s most populous country. The bank said in a statement late Thursday that the bulk Judge orders liquidation of Alex Jones' personal assets to pay Sandy Hook debt, but throws out his company's bankruptcy 06/14/2024 05:44pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Judge orders liquidation of Alex Jones' personal assets to pay Sandy Hook debt, but throws out his company's bankruptcy.