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China cuts key interest rate in latest move to boost its ailing property sector 02/20/2024 09:20am • BANGKOK (AP) — China’s central bank announced Tuesday that it cut its 5-year loan prime rate while leaving its 1-year rate unchanged in the latest move to ease pressures on the ailing property market. The 5-year rate was lowered by 0.25 basis points to 3.95% while the 1-year rate remains at 3.45 Tribal bloodshed shines spotlight on instability in strategically vital Papua New Guinea 02/20/2024 02:44am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A tribal clash in Papua New Guinea’s remote highlands in which at least 26 people were killed has put a growing internal security problem under the microscope in the strategically vital South Pacific island nation that has garnered closer military attention from the U Capital One to buy Discover for $35 billion in deal that combines major US credit card companies 02/19/2024 11:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Capital One Financial said it will buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion, in a deal that would bring together two of the nation's credit card companies as well as potentially shake up the payments industry, which is largely dominated by Visa and Mastercard. Under the ter Argentina's poverty levels hit 57% of population, a 20-year high in January, study finds 02/19/2024 09:54pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Poverty levels skyrocketed to 57.4% of Argentina's 46 million people in January, the highest rate in 20 years, according to a study by the Catholic University of Argentina. The findings quickly unleashed accusations between Argentina’s former Vice President Cristin IRS Offer in Compromise: Everything You Need to Know 02/19/2024 07:00pm • If you've found yourself in debt to Uncle Sam, there are many ways to pay what you owe, including working out an installment payment plan with the IRS. What you might not know is that you could also potentially qualify for what is known as an IRS offer in compromise -- a program that allows you to s 9 Best Cheap Stocks to Buy Under $10 02/19/2024 07:00pm • Stocks trading for less than $10 can be attractive for investors looking to scoop up some cheap shares. Unfortunately, quality stocks trading beneath the $10 mark are few and far between. Stocks priced at this level can be a red flag for investors that something serious is wrong with a company. Many What Is Loud Budgeting and Should You Be Doing It? 02/19/2024 07:00pm • Loud budgeting may be Generation Z's trend du jour, but the roots of this concept run deep. As a method of candidly communicating money concerns and goals, it hits all the right notes for what's going on today. Top TikTok creator and comedian Lukas Battle is credited for coining the term in December 5 Best Charles Schwab Money Market Funds 02/19/2024 07:00pm • When considering the safest options for holding funds in a brokerage account, money market funds often emerge as a top choice over other alternatives. Directly holding cash, while highly liquid and ready for immediate investment opportunities, falls short as a long-term strategy because it generates Virginia bank delays plans to auction land at resort owned by West Virginia governor's family 02/19/2024 12:08pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank says it will delay plans to auction off land at West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s posh resort in an attempt to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans by the governor's family. In a filing Friday in Greenbrier County Circuit Court, Ca Students and parents are frustrated by delays in hearing about federal financial aid for college 02/19/2024 07:39am • NEW YORK (AP) — For many students, the excitement of being accepted into their first-choice college is being tempered this year by a troublesome uncertainty over whether they’ll get the financial aid they need to attend. The financial aid decisions that usually go out with acceptance letters are Here's a look inside Donald Trump's $355 million civil fraud verdict as an appeals fight looms 02/17/2024 10:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — On the witness stand last year, Donald Trump proclaimed: “I have a lot of cash.” After Friday’s eye-popping penalty in his New York civil fraud trial, he’s going to need it — and maybe more. A judge ordered the former president to fork over $355 million of his fortu Trump hawks $399 branded shoes at 'Sneaker Con,' a day after a $355 million ruling against him 02/17/2024 09:45pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump made a highly unusual stop Saturday, hawking new Trump-branded sneakers at “Sneaker Con,” a gathering that bills itself as the “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.” Trump was met wi Trump rails against New York fraud ruling as he faces fines that could exceed half-a-billion dollars 02/17/2024 09:26pm • WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump railed against the judge who slapped him with a $355 million fine in his New York civil fraud trial and went after the long list of prosecutors with cases against him as he campaigned in Michigan Saturday night while facing penalties t Trump avoids 'corporate death penalty' in civil fraud case, but his business will still get slammed 02/17/2024 04:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump won’t face the corporate death penalty after all. A New York judge on Friday spared the ex-president that worst case punishment as he ruled in a civil case alleging Trump fraudulently misrepresented financial figures to get cheaper loans and other benefits. Still, Tr Saving democracy is central to Biden's campaign messaging. Will it resonate with swing state voters? 02/17/2024 12:11pm • BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Just blocks from the shuttered Bethlehem Steel plant, the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley was bustling on a recent day with scores of older people eating lunch. Downstairs, out of sight, a constant stream of visitors was shopping in its massive food pantry. Over the past seven