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Ivanka Trump testimony delayed to Nov. 8, will follow dad Donald Trump on stand at civil fraud trial 10/30/2023 06:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Ivanka Trump’s testimony at her father’s New York civil fraud trial is being delayed until next week so there is sufficient time for her to be questioned, a judge said Monday. Former President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter had been set to take the witness stand on Friday, wh IF Bancorp: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot 10/30/2023 05:45pm • WATSEKA, Ill. (AP) — WATSEKA, Ill. (AP) — IF Bancorp Inc. (IROQ) on Monday reported net income of $466,000 in its fiscal first quarter. The bank, based in Watseka, Illinois, said it had earnings of 14 cents per share. The savings and loan holding company posted revenue of $10.4 million in the pe US consumers keep spending despite high prices and their own gloomy outlook. Can it last? 10/30/2023 05:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made one thing strikingly clear: A surge in consumer spending is fueling strong growth, demonstrating a resilience that has confounded economists, Federal Reserve officials and even the sour sentiments that Americans themselves h US consumers keep spending despite high prices and their own gloomy outlook. Can it last? 10/30/2023 05:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made one thing strikingly clear: A surge in consumer spending is fueling strong growth, demonstrating a resilience that has confounded economists, Federal Reserve officials and even the sour sentiments that Americans themselves h 1 in 8 DC-area home sales are falling through 10/30/2023 12:30pm • In September, roughly 12% of homes for sale in the D.C. metro that went under contract saw the sale fall through. Nationally, contracts signed to buy a home in September rose, but closed sales fell to the lowest level since the early days of the pandemic, according to Redfin. With rising mortgage Liz Weston: Does a 401(k) employer match tempt you to cash out? 10/30/2023 11:29am • Many companies try to help their workers to save for retirement. Employers often offer 401(k)s, company matches and automatic enrollment to encourage saving. Much of that effort goes to waste, though, when employees leave. A study published last year in Marketing Science, a peer-reviewed research jo Deadly explosion off Nigeria points to threat posed by aging oil ships around the world 10/30/2023 09:00am • OKITIPUPA, Nigeria (AP) — It was the dead of night when the ship caught fire, Patrick Aganyebi remembers, but the flames made it seem as bright as day. The explosion that night woke him and knocked him to the floor. He tucked his phone and his ID card in his pockets, strapped on a life jacket and How to Buy Property with a Business Partner 10/29/2023 08:00pm • When buying a home or investment property with a business partner, you have some important decisions to make. One of those is how you'll form your business partnership to hold title to the property. No matter how you structure your purchase, it's critical that you choose a partner who has similar go Biden will visit a Minnesota family farm this week as top officials kick off stops in rural America 10/29/2023 08:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit a family farm in Minnesota on Wednesday as part of two weeks of stops in rural America by top administration officials that are intended to highlight how increases in government spending can help improve peoples' lives. Biden's focus on the state UAW and Stellantis reach tentative contract deal as union adds strike at Tennessee GM factory 10/28/2023 08:39pm • DETROIT (AP) — Jeep maker Stellantis reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Auto Workers union on Saturday as it escalated strikes against General Motors by adding a plant in Tennessee. The Stellantis deal, which still must be ratified by members, leaves only GM without an agreeme Wilson-Esbrand scores and Reims edges Lorient 1-0 to go 4th in French league 10/28/2023 05:51pm • PARIS (AP) — Substitute Josh Wilson-Esbrand struck late as Reims edged Lorient 1-0 to move into fourth place in the French league on Saturday, only a point outside the top three spots. Lens forward Florian Sotoca notched two goals and an assist to help last season’s runner-up climb to the middl Bayern gets 8 goals in 2nd half against Darmstadt. Kane scores from his own half and Neuer returns 10/28/2023 02:37pm • MUNICH (AP) — Harry Kane scored from inside his own half on the way to a Bundesliga hat trick and Manuel Neuer played for Bayern Munich for the first time this year as the German defending champions routed Darmstadt 8-0 Saturday, with three red cards in the first half and eight goals after the int Business Highlights: US consumers are still spending; Musk's Twitter takeover, 1 year later 10/27/2023 05:07pm • ___ US consumers keep spending briskly even in the face of persistent inflation and high interest rates WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve showed price increases remained elevated in September amid brisk consumer spending and strong economic growt Donald Trump is set to testify Nov. 6 in civil fraud trial. Daughter Ivanka also will testify 10/27/2023 03:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is set to testify Nov. 6 at his New York civil fraud trial, following his three eldest children to the witness stand in a case that threatens to disrupt their family's real estate empire, state lawyers said Friday. It was already expected that the former president and Many Americans say their household expenses are outpacing earnings this year, AP-NORC poll shows 10/27/2023 02:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — About 2 in 3 Americans say their household expenses have risen over the last year, but only about 1 in 4 say their income has increased in the same period, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. As household expenses outpace earn