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Cyprus hails Moody's two-notch credit rating upgrade bringing the country into investment grade 09/30/2023 05:18am • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� Cyprus on Saturday hailed a two-notch upgrade by credit ratings agency Moody���s to bring the east Mediterranean island nation back into investment-grade territory a decade after a financial crisis left the country on the brink of bankruptcy. President Nikos Christodoulides Looming shutdown could destabilize Maryland's budget picture 09/29/2023 08:58pm • A looming federal government shutdown could destabilize Maryland's budget outlook. Minor decreases in projected revenues announced Thursday by the Board of Revenue Estimates represent a mostly flat budget picture compared to March projections. State fiscal officers warned that inflation and a Business Highlights: Autoworker strike spreads; Effects of looming government shutdown explained 09/29/2023 05:05pm • ___ United Auto Workers strikes spread as 7,000 more workers at two plants join the picket line DETROIT (AP) ��� The United Auto Workers union expanded its strikes against Detroit automakers, ordering 7,000 more workers to walk off the job in Illinois and Michigan. The move announced Friday is suppo What would a government shutdown mean for me? SNAP, student loans and travel impacts, explained 09/29/2023 04:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking all but inevitable ahead of this weekend's deadline. While the Senate pushes forward with bipartisan approach aimed at keeping the government open, the Republican-controlled House has made little progress ��� Stock market today: Wall Street wraps its miserable September with another weak finish 09/29/2023 04:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Wall Street closed out its worst month and quarter of the year with more losses on Friday. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% after a gain from the morning withered, and the majority of stocks within the index sank. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 158 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasd How to get unemployment insurance as a furloughed federal worker 09/29/2023 04:31pm • With a shutdown of the federal government on the horizon, government workers and contractors may need to start filing for unemployment insurance. "We're anticipating that there's probably a few hundred thousand federal government employees and even federal government contractors that may be eligi What Dianne Feinstein���s death means for control of the Senate and the looming government shutdown 09/29/2023 04:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein���s death creates a vacancy in the Senate at a time when her Democrats hold the slightest majority in the chamber. Feinstein, a centrist Democrat who had represented California since 1992, had medical struggles in recent months that already had prompte Higher gas prices lift Fed's preferred inflation gauge but underlying price pressures remain mild 09/29/2023 12:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose in August, boosted mainly by higher gas prices. But measures of underlying inflation slowed in the latest sign that overall price pressures are still moderating. Friday's report from the Commerce Department showed tha 804,000 long-term borrowers are having their student loans forgiven before payments resume this fall 09/29/2023 09:45am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Karin Engstrom thought she���d be paying off her federal student loans for the rest of her life. The 82-year-old was shocked when she logged on to check her balance ahead of payments resuming in October and found that more than $175,000 in debt had been erased. She's one of 804, DC-area credit unions planning shutdown relief programs for government workers 09/29/2023 09:40am • There are roughly 370,000 federal government employees in the D.C. region, many of whom will go without a paycheck if the federal government shuts down. Even with back pay likely when the shutdown ends, that could mean weeks of financial hardship. Many of those employees also bank with credit uni Man United winger Antony to resume playing after allegations of domestic abuse 09/29/2023 08:48am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� Manchester United winger Antony is available for selection again after taking a leave of absence to address allegations of domestic abuse, the Premier League club said Friday. The Brazil international was cut from his country's World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and P The headaches a government shutdown could create for people in the process of buying a home 09/28/2023 11:35pm • A government shutdown (if it happens) could add headaches to the home buying process for thousands of people nationwide, and that includes buyers in the D.C. area, especially government workers in the process of buying. ���Federal employees, who might be in the middle of a mortgage application, w House Republicans make their case for Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing 09/28/2023 10:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Republicans launched a formal impeachment hearing Thursday against President Joe Biden, promising to ���provide accountability��� as they probe the family finances and lucrative business dealings of his son Hunter and make their case to the public, colleagues and a skeptica Red Sox say Tim Wakefield is in treatment, asks for privacy after illness outed by Schilling 09/28/2023 08:20pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� The Boston Red Sox say announcer and former knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is undergoing treatment for a disease they did not specify and asked for fans to respect his privacy after his illness was outed without his consent by ex-teammate Curt Schilling. The team issued a statement on T Why Young Adults Don't Think They'll Be Able to Retire 09/28/2023 08:00pm • Adventures and relaxation, spending time with friends and relatives and an overall sense of financial freedom is a pipe dream for many of today's younger workers. According to a survey conducted by Georgetown University in partnership with Bank of America, young adults are not just struggling with t