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CFPB Fines OneMain Financial, Claiming 'Illegally Withheld Refunds' 05/31/2023 08:00pm • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered personal loan lender OneMain Financial to pay $20 million for allegedly pushing borrowers to purchase add-on products in order to receive a loan and withholding refunds on these products, the bureau announced on Wednesday. The lender will pay $10 One Culprit in Rising College Costs: Administrative Expenses 05/31/2023 08:00pm • As college costs continue their decades-long climb, pushing U.S. student loan debt to nearly $1.8 trillion and counting, rising administrative costs are likely to contribute to higher costs for students. The central mission of higher education is teaching, but in recent years administration has enla Federal Reserve likely to skip interest rate hike at next meeting in June, officials signal 05/31/2023 07:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading Federal Reserve officials are sending out stronger signals that they will forego an interest rate increase at the central bank's next meeting in June, though they indicate hikes could resume later this year. “Skipping a rate hike at a coming meeting would allow (Fed po JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he never heard of Jeffrey Epstein until after his 2019 arrest 05/31/2023 07:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has testified that he never heard of Jeffrey Epstein and his crimes against teenage girls and young women until the financier was arrested in 2019, according to a transcript of the videotaped deposition released Wednesday. Dimon said he first heard about it Tielemans announces departure from Leicester after relegation from Premier League 05/31/2023 06:45pm • LEICESTER, England (AP) — Belgium midfielder Youri Tielemans announced Wednesday he will be leaving Leicester following the club's relegation from the Premier League. The 26-year-old Tielemans, who joined from Monaco on loan in 2019 before signing a permanent deal, holds a special place in Leicest 2 men in Virginia defrauded millions in COVID relief 05/31/2023 02:53pm • Two Northern Virginia businessmen will likely spend the next several years in prison after pleading guilty in a joint scheme to defraud banks and the Small Business Administration of around $7.6 million in COVID relief funds. Bennie Earl Magee, 54, of Manassas, Virginia, and Michael Gilcher, 45, Vatican questions how priest moved $17 million meant for missionary work into investment fund 05/31/2023 02:40pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is seeking clarity after the former director of its U.S. missionary fundraising office oversaw the transfer of at least $17 million of its endowment and donations into a new nonprofit and private equity fund that he created and currently manages, The Associated Pres Vatican questions how priest moved $17 million meant for missionary work into investment fund 05/31/2023 02:38pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) — The former monastery on a quiet residential street in Rome once sheltered Jews fearing deportation during World War II. Purchased by the Vatican in 2021 as a dormitory for foreign nuns studying at Rome’s pontifical universities, the building now stands empty, a collateral vic Credit cards, car loans and mortgages: Should financial literacy be required for students? 05/31/2023 12:41pm • Does your high school student understand interest rates, car loans and mortgages? That type of knowledge on financial literacy could become mandatory to get a diploma in the Montgomery County, Maryland, school system. “We as a system do believe that financial literacy is important. And it's cer Tuesday's Transactions 05/30/2023 10:30pm • BASEBALL Major League Baseball American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with OF Aaron Hicks on a one-year contract. Placed OF Cedric Mullins on the 10-day IL. BOSTON RED SOX — Placed RHP Corey Kluber on the paternity list. Recalled LHP Ryan Sherriff from Worcester (IL). Sent LF Adam D Here's what's in, what's out of the debt limit bill to avert US default 05/30/2023 09:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have been working the phones in an intense push to sell Congress on the 99-page bill that would suspend the nation's debt limit through 2025 to avoid a federal default while limiting government spending. The Democratic presiden Hidden Costs of Divorce: Learn How to Prepare for Them 05/30/2023 08:00pm • Divorce: It's complex, stressful and ripe with negative connotations but it's the reality for hundreds of thousands of couples every year, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Beyond the emotional burden of ending a partnership, divorce also comes with a slew of financial costs -- Buying a Fixer-Upper: Everything You Need to Know 05/30/2023 08:00pm • The current state of the housing market may have you expanding your options to try to find a home that you can afford. A fixer-upper that needs some updating and a little love can feel like a welcome alternative to move-in ready houses that go off the market before you can even take a tour. But buyi 10 Ways to Get Free Money From the Government 05/30/2023 08:00pm • Depending on your circumstances and possibly bad luck, you may be in need of all the government help you can get. After all, while unemployment has been pretty low -- 3.4% in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics -- if you're part of that 3.4%, you're out of a job and looking for work. Orlando Housing Market Forecast 05/30/2023 08:00pm • The latest headlines about Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may paint a picture of a city facing serious headwinds, but in Orlando's housing market, things are looking as stable as ever. Unlike in other cities, home prices aren't dropping in Orlando; they're leveling out. Meanwhile, housing supp