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Pain, few gains for investors as markets slumped in 2022 12/21/2022 02:21pm • Investors found few, if any, safe havens in 2022, as central banks in the U.S. and around the globe raised interest rates for the first time in years to fight surging inflation, stoking fear of a global recession. Consumers paid more for energy, food and just about everything else. Borrowing to buy EXPLAINER: Inside the proposed sale of the Suns and Mercury 12/21/2022 12:15pm • Mat Ishbia���s career statistics at Michigan State went like this: He averaged 0.6 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. Not exactly record-setting numbers. But this is the number he's about to be known by in the game ��� $4 billion. Ishbia���s offer to buy the majority stake of the Phoenix Trump tax audits required by IRS were delayed, panel says 12/21/2022 09:45am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The IRS failed to pursue mandatory audits of Donald Trump on a timely basis during his presidency, a congressional panel found on Tuesday, raising questions about statements by the former president and leading members of his administration who claimed he could not release his tax Moore taps Sen. Pinsky and Mollie Byron for his administration; multiple legislative dominoes set to fall 12/21/2022 09:31am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Gov.-elect Wes Moore (D) announced Tuesday that he has selected state Sen. Paul Pinsky (D-Prince George���s) to head the Maryland Energy A Families consider class action lawsuit against embattled Md. college savings plan 12/21/2022 09:20am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Parents who participate in Maryland���s college savings plan, frustrated by a year-long accounting problem that has left many unable to pa How to make holiday returns with buy now, pay later 12/21/2022 09:15am • Shoppers who used ���buy now, pay later��� to help finance gifts this holiday season may soon encounter an unwelcome surprise: Returns can be more challenging than when buying from the store with cash or a credit card. Returns and disputes are a common concern among buy now, pay later users, a ccord Asian shares mixed as recession worries temper Wall St gains 12/21/2022 12:22am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after a modestly higher close on Wall Street as concerns over pressures on global growth tempered gains in the absence of major data releases. Tokyo���s benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.2%, to 26,395.49, a day after the Bank of Japan gave 15 Law Schools Where You Can Pay Off Your Debt 12/20/2022 07:00pm • Most law school grads have a high debt load.Many law students depend on student loans to fund their legal education. Students from the class of 2021 at 184 law schools that reported debt figures to U.S. News incurred an average debt of about $110,861. But law school grads can offset these high debt 9 Biggest Financial Fraud Cases in Recent History 12/20/2022 07:00pm • These major financial fraud cases rocked the corporate world.As if the past year wasn't tough enough for investors, 2022 has been a cataclysmic year in global corporate finance, with the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange firm FTX and the legal troubles of its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, making hea Joel So��ora released by Portuguese team Mar��timo 12/20/2022 06:57pm • American midfielder Joel So��ora was released from his contract with the Portuguese team Mar��timo by mutual consent on Tuesday. The 26-year-old midfielder from Dallas made just four league appearances since joining the club last summer. He had been on loan previously to the Argentine team V��lez Sa FuelCell, Wells Fargo fall; Steelcase, Blucora rise 12/20/2022 04:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Blucora Inc., up $2.78 to $25.34. The wealth management company completed the sale of its TaxAct tax prep software. Wells Fargo & Co., down 84 cents to $40.98. The bank will pay $3.7 billion to settle charges Cheer groups move to dismiss abuse case, racketeering claims 12/20/2022 03:12pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� A series of lawsuits beginning in South Carolina have detailed the alleged sexual abuse of at least 20 cheerleaders across six states. The anonymous plaintiffs have accused coaches, choreographers and others of illicit drug provision, child pornography solicitation and rape. Wells Fargo to pay $3.7B over consumer law violations 12/20/2022 12:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Consumer banking giant Wells Fargo agreed to pay $3.7 billion to settle charges that it harmed customers by charging illegal fees and interest on auto loans and mortgages, as well as incorrectly applying overdraft fees against savings and checking accounts. Wells was ordered to r Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion in fines, penalties for widespread consumer law violations in auto, mortgage loans 12/20/2022 08:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion in fines, penalties for widespread consumer law violations in auto, mortgage loans. Biden: US looking to strengthen relationship with Ecuador 12/19/2022 06:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� With Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso by his side, President Joe Biden said Monday the U.S. is looking to expand and strengthen the U.S. relationship with one of its staunchest allies in South America and a country that's getting plenty of attention from China. Lasso's visit