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What Friday's jobs report means for Fed's inflation fight 10/07/2022 03:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� For most Americans, Friday���s September jobs report was welcome news: Businesses kept hiring at a brisk pace, unemployment fell back to a half-century low and average pay rose. Yet for the Federal Reserve, the jobs figures highlight how little progress they're making in their f To buy Twitter, Musk has to keep banks, investors on board 10/07/2022 03:10pm • If the squabbling ever stops over Elon Musk's renewed bid to buy Twitter, experts say he still faces a huge obstacle to closing the $44 billion deal: Keeping his financing in place. Earlier this week, Musk reversed course and said he'd go through with acquiring the social media company under the sam Judge dismisses Wisconsin lawsuit against loan forgiveness 10/07/2022 09:35am • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) ��� A federal judge in Wisconsin has dismissed a lawsuit from a taxpayers group seeking to block President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program, ruling that the group doesn't have standing to bring the lawsuit. The Brown County Taxpayers Association argued that Biden's o Amazon is funding thousands of affordable housing units in the D.C. area. Here's where they are. 10/07/2022 05:00am • Amazon.com��Inc. is nearing $1 billion in the distribution of loans and grants for affordable housing projects in Greater Washington. The milestone comes about 19 months after the e-commerce giant pledged big housing commitments in its three hub markets. In January 2021, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) launc Fan sues Patriots, says they ruined his Brady-signed flag 10/06/2022 04:53pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� The New England Patriots caused irreparable damage to a U.S. flag signed by Tom Brady by improperly displaying it in the team's hall of fame at Gillette Stadium, the flag's owner contends in a federal lawsuit. After it had been on display a couple of months, Brady's signature writ Belarus hands 4 independent journalists lengthy prison terms 10/06/2022 02:12pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� A Belarusian court on Thursday sentenced four journalists at country's largest independent news agency to lengthy prison terms on charges widely seen as politically motivated. Four reporters of the BelaPAN news agency were handed prison terms ranging from four to 14 years Silent films to live on in movie theater lobby card project 10/06/2022 10:32am • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� ���Missing Millions" is a 1922 silent film with a darkly prescient title ��� like the vast majority from that era, the movie all but vanished in the ensuing century, survived mostly by lobby cards. The cards, scarcely bigger than letter paper, promoted the cinematic romances, Average long-term US mortgage rates dip to 6.66% this week 10/06/2022 10:11am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates ticked down modestly this week after six straight weeks of gains pushed rates to heights not seen in more than a decade, before a crash in the housing market triggered the Great Recession in 2008. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday 12-year-old 'kidpreneur' opens Tysons kiosk, eyes big growth for candle business 10/06/2022 09:31am • About the business: Smell of Love Candles is a vegan-soy candle business created by now-12-year-old ���kidpreneur��� Alejandro Buxton and his mom, Patricia Buxton. What started in September 2020 as a small operation out of their Vienna kitchen is now a multiemployee company with a new presence at Ty Sri Lanka begins crucial debt restructuring talks with China 10/06/2022 06:45am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� Sri Lanka���s president said Thursday his government has started debt restructuring discussions with China, an important step toward finalizing an International Monetary Fund rescue of the island nation from a severe economic crisis. President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Pa Fan who caught Aaron Judge's 62nd HR offered $2M for ball 10/06/2022 02:50am • The owner of a sports memorabilia auction house says he has offered $2 million to the fan who caught Aaron Judge's American League-record 62nd home run. JP Cohen, president of Memory Lane Inc. in Tustin, California, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he has texted and emailed Cory Youmans, 10 Common Mistakes Made on the FAFSA 10/05/2022 08:00pm • Many colleges, universities and states use the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly known as the FAFSA, to determine students' eligibility for nonfederal need-based aid -- additional funds students can use to pay for school. But making a mistake on the FAFSA or submitting the applicati Can You Buy a House With a Credit Card? 10/05/2022 08:00pm • At first glance, the idea of buying a house with a credit card sounds irresponsible, if not impossible. While it technically is possible to do so in very limited circumstances, it's generally not a good idea, especially if you have less expensive options available. Whether you're thinking about usin The COVID Student Loan Repayment Pause Is Ending: What Borrowers Should Do Now 10/05/2022 08:00pm • Borrowers need to know and do some critical things before the pandemic-related pause on repaying federal student loans ends this year and payments resume in January 2023. Student loan and finance experts advise taking the following steps right away: -- Update your contact information with your stude 6 Signs It's Time to Retire 10/05/2022 08:00pm • It can be difficult to figure out when you are truly ready to retire. Some people aim for a certain retirement age, perhaps 62 or 65, while others set a financial goal, such as $1 million in a retirement account. There are signs and targets that can signal that you are prepared to retire, but they'r