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In your debt: 3 times debt can be a helpful tool 07/22/2022 11:57am • In some corners of the personal finance advice world, getting into debt is just about the worst thing you can do. And yes, some forms of debt ��� particularly those that charge high interest rates ��� can keep you locked in a cycle of owing money for years. Still, there are times where taking on deb Great Falls' Trustar Bank raises $18 million for expansion 07/22/2022 10:23am • Great Falls, Virginia-based Trustar Bank, founded by a local banking veteran in 2019, has raised $18 million from investors to fund its continued expansion. Trustar said the capital commitment from investors was raised in less than one month, and exceeded its initial goal, the second oversubscrib Women's Conference Tournament Glances 07/22/2022 10:00am • Times EST (through March 12) Times EDT (March 13) America East Conference At Higher-Seeded Schools First Round Saturday, March 5 Maine 63, Hartford 49 Albany (NY) 49, New Hampshire 44 Vermont 71, Binghamton 63 NJIT 47, Mass.-Lowell 33 Semifinals Tuesday, March 8 Albany (NY) 67, Vermont 54 Maine 72, AmEx 2Q profits fall 14% despite higher cardmember spending 07/22/2022 07:54am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� American Express' profits fell 14% in the second quarter, the company said Friday, as higher expenses more than offset record spending on its network by its cardmembers. AmEx had profit of $1.96 billion, or $2.57 a share, down from $2.28 billion, or $2.80 a share, in the same perio Lingard joins Forest after leaving United; Mee to Brentford 07/22/2022 06:54am • NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) ��� Nottingham Forest pulled off its biggest signing since clinching a return to the Premier League by bringing in Jesse Lingard on a free transfer. The England midfielder was available after ending his 22-year association with Manchester United during the offseason. Lingard Retirement Planning Lessons From the Great Recession 07/21/2022 08:00pm • Many people vividly recall the Great Recession. There were numerous foreclosed homes, financial institutions shuttered and businesses closed. Many Americans found themselves suddenly looking at living on much less income than before. It took some time for the economy to pick up and the country to re 12 Terms Every Investor Needs to Know 07/21/2022 08:00pm • Investing is a broad subject. Not everyone takes an interest in it, and yet few other topics play such an important role in one's quality of life. Someone can practice superb habits when it comes to personal finance -- making much more than they spend each year, retiring high-interest debt, establis As Ohio welcomes refugees, a nonprofit gives them a boost 07/21/2022 03:35pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Hakizimana Muvunye, a refugee from Congo who lives in Cleveland, is a man doing his best. He���s the owner of Asante Landscaping but has only five clients so he also drives for Uber. ���I need to take care of my family,��� he said. Muvunye and his wife, Irene Twizere, have five ch Housing market chills as mortgage rates, prices scare buyers 07/21/2022 12:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Kyle Tomcak was looking for a home for his in-laws in the suburbs around Denver, something priced close to $450,000. Tomcak became dispirited as he lost out to investors fronting cash offers $100,000 over the asking price. Then mortgage rates ballooned, putting his price range out Vatican says they're gifts; Indigenous groups want them back 07/21/2022 03:05am • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� The Vatican Museums are home to some of the most magnificent artworks in the world, from Michelangelo���s Sistine Chapel to ancient Egyptian antiquities and a pavilion full of papal chariots. But one of the museum���s least-visited collections is becoming its most contested bef American forward Nicholas Gioacchini joins Orlando in MLS 07/20/2022 02:23pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Forward Nicholas Gioacchini was acquired by Major League Soccer's Orlando from Caen in France's second tier on Wednesday. The 21-year-old agreed to a 2 1/2-year contract that includes a club option for 2025. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Gioacchini signed with the reserve tea Editorial Roundup: United States 07/20/2022 02:00pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 15 The Washington Post on access to birth control after the SCOTUS ruling on abortion: The French company that has asked for permission to sell birth control pills over the counter in the United States says the timing of its reque Can green hydrogen save a coal town and slow climate change? 07/20/2022 11:42am • DELTA, Utah (AP) ��� The coal plant is closing. In this tiny Utah town surrounded by cattle, alfalfa fields and scrub-lined desert highways, hundreds of workers over the next few years will be laid off ��� casualties of environmental regulations and competition from cheaper energy sources. Yet acros US home sales fell in June as prices reach new heights 07/20/2022 11:07am • Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slowed for the fifth consecutive month in June as higher mortgage rates and rising prices kept many home hunters on the sidelines. Existing home sales fell 5.4% last month from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.12 million, the National Association Faced with more deadly heat waves, US cities are taking an unprecedented step 07/20/2022 09:39am • When Jane Gilbert was appointed last summer as Miami-Dade County's first "chief heat officer" ��� and the first in the country ��� she was charged with a seemingly impossible task: raise the public's awareness about the dangers of extreme heat to the same level as hurricanes. Gilbert said most of