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US average mortgage rates decline; 30-year at 2.98% 07/01/2021 05:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Mortgage rates declined this week, with the key 30-year loan slipping back below the 3% mark as the economic recovery from the pandemic recession remains robust. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average for the 30-year home loan eased to 2.98% from 3.02% las Halliburton, MGM rise; MKS Instruments, Gap fall 07/01/2021 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: MGM Resorts International, up 87 cents to $43.52. The casino and hotel operator is buying the remaining 50% stake in CityCenter, its joint venture with Infinity World Development. Gap Inc., down 13 cents to $33.5 Overhaul makes it easier for aspiring teachers to get grants 07/01/2021 03:49pm • The U.S. Education Department on Thursday loosened the rules around a grant program that���s intended to help aspiring teachers pay for college but has actually left thousands stuck with student debt. The update is part of a federal rules overhaul that was finalized under the Trump administration bu Slovenia's turn at the EU helm off to a tense, rocky start 07/01/2021 03:48pm • KRANJ, Slovenia (AP) ��� Slovenia���s presidency of the European Union got off to a tense, rocky start Thursday, as the EU���s chief executive demanded that the right-wing government end a funding rift with the small Alpine country���s main news agency. At a news event meant to usher in Slovenia��� Charles Booker launches another Senate bid in Kentucky 07/01/2021 11:54am • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Democrat Charles Booker launched another campaign for the U.S. Senate on Thursday, reprising his ���hood to the holler��� theme in hopes of forging an urban-rural coalition powerful enough to unseat Republican incumbent Rand Paul next year in Kentucky. Booker, a Black former How COVID-fueled crowdfunding can revive small businesses 07/01/2021 08:23am • A pandemic-fueled boom in crowdfunding has small businesses flocking to capital-raising platforms that experts say could help many companies get back to normal ��� as long as small-business owners are able to launch effective campaigns. Regulation crowdfunding, in which companies raise capital from When COVID Relief Measures Expire and How to Prepare 07/01/2021 12:00am • While the country transitions back to something resembling pre-pandemic life -- with packed stadiums at sporting events, indoor dining at restaurants and resumed in-person schooling -- it's time for your financial life to transition back to normal, too. A number of expanded benefits offered as part Biden signs three bills to overturn Trump-era rules 06/30/2021 06:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden signed three separate laws Wednesday that dismantle part of the Trump era, blocking payday lenders from avoiding caps on interest rates, restricting climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling and ending rules on how the Equal Employment DC small businesses emerge from COVID with help from nonprofits and Wells Fargo 06/30/2021 02:59pm • This content is sponsored by Wells Fargo. Sandra Foote, owner of Flip it LJ Diner, a small restaurant in Northwest D.C., wasn���t sure her business would survive the pandemic. Foote started the diner nine years ago with her husband, who has since passed away. Her business tanked during the hei Editorial Roundup: U.S. 06/30/2021 11:38am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 29 The Miami Herald on a disturbing, larger question in Surfside condo collapse: South Florida���s long and sordid history of shoddy building practices is hard to ignore in the wake of the Surfside building���s partial collapse. W Advisors Urge Clients to Plan Ahead for Possibility of Inflation 06/30/2021 12:00am • Advisors routinely counsel clients that equities are a hedge against inflation. For years, investors didn't have to concern themselves much with that advice, as the core inflation rate remained fairly muted while equity markets raced higher. That may be changing. Companies throughout various S& Common Questions College Graduates Have About Student Loans 06/30/2021 12:00am • College graduates carrying student loan debt face a repayment process that can be difficult to manage, a fact highlighted by a 2020 research report from The Pew Charitable Trusts. The study showed that while 7 in 10 Americans polled in 2019 thought taking out student loans was reasonable given the Should I Pay for Dental Care With a Credit Card? 06/30/2021 12:00am • The only thing worse than a root canal is getting the bill after it's all over. With all that Novocain in the dentist's office, you'd think someone could develop a shot to numb the mental anguish that occurs when it's time to pay up. If you have dental insurance, that reduces some of the financial Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy 06/29/2021 04:41pm • Before the pandemic hit, Jacqueline Bartley, a mother of two girls and a boy, had a comfortable life. Then the 41-year-old lost her job at American Airlines, quickly spent her savings and found herself months behind on the $1,350-a-month home she rented. Until then she had never missed a rent paymen Rental assistance fell victim to politics, bureaucracy 06/29/2021 01:10pm • Before the pandemic hit, Jacqueline Bartley, a mother of two girls and a boy, had a comfortable life. Then the 41-year-old lost her job at American Airlines, quickly spent her savings and found herself months behind on the $1,350-a-month home she rented. Until then she had never missed a rent paymen