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Virus surge claims brightest minds at Indian universities 06/19/2021 03:13am • SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Sajad Hassan sat at his professor's hospital bedside for three nights, doing most of the talking as his friend and mentor breathed through an oxygen mask and struggled with a suspected COVID-19 infection. Both were confident the 48-year-old academic would be heading home so Consortium, loan announced for Fargo flood project 06/18/2021 05:39pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A $2.75 billion project aimed at protecting Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota, from chronic flooding gained ground Friday with the acceptance of a massive federal loan and the pick of a international consortium to build a key piece. The public-private partnership that will build Pilgrim's Pride, JPMorgan fall; Adobe, Smith & Wesson rise 06/18/2021 04:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Adobe Inc., up $14.23 to $565.59. The software maker gave investors an encouraging profit forecast after reporting strong second-quarter financial results. Pilgrim's Pride Corp., down 36 cents to $21.25. The poultr AC Milan signs defender Tomori from Chelsea after loan spell 06/18/2021 10:39am • MILAN (AP) — AC Milan has exercised its option to sign Fikayo Tomori from Chelsea after the defender's loan spell with the Italian club in the second half of the season. The Serie A club paid a reported fee of at least $33 million for the 23-year-old Tomori, who joined Milan in January and helped Tottenham repays COVID loan, frees up funds for signings 06/18/2021 09:29am • LONDON (AP) — Tottenham announced Friday it had paid back the 175 million pounds ($243 million) it borrowed from the Bank of England as part of a coronavirus loan scheme, freeing up cash that could help the Premier League club sign players and a new manager. The north London club said it repaid th Does Settling Credit Card Debt Affect Your Credit Score? 06/18/2021 12:00am • Does settling a debt hurt your credit? That's probably the No. 1 question on your mind if you're considering a debt settlement. If you're in over your head, settling credit card debt is one way to break free of the cycle of late fees and missed payments. However, you could deal with the repercussio 7 of the Best Emerging Market Stocks to Buy 06/18/2021 12:00am • Keep in mind commodity prices and foreign-exchange rates.In addition to individual company issues, emerging market investors often need to pay attention to currency and commodity fluctuations in ways they don't with developed nations. That's because emerging market economies are often more dependent US average mortgage rates mostly lower; 30-year at 2.93% 06/17/2021 01:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage rates were mostly lower this week as the economy continued to show signs of recovery from the pandemic recession and recent bursts of inflation were deemed temporary by federal policymakers. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average for the key 30-yea EU endorses massive pandemic relief for recession-hit Greece 06/17/2021 09:07am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Union Thursday endorsed a pandemic recovery plan for Greece worth 30.5 billion euros ($36.4 billion), providing vital relief for the eurozone member's shaken economy. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen formally announced the approval of Greece’ How to Choose the Best Financial Planning Software 06/17/2021 12:00am • Financial planning isn't the pen-and-paper activity it used to be. Luckily for advisors, abacuses and calculators you have to crank are technologies of the past. But while modernization has made math easier, it's also made the art of long-term financial planning more complicated. Today's advisors ne Top Money Lessons From the Pandemic 06/17/2021 12:00am • Each time we left our homes during the coronavirus pandemic, we were intensely aware of the health risks at stake. But when it comes to money, we've been taking calculated risks all along. The last year forced many to reconsider how they approach risk taking, respond in times of unpredictability an 7 Penny Stocks That Pay Dividends 06/17/2021 12:00am • A low share price doesn't mean a company can't offer dividends.When investors think of penny stocks, their thoughts might turn to shares of companies trading for pennies on the dollar that may or may not end up as successful businesses that grow substantially. Potential growth companies like that te Fed sees earlier time frame for rate hikes with inflation up 06/16/2021 06:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it may act sooner than previously planned to start dialing back the low-interest-rate policies that have helped fuel a swift rebound from the pandemic recession but have also coincided with rising inflation. The Fed's policymakers fore Rome tribunal backs Vatican in case against Italian broker 06/16/2021 03:34pm • ROME (AP) — A Rome court has strongly backed Vatican prosecutors in their pursuit of an Italian businessman accused of bilking the Holy See of millions of euros in a London real estate deal, saying he used bad-faith negotiations, last-minute contractual changes and a web of accomplices. The three- Editorial Roundup: U.S. 06/16/2021 12:16pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 15 The Guardian on U.S. President Joe Biden, China and Europe: It is 50 years next month since Henry Kissinger embarked on the secret mission to Beijing that led to a rapprochement: “It is the conviction of President Nixon that