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Why Lending Your Shares Is a Good Option 11/12/2023 07:00pm • When investors lend their shares to a broker, they can receive more income over time. Loaning a stock or another asset such as an exchange-traded fund to a brokerage firm can yield investors more income passively. Securities lending is common, and share lending programs are usually conducted by brok Jim Biden's last name has helped open doors. It also has made him a target of House Republicans 11/11/2023 02:49pm • ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. (AP) — When a health care startup dreamed of building a network of rural hospitals several years ago, it turned to Jim Biden. Although he wasn’t a public health consultant or a medical expert, Jim Biden was the brother of Joe Biden, who had recently finished his term as vice pr Former Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena dies after collapsing during Albanian Super League soccer game 11/11/2023 02:38pm • TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Former Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena has died after collapsing Saturday during an Albanian Super League soccer match. The Albanian Football Federation confirmed the death of the 28-year-old Dwamena. Footage on social media appeared to show the player by himself and falling Vivek Ramaswamy's approach in business and politics is the same: Confidence, no matter the scenario 11/11/2023 12:19am • ATLANTA (AP) — A political novice and one of the world’s wealthiest millennials, Vivek Ramaswamy has waged a whirlwind presidential campaign mirroring his meteoric rise as a biotech entrepreneur. On everything from deporting people born in the United States to ending aid to Israel and Ukraine, h Arizona's athletic department is struggling financially ahead of move to the Big 12 11/10/2023 04:16pm • The University of Arizona's athletic department is struggling financially ahead of its move from the Pac-12 to the Big 12. University President Robert C. Robbins acknowledged during a Nov. 2 meeting with the board of regents that athletics was not producing the revenue that was expected following th Harris files paperwork putting Biden on South Carolina's ballot to kick off 2024 Democratic primary 11/10/2023 12:11pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris flew to South Carolina on Friday to file paperwork putting President Joe Biden on the 2024 presidential ballot of the state, which will lead off the Democratic presidential primary thanks to a White House-led schedule overhaul meant to better empo The Great Grift: COVID-19 aid thieves bought fancy cars, a Pokemon card - even a private island 11/10/2023 10:44am • YANKEETOWN, Fla. (AP) — A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart Island, a two-acre uninhabited patch of paradise about a mile off the coast of this little Gulf Coast town. Pelicans divebomb nearby into the cool waters of Florida's Withlacoochee Ba Disputes over safety, cost swirl a year after California OK'd plan to keep last nuke plant running 11/10/2023 12:30am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a year after California endorsed a proposal to extend the lifespan of its last nuclear power plant, disputes continue to swirl about the safety of its decades-old reactors, whether more than $1 billion in public financing for the extension could be in jeopardy and even Biden says workers need 'a fair shot' as he celebrates the labor deal saving an Illinois auto plant 11/09/2023 09:30pm • BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) — President Joe Biden put on a red United Auto Workers shirt on Thursday as he celebrated a labor deal that will reopen the Stellantis plant in Belvidere, Illinois, treating the factory's salvation as a vindication of his decision to stand with striking union members as they d Nigeria's president approves spending millions on a presidential yacht and SUVs for lawmakers 11/09/2023 07:46pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu's approval of a supplementary budget earmarking millions of dollars for a presidential yacht and sport utility vehicles for his wife and top government officials has again stoked anger among ordinary Nigerians over what they see as a growing eco Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial will go on after lawyers seek early verdict ending case 11/09/2023 07:28pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers were thwarted Thursday in their longshot bid to immediately end the New York civil fraud trial that threatens the former president’s real estate empire. Judge Arthur Engoron didn't rule on the request, but indicated the trial will go on as scheduled Monda How to Get Free Money as a Student 11/09/2023 07:00pm • The average cost of college is $36,436 per student per year in 2023, according to the Education Data Initiative. But you may not have to pay for the full cost of your attendance. Before turning to student loans or dipping into your savings, consider the following free ways to get money for college. First-of-a-kind nuclear project is terminated in a blow to Biden's clean energy agenda 11/09/2023 06:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A project to build a first-of-a-kind small modular nuclear reactor power plant was terminated Wednesday, another blow to the Biden administration's clean energy agenda following cancellations last week of two major offshore wind projects. Oregon-based NuScale Power has the only Few community college students go on to earn 4-year degrees. Some states have found ways to help 11/09/2023 05:16pm • After delaying college for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jaden Todd wasn’t sure a four-year school was the right place to start. “I was extremely concerned that I forgot how to learn,” he said. Community college appealed as a stepping stone, but he also had heard stories of stude Business Highlights: The Fed’s cautious approach; Biden says workers need ‘a fair shot’ 11/09/2023 04:45pm • ___ Powell reinforces Fed’s cautious approach toward further interest rate hikes WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested that the Fed is in no hurry to further raise its benchmark interest rate, given evidence that inflation pressures are continuing to ease at a gradual p