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Panthers loan Spencer Knight to Charlotte, where goalie's comeback story will continue 10/06/2023 03:44pm • CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Spencer Knight's comeback story will continue in Charlotte, after the Florida Panthers loaned their young goaltender to the team's AHL affiliate on Friday. Knight hasn't played in a game that counts for Florida since Feb. 18. The 22-year-old stepped away from hockey for A surge of hiring in September defies predictions, pointing to US job market's enduring resilience 10/06/2023 03:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — An unforeseen burst of hiring last month has lifted hopes that the economy will prove durable once again, even as an array of threats lie ahead. Businesses across the U.S. economy ramped up their hiring in September, defying surging interest rates, financial market turmoil, the Boca Juniors beats Palmeiras on penalties to reach Copa Libertadores final 10/06/2023 12:01am • SAO PAULO (AP) — Argentina's Boca Juniors beat Brazil's Palmeiras on penalties n Thursday after a 1-1 draw in regulation time to advance to the Copa Libertadores final. Boca will travel to play another Brazilian club, Fluminense, in the Nov. 4 final at Maracana Stadium. The first leg last week in Bangladesh gets first uranium shipment from Russia for its Moscow-built nuclear power plant 10/05/2023 11:00pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh on Thursday received the first uranium shipment from Russia to fuel the country's only nuclear power plant, still under construction by Moscow. Once finished, the plant is expected to boost Bangladesh’s national electrical grid and help the South Asian nation' Ex-treasurer for Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to conspiracy, tells of bogus loan and fake donors 10/05/2023 10:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The ex-treasurer for U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Thursday to a fraud conspiracy charge and implicated the indicted New York Republican in a scheme to embellish his campaign finance reports with a fake loan and fake donors. Nancy Marks, who was a close aide to Santos d 7 High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy 10/05/2023 08:00pm • The investment landscape has changed dramatically in the last year or so. The unprecedented era of near-zero interest rates is now over. With the nearly risk-free 10-year U.S. Treasury note paying a coupon rate of 3.875% and many certificates of deposit offering more than 5%, investors are demanding 7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold 10/05/2023 08:00pm • The power of low-cost index funds to deliver long-term returns is well known. They offer one of the simplest ways to grow your nest egg -- if you have the patience. Many studies have shown that a buy-and-hold approach can prove more profitable than chasing fashionable investments. Yes, there are occ Trump's penthouse value estimate boosted by millions due to his fame, execs testify in fraud trial 10/05/2023 06:29pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’ s corporate executives once boosted the estimated worth of his Trump Tower penthouse by $20 million partly because of the value of his celebrity, according to trial testimony Thursday. Another $100 million hike in the estimate was based on a single email from a real Business Highlights: The economic threat of rising rates, a huge recall of air bag inflators 10/05/2023 05:32pm • ___ Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic ‘soft landing’ WASHINGTON (AP) — Surging interest rates are intensifying the challenges for the U.S. economy and threatening to derail the Federal Reserve’s drive to tame inflation without causing a deep recess Ex-treasurer for US Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy and says Santos gave his campaign a fake loan 10/05/2023 04:16pm • CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Ex-treasurer for US Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy and says Santos gave his campaign a fake loan. The average long-term US mortgage rate surges to 7.49%, its highest level since December 2000 10/05/2023 02:10pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The cost of financing a home surged again this week as the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed to its highest level since December 2000, further dimming the affordability outlook for many would-be homebuyers. The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose to 7 How a strong start to 2023 for Wall Street got knocked off course by soaring bond yields 10/05/2023 10:51am • NEW YORK (AP) — Treasury yields surged in September and sapped the energy from a strong stock market as investors came to terms with the likelihood that interest rates will remain high well into 2024. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which influences rates for mortgages and other loans, jumped p Rising long-term interest rates are posing the latest threat to a US economic 'soft landing' 10/05/2023 06:30am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Surging interest rates are intensifying the challenges for the U.S. economy and threatening to derail the Federal Reserve’s drive to tame inflation without causing a deep recession. Since mid-summer, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note, a benchmark for many loans, has stead Bangladesh's anti-graft watchdog quizzes Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in embezzlement case 10/05/2023 05:34am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s official anti-graft watchdog Anti-corruption Commission on Thursday questioned Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, involving charges of money laundering and fund embezzlement. Yunus pioneered the use of microcredit to help impover Key Financial Considerations for Unmarried Couples 10/04/2023 08:00pm • When you live with your loved one, you get to share more than furniture. You're also blending your finances, which can work to your advantage -- as well as against it. A 2023 Bread Financial survey found that 44% of coupled respondents wish they had more similar financial mindsets as their partners.