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How to Spend Money on a Summer Vacation You Haven't Budgeted For 08/27/2023 08:00pm • It's the end of the summer, and you've decided to travel somewhere -- whether you can afford to or not. How do you pay for and plan a vacation this quickly without completely destroying your budget? It isn't going to be easy, but money experts say there are strategies to use. Don't Go FarThe farther What Is a Good DTI for a Mortgage? 08/27/2023 08:00pm • If you plan to buy a home or car -- or make any purchase that requires a loan -- it is essential to have a good debt-to-income ratio. Your DTI reveals how much of your income goes toward debt payments each month, and this ratio gives lenders a snapshot of your financial condition and how likely you Using Life Insurance as an Asset Class for Investing 08/27/2023 08:00pm • If there ever was a topic that has the financial industry fighting like the Hatfields and McCoys, it is the use of life insurance as an investment. Financial advisors argue that life insurance is too expensive and clients can do better with other choices, like stocks and bonds. Insurance professiona MATCHDAY: Inter looking to keep pace with title rivals when it faces Ranieri's Cagliari 08/27/2023 06:24pm • A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Monday: ITALY Inter Milan will be hoping to keep pace with title rivals in Serie A when it visits Claudio Ranieri’s Cagliari. Defending champion Napoli and AC Milan both have maximum points from their opening two matches, along with Hellas Verona. Russian mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin challenged the Kremlin in a brief mutiny 08/27/2023 09:07am • Yevgeny Prigozhin, who made his name as a profane and brutal mercenary boss before mounting an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule, has died at age 62. Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, a Russian military contractor, was US consumer spending is expected to cool further but not fall off a cliff 08/27/2023 07:30am • Washington, DC (CNN) — After a remarkable summer of robust consumer spending and financial-market resilience, the US economy is widely expected to slow in the coming months as the Federal Reserve continues its historic inflation fight. Investors and economists are bullish that consumer spending National Zoo pandas to head back to China — here's when and why 08/26/2023 09:00am • ▶ Watch Video: "Panda diplomacy" marks 50th anniversary at Smithsonian's National Zoo It's the end of an era for the Smithsonian National Zoo's beloved giant pandas. The three pandas currently living at the zoo will be returned to China by Dec. 7 – giving visitors less than five mont Biden and Harris will meet with King's family on the March on Washington's 60th anniversary 08/25/2023 05:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will observe Monday's 60th anniversary of the March on Washington by meeting with organizers of the 1963 gathering and relatives of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln M ECB's Lagarde says interest rates to stay high as long as needed to defeat inflation 08/25/2023 04:46pm • JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — Interest rates in the European Union will need to stay high “as long as necessary” to slow still-high inflation, Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, said Friday. “While progress is being made," she said, “the fight against inflation is n Leipzig scores 5 goals in second half to rally for 5-1 win over Stuttgart in Bundesliga 08/25/2023 04:46pm • LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig scored five times in the second half to come from behind and beat Stuttgart 5-1 Friday for its first Bundesliga win of the season. Goals from Benjamin Henrichs, Dani Olmo, Loïs Openda, Kevin Kampl and Xavi Simons all came after the home team was aggrieved not to be Visitors to Lincoln Memorial say America has its flaws but see gains made since March on Washington 08/25/2023 04:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Fencing and construction workers greet visitors to the Lincoln Memorial, signaling that — for the moment — the monument to the nation’s 16th president is a work in progress. And so is the nation Abraham Lincoln saved and the dream that Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned at Economy's solid growth could require more Fed hikes to fight inflation, Powell says at Jackson Hole 08/25/2023 02:51pm • JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — The continued strength of the U.S. economy could require further interest rate increases, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday in a closely watched speech that also highlighted the uncertain nature of the economic outlook. Powell noted that the economy has Bayern Munich signs Israeli goalkeeper Daniel Peretz from Maccabi Tel Aviv 08/25/2023 01:06pm • MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich signed Israeli goalkeeper Daniel Peretz from Maccabi Tel Aviv on Friday. The Bavarian powerhouse said in a statement that the 23-year-old Peretz has signed a five-year deal through June 2028 and will wear the No. 18 shirt. “Daniel is a goalkeeper with great potential. Estonia's pro-Ukrainian PM faces pressure to quit over husband's indirect Russian business links 08/25/2023 11:28am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Estonia’s strongly pro-Ukrainian Prime Minister, Kaja Kallas, came under increasing pressure Friday to resign, after Estonian media revealed her husband’s role in a company that indirectly did business in Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. Kal DC region’s oldest bank is getting much bigger 08/25/2023 10:15am • Alexandria, Virginia-based Burke & Herbert Bank will more than double in size through a merger with West Virginia's Summit Financial Group. Burke & Herbert is the oldest continuously operating bank under its original name headquartered in the D.C. region. The merged bank will operate u