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Tips to Avoid Living Paycheck to Paycheck 07/26/2023 08:00pm • Trying to cover bills when the cash runs out at the end of the month is a hardship Americans across the country face. According to a February 2023 LendingClub and PYMNTS survey, "As of January 2023, 60% of United States adults, including more than four in 10 high-income consumers, live paycheck to p Federal Reserve raises rates for 11th time to fight inflation but gives no clear sign of next move 07/26/2023 07:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the 11th time in 17 months as part of its ongoing drive to curb inflation. But it provided little guidance about when — or whether — it might hike rates again. Wednesday's move raised the Fed’s benchmark short-t UK billionaire whose family trust owns Tottenham soccer club pleads not guilty to insider trading 07/26/2023 06:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Lewis, the British billionaire whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club, pleaded not guilty in New York on Wednesday to insider trading charges alleging that he fed corporate secrets to romantic partners, personal assistants, friends and his pilots, earning the Sallie Mae: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 07/26/2023 05:51pm • NEWARK, Del. (AP) — NEWARK, Del. (AP) — SLM Corp. (SLM) on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings of $265.1 million. On a per-share basis, the Newark, Delaware-based company said it had net income of $1.10. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five anal Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/26/2023 02:09pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Residents are at a loss after newspaper that bound community together shuts in declining coal county 07/26/2023 12:44pm • WELCH, W.Va. (AP) — Months after Missy Nester ended The Welch News' 100-year run, she can barely stand to walk through the office doors of the newspaper her mother taught her to read with growing up in West Virginia's southern coalfields. It’s still too painful. The Welch News owner and publishe Amazon will pay 15% less for iRobot as the robot vacuum maker takes on new debt 07/26/2023 10:49am • NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon will pay roughly 15% less to acquire iRobot after the robot vacuum maker incurred new debt. The companies said this week that the Seattle-based tech giant will pay $51.75 per share, revised down from $61.00 per share, or $1.7 billion, that was agreed on last year. iRobot, Navient: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 07/26/2023 06:25am • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Navient Corp. (NAVI) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $66 million. On a per-share basis, the Wilmington, Delaware-based company said it had profit of 52 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 70 cents per share. T UK billionaire Joe Lewis, owner of Tottenham soccer team, charged with insider trading in US 07/25/2023 10:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) — British billionaire and Tottenham soccer team owner Joe Lewis has been indicted on charges of slipping confidential stock tips to his romantic partners, private pilots and other pals, U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday. Lewis exploited his entrée to various corporations to reap lucrat 7 Low-Risk Dividend Stocks to Buy for a Choppy Market 07/25/2023 08:00pm • The virtues of dividends in investing are well known by now: Reinvested dividends account for 32% of the returns of the S&P 500 since 1926, according to S&P itself. "Companies use stable and increasing dividends as a signal of confidence in their firm's prospects, while market participants c First panda born in France says goodbye and heads to China 07/25/2023 07:15pm • PARIS (AP) — Ensconced in a glass cage lined with bamboo shoots, the first panda ever born in France bid ‘’adieu’’ to the French zoo where it grew up and set off Tuesday for its new home in China. Named Yuan Meng, the 120-kilogram (264-pound) panda peered out of the cage as staff at the Be Colorado students at private career school that lost accreditation get federal loan relief 07/25/2023 07:07pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The federal government will forgive loans for thousands of Colorado students who attended a private career school that lost accreditation and advertised with misleading data on alumni job placement and earnings that was more rosy than realistic, federal and state officials an Banc of California to buy troubled PacWest Bancorp, which came close to failing earlier this year 07/25/2023 05:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The Banc of California has agreed to buy PacWest Bancorp in an all-stock transaction, bringing an end to months of speculation about whether PacWest could survive on its own after the failures of three other regional banks this spring. The deal announced Tuesday got help from Warb Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/25/2023 02:36pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Takeaways from AP's report on financial hurdles in state crime victim compensation programs 07/25/2023 01:35pm • Thousands of crime victims each year are confronted with the difficult financial reality of state compensation programs that are billed as safety nets to offset costs like funerals, medical care, relocation and other needs. Many programs require victims to pay for those expenses first and exhaust a