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How Long Does It Take to Build Credit? 05/25/2023 08:00pm • How fast can you improve your credit score? If you need to borrow money but have poor credit -- or no credit score at all -- it can feel like an eternity before the number is acceptable to lenders. Still, with positive changes in your credit managing habits, you can see credit score improvements occ How Often Can You Refinance Student Loans? 05/25/2023 08:00pm • Student loan refinancing involves borrowing a private student loan to pay off one or more existing student loans on better terms, such as a lower interest rate. There's no limit to how often or how many times you can refinance your student loans, which means you can refinance again even if you've re 15 Best Dividend Stocks to Buy Now 05/25/2023 08:00pm • With interest rates soaring to levels not seen in more than 15 years, many people are understandably moving money into bonds and high-yield savings accounts. There is value to be had in locking in attractive interest rates in this new market environment. That said, over time, stocks have proven to b Quarterly results from Best Buy, Ralph Lauren and Dollar Tree show divergence in consumer spending 05/25/2023 04:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) — As inflation on necessities like groceries remains stubbornly high, the well-heeled consumer appears to still be spending, while lower-income shoppers continues to cut back their purchases, according to the latest batch of earnings reports. Ralph Lauren Corp., which sells $300 swea Icahn Enterprises continues to tumble following Hindenburg short report, Bill Ackman's responses 05/25/2023 04:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The business empire of corporate raider and activist investor Carl Icahn continues to tumble amid the fallout following a recent report from short-selling firm Hindenburg Research — and losses are accelerating as a longtime rival echoes the firm's allegations. In the report, pu Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/25/2023 02:07pm • 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 Average long-term US mortgage rate rises to 6.57% this week, highest level since mid March 05/25/2023 01:41pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week to its highest level since mid March, driving up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers facing a housing market that’s constrained by a dearth of homes for sale. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the avera Georgia nuclear rebirth arrives 7 years late, $17B over cost 05/25/2023 01:11pm • WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Two nuclear reactors in Georgia were supposed to herald a nuclear power revival in the United States. But the project is seven years late and $17 billion over budget as Georgia Power Co. announced the first new reactor at its Plant Vogtle could reach full electrical output b Timeline: How Georgia and South Carolina nuclear reactors ran so far off course 05/25/2023 01:04pm • WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — The first of two nuclear reactors in Georgia is generating electricity and could be days away from achieving full-power operation. But the new units at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle are $17 billion over budget and running seven years late. Customers of multiple Georgia u Former Mozambique finance minister loses last appeal, set for extradition to US over $2B scandal 05/25/2023 12:23pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nearly five years after he was arrested at a South African airport, Mozambique's former finance minister has lost a last-ditch court appeal and faces extradition to the United States over a $2 billion corruption scandal related to loans to Mozambican state-owned companies. U.S. Russia signs deal to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus 05/25/2023 12:12pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia and Belarus signed a deal Thursday formalizing the deployment of Moscow’s tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of its ally, although control of the weapons remains in the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of the shorter-range w Housing crisis remains in Kentucky's poor Appalachia region after flood waters recede 05/25/2023 10:33am • JACKSON, Ky. (AP) — Shirley Howard’s feet splashed into nearly a foot of water when she stepped out of bed on a summer morning last July amid a torrential rainfall. A devastating flood swallowing up Kentucky’s Appalachian region had reached her bedroom in the night. The family grabbed their d Office landlords squeezed by falling occupancy rates, refinancing difficulties. Here's why 05/25/2023 10:23am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The failure of several large lenders earlier this year and the banking turmoil that followed have fueled worries for owners of office space such as Boston Properties and Vornado Realty Trust. The sharp runup in interest rates by the Federal Reserve over the past year and a slowi US economic growth for last quarter is revised up to a still-tepid 1.3% annual rate 05/25/2023 09:41am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a lackluster 1.3% annual rate from January through March as businesses wary of an economic slowdown trimmed their inventories, the government said Thursday in a slight upgrade from its initial estimate. The government had previously estimated that the eco Stock market today: Asian shares extend losses, while Japan's Nikkei pushes higher 05/25/2023 12:01am • Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Thursday as worries about the U.S. economy and a possible default on U.S. government debt pulled Wall Street lower. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index advanced 0.5% to 30,848.07, extending recent gains as investors bet on higher returns from Japanese companies.