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3 Credit Lessons You Can Learn From Hollywood Awards Season 02/16/2015 07:00pm • Each awards season, Hollywood's elite strut their stuff on the red carpet and get honored -- or snubbed -- for their cinematic work. Though it may seem like a stretch, you can apply what unfolds on your TV screen to your credit activities. Grab your popcorn, and consider how the following lessons ca How to Find a Credit Card That's Right for You 02/16/2015 07:00pm • Credit cards are incredibly useful financial tools. They make shopping quick and easy. They offer rewards for the purchases you normally make. They improve your credit, which helps you obtain loans and a mortgage. They also enable you to pay for things without liquid cash on hand. Those are a lot of 10 Colleges That Leave Graduates with the Most Student Loan Debt 02/16/2015 07:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: Greece and eurozone take modest steps to bridge differences Greece and eurozone take modest steps to bridge differences 02/12/2015 08:36pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — Greece and its creditors in the 19-country eurozone took visible, if modest, steps Thursday to bridge their differences over Athens' demands to lighten the load of its bailout, but an imminent deal appears still to be some way off. Following weeks of haggling, the two sides made a How Financial Devastation Can Help a Relationship 02/12/2015 07:00pm • Stressed over money? There's a lot of evidence suggesting your relationship is being affected, the most recent statistic coming from the American Psychological Association, which just released data from a survey of 3,068 men and women showing that 31 percent of couples say money is a major source of To Fall in Love With Your Finances, Do This 02/12/2015 07:00pm • Mandy Len Catron's recent essay in The New York Times, "To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This," got me thinking: What deserves love, but is the hardest thing to fall in love with? I believe I found it. The least sexy thing you could fall in love with is your finances.It's easy to stick your head in t Gem, mineral show brings international community to Tucson Gem, mineral show brings international community to Tucson 02/12/2015 06:21pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Fabiano Vasconcelos came to Tucson from Brazil with a $35,000 emerald cluster and thousands of other pieces, including quartz and crystals. Vasconcelos is taking part in a gem and mineral show that draws people from around the world and transforms Tucson for three weeks. Vendo Gem, mineral show brings international community to Tucson Gem, mineral show brings international community to Tucson 02/12/2015 06:18pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Fabiano Vasconcelos came to Tucson from Brazil with a $35,000 emerald cluster and thousands of other pieces, including quartz and crystals. Vasconcelos is taking part in a gem and mineral show that draws people from around the world and transforms Tucson for three weeks. Vendo Ukraine gets new bailout deal from IMF Ukraine gets new bailout deal from IMF 02/12/2015 02:13pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has agreed to give Ukraine a new bailout deal worth 15.5 billion euro ($17.5 billion) that could climb to around $40 billion over four years with help from other lenders like Europe and the U.S. Ukraine has so far received $4.6 billion as part of an American Express, Costco to end US exclusivity deal American Express, Costco to end US exclusivity deal 02/12/2015 01:13pm • Costco shoppers who have been limited for years to American Express credit cards may be able to pluck a new option from their wallets or purses next year after an exclusivity deal between the companies expires. American Express said Thursday that it hasn't been able to come to an agreement with Cost Update on the latest business 02/12/2015 01:11pm • FINANCIAL MARKETS Stocks rise NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are higher in midday trading on Wall Street, with technology and energy stocks leading the way. Cisco Systems was the biggest gainer in the technology sector after reporting better-than-expected earnings. Energy stocks advanced as the price of o US average rate on 30-year home loan 3.69 percent 02/12/2015 01:04pm • Average U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose this week yet remained near historically low levels. Here's a look at rates for fixed and adjustable-rate mortgages this week and over the past year: Current avg.Last week52-week high52-week low30-year fixed3.693.594.413.5915-year fixed2.992.923.472.925-yea Transgender ex-SEAL plans primary challenge to US Rep. Hoyer Transgender ex-SEAL plans primary challenge to US Rep. Hoyer 02/12/2015 12:15pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Kristin Beck, a transgender former Navy SEAL, is planning a primary challenge to the second-ranking Democrat in the House, U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer. The state Board of Elections website shows Beck filed the paperwork Monday. Beck didn't immediately respond to an emailed intervie Transgender former SEAL plans primary challenge to Md. rep Transgender former SEAL plans primary challenge to Md. rep 02/12/2015 11:30am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Kristin Beck, a transgender former Navy SEAL, is planning a primary challenge to Maryland's longest-serving U.S. representative, Democrat Steny Hoyer. The state Board of Elections website shows Beck filed the paperwork Monday. Beck didn't immediately respond to an email Ancient tablets displayed in Jerusalem fuel looting debate Ancient tablets displayed in Jerusalem fuel looting debate 02/12/2015 11:15am • JERUSALEM (AP) — At first glance, the ancient Babylonian tablets on exhibit for the first time at a Jerusalem museum look like nothing more than pockmarked lumps of clay. But the 2,500-year-old treasures from present-day Iraq have become part of a thorny archaeological debate over how to handle hi
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