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5 Pandemic Credit Card Habits to Keep 08/19/2021 12:00am • One unexpected effect of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it has shored up the nation's wallets. Suddenly unable to eat out or travel in 2020, consumers reduced spending and used pandemic relief payments to cut their credit card debt. Credit card balances fell a collective $108 billion in 2020, the la Fed discussed pulling back on bond purchases later this year 08/18/2021 04:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials last month discussed the idea of beginning to dial back their extraordinary support for the U.S. economy later this year, though they stopped short of a firm decision on a timetable. The minutes of the Fed's July 27-28 meeting, released Wednesday, indica Juventus signs Italy midfielder Locatelli from Sassuolo 08/18/2021 02:44pm • TURIN. Italy (AP) — Juventus completed the signing of Italy midfielder Manuel Locatelli from Sassuolo on Wednesday, just over a month after he helped the Azzurri win the European Championship. The 23-year-old Locatelli joined initially on a two-year loan deal and the move will then be made permane EU condemns Belarus for 'direct attack' using migrants 08/18/2021 02:37pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday condemned what it called Belarus’s “aggressive behavior” in organizing illegal border crossings with migrants into Latvia, Lithuania and Poland with the aim of destabilizing the 27-nation bloc. So far this year, more than 4,100 asylum-seekers, Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku won't need adjustment period 08/18/2021 11:23am • LONDON (AP) — Romelu Lukaku won't need much time to readjust to the Premier League. Less than a week after becoming Chelsea’s most expensive player, the 28-year-old Belgium striker said he was ready to play Sunday against Arsenal, and in the No. 9 shirt that became available when Tammy Abraham l Ford, Robert Wood Johnson foundations fund tenant clout 08/18/2021 10:01am • Two of the nation’s wealthiest foundations have created a new $7.5 million fund to help give tenants more say in housing matters, as millions of Americans struggle to make rent and face possible eviction as a result of the pandemic. The HouseUS Fund, supported by the Ford and Robert Wood Johnson f Mourinho, Allegri, Inzaghi lead battle of coaches in Italy 08/18/2021 09:02am • MILAN (AP) — It took Inter Milan 11 years to climb back to the top of Serie A. Now, it faces what could be a rapid descent. The future looked bright in May when Antonio Conte led Inter to its first league title since 2010, but the club and the fans barely had a chance to bask in their renewed glor Negotiated Rulemaking: What Student Loan Borrowers Should Know 08/18/2021 12:00am • This fall, the U.S. Department of Education is continuing a process known as negotiated rulemaking to make changes to the federal student loan program. While this bureaucratic process can seem wonky, its outcome will directly affect millions of student loan borrowers across the country. Negotiated Italian club Roma signs forward Tammy Abraham from Chelsea 08/17/2021 07:06am • ROME (AP) — Italian club Roma signed forward Tammy Abraham from Chelsea for 40 million euros ($47 million) on Tuesday. Abraham replaces Edin Džeko, who moved to Serie A champion Inter Milan last week. “You can sense when a club really wants you — and Roma made their interest clear immediately North Dakota gas plant to be redeveloped for clean energy 08/16/2021 05:00pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bakken Energy and Mitsubishi Power Americas on Monday announced they are acquiring a financially troubled synthetic natural gas plant in western North Dakota and plan to redevelop it to produce renewable energy. The companies said the deal to purchase the Great Plains Synfuel Tesla, Expedia fall; Sonos, Duke Energy rise 08/16/2021 04:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Sonos Inc., up $1.79 to $39.93. The maker of wireless speakers and home sound systems reportedly received a favorable decision in a patent dispute with Google. JELD-WEN Holding Inc., down 47 cents to $28.93. Onex i Buying a fixer-upper? Who to follow and how to finance 08/16/2021 09:51am • America's housing stock is old and getting older, and more buyers, priced out of homes that are move-in perfect, are turning to fixer-uppers, which present a more affordable option. The average age of a house in the U.S. as of 2019 was 39, and 65% of American homes were built before 1989. A recen What Is Wage Garnishment? 08/16/2021 12:00am • Financial security is important at every age and career stage. Yet in some specific cases, you may find this security jeopardized through a process known as wage garnishment, which allows your company to withhold your paycheck. What Is Wage Garnishment?According to the U.S. Department of Labor, wag Marseille draws 2-2 after leading 2-0; Bosz's Lyon loses 3-0 08/15/2021 05:15pm • PARIS (AP) — One week after coming back from two goals down to win 3-2, Marseille threw away a 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 with Bordeaux in the French league on Sunday. Dimitri Payet, who scored twice in last weekend's victory at Montpellier, netted with a superb long-range strike to make it 2-0 in the 4 Longest war: Were America's decades in Afghanistan worth it? 08/14/2021 10:01pm • Here's what 19-year-old Lance Cpl. William Bee felt flying into southern Afghanistan on Christmas Day 2001: purely lucky. The U.S. was hitting back at the al-Qaida plotters who had brought down the World Trade Center, and Bee found himself among the first Marines on the ground. “Excitement,” Bee