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Tottenham repays COVID loan, frees up funds for signings 06/18/2021 09:29am • LONDON (AP) — Tottenham announced Friday it had paid back the 175 million pounds ($243 million) it borrowed from the Bank of England as part of a coronavirus loan scheme, freeing up cash that could help the Premier League club sign players and a new manager. The north London club said it repaid th Does Settling Credit Card Debt Affect Your Credit Score? 06/18/2021 12:00am • Does settling a debt hurt your credit? That's probably the No. 1 question on your mind if you're considering a debt settlement. If you're in over your head, settling credit card debt is one way to break free of the cycle of late fees and missed payments. However, you could deal with the repercussio 7 of the Best Emerging Market Stocks to Buy 06/18/2021 12:00am • Keep in mind commodity prices and foreign-exchange rates.In addition to individual company issues, emerging market investors often need to pay attention to currency and commodity fluctuations in ways they don't with developed nations. That's because emerging market economies are often more dependent US average mortgage rates mostly lower; 30-year at 2.93% 06/17/2021 01:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage rates were mostly lower this week as the economy continued to show signs of recovery from the pandemic recession and recent bursts of inflation were deemed temporary by federal policymakers. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average for the key 30-yea EU endorses massive pandemic relief for recession-hit Greece 06/17/2021 09:07am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Union Thursday endorsed a pandemic recovery plan for Greece worth 30.5 billion euros ($36.4 billion), providing vital relief for the eurozone member's shaken economy. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen formally announced the approval of Greece’ How to Choose the Best Financial Planning Software 06/17/2021 12:00am • Financial planning isn't the pen-and-paper activity it used to be. Luckily for advisors, abacuses and calculators you have to crank are technologies of the past. But while modernization has made math easier, it's also made the art of long-term financial planning more complicated. Today's advisors ne Top Money Lessons From the Pandemic 06/17/2021 12:00am • Each time we left our homes during the coronavirus pandemic, we were intensely aware of the health risks at stake. But when it comes to money, we've been taking calculated risks all along. The last year forced many to reconsider how they approach risk taking, respond in times of unpredictability an 7 Penny Stocks That Pay Dividends 06/17/2021 12:00am • A low share price doesn't mean a company can't offer dividends.When investors think of penny stocks, their thoughts might turn to shares of companies trading for pennies on the dollar that may or may not end up as successful businesses that grow substantially. Potential growth companies like that te Fed sees earlier time frame for rate hikes with inflation up 06/16/2021 06:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it may act sooner than previously planned to start dialing back the low-interest-rate policies that have helped fuel a swift rebound from the pandemic recession but have also coincided with rising inflation. The Fed's policymakers fore Rome tribunal backs Vatican in case against Italian broker 06/16/2021 03:34pm • ROME (AP) — A Rome court has strongly backed Vatican prosecutors in their pursuit of an Italian businessman accused of bilking the Holy See of millions of euros in a London real estate deal, saying he used bad-faith negotiations, last-minute contractual changes and a web of accomplices. The three- Editorial Roundup: U.S. 06/16/2021 12:16pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 15 The Guardian on U.S. President Joe Biden, China and Europe: It is 50 years next month since Henry Kissinger embarked on the secret mission to Beijing that led to a rapprochement: “It is the conviction of President Nixon that Let the recovery begin: EU chief OKs first virus plans 06/16/2021 11:56am • MADRID (AP) — The European Union moved a step closer Wednesday to deploying the bloc’s massive pandemic recovery fund, with a top executive going to Portugal and Spain to announce the bloc’s initial endorsement of their national spending plans. European Commission President Ursula von der Leye Loan relief granted to defrauded for-profit college students 06/16/2021 09:43am • The U.S. Education Department said Wednesday it's erasing student debt for thousands of borrowers who attended a for-profit college chain that made exaggerated claims about its graduates’ success in finding jobs. The Biden administration said it is approving 18,000 loan forgiveness claims from for Watford signs defender Danny Rose to 2-year contract 06/16/2021 07:43am • LONDON (AP) — Watford signed Danny Rose to a two-year contract Wednesday following the defender's departure from Tottenham. The 30-year-old left back had been released at the end of his contract after spending 14 years with the Premier League club. Rose last played a Premier League match while on Nat Geo documentary shines light on 100th anniversary of Tulsa race massacre 06/16/2021 12:06am • This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, but unless you watched HBO's "Watchmen" (2019), the majority of Americans sadly haven't heard of it. That's about to change thanks to Dawn Porter's new documentary "Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer," which airs on