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Biden charts new US direction, promises many Trump reversals 01/20/2021 12:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Stop. Stabilize. Then move — but in a vastly different direction. President-elect Joe Biden is pledging a new path for the nation after Donald Trump’s four years in office. That starts with confronting a pandemic that has killed 400,000 Americans and extends to sweeping pl How to Use the Federal Student Loan Simulator 01/20/2021 12:00am • The process of choosing a federal student loan repayment plan can be daunting. To help borrowers better understand and compare their repayment options, the U.S. Department of Education recently enhanced its Loan Simulator tool. You can use this free online resource as a personalized guide to explor Q&A: TD Wealth on Helping Small-Business Owners Through a Pandemic 01/20/2021 12:00am • While the pandemic has taken a financial toll on millions of Americans, small-business owners may rank among the hardest hit. Global shutdowns and social distancing have put pressure on an already financially fragile area of the economy. Just three months into the pandemic, the median small busines Changes for Your Finances Under President Biden 01/20/2021 12:00am • Odds are, you're either excited about the prospects of a Joe Biden presidency or devastated. These days, it doesn't seem as if there's any in-between. But whatever your feelings about the new administration, the following changes are coming that could affect your bank account and finances: -- Stimu MATCHDAY: Manchester rivals United, City chase EPL top spot 01/19/2021 07:25pm • A look at what’s happening around European soccer on Wednesday: ENGLAND Manchester rivals United and City are vying for first place in the Premier League when they play games back-to-back. City can go above Leicester and United to take top spot for the first time this season by winning at home to Deal offers more banking services for California pot firms 01/19/2021 07:25pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California cannabis industry group announced Tuesday that it reached an agreement with a state credit union that will provide checking, wire transfers and other banking services for more marijuana companies, helping ease what has been an obstacle for many businesses. Most Amer Italian PM wins crucial vote in Senate with very thin margin 01/19/2021 06:35pm • ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte squeaked through a crucial Senate confidence vote Tuesday night, allowing him to keep his wobbly coalition afloat but failing to secure the reliable support needed from lawmakers to help him effectively govern the country with its pandemic-pummeled econom Bank of America 4Q profit falls 18% on lower interest rates 01/19/2021 10:45am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bank of America’s fourth-quarter profits fell 18% from a year ago, as lower interest rates weighed down its results. However the bank was able to release more than $800 million from its credit reserves, a sign that it sees the U.S. economy improving in the coming months. Goldman Sachs' profits more than double, despite pandemic 01/19/2021 08:57am • NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs said its profits more than doubled from a year earlier thanks to a surge in both trading and advising revenue. The New York-based investment bank said it earned a profit of $4.36 billion, or $12.08 per share, up from a profit of $1.72 billion, or $4.69 a share, in the Biden has set sky-high expectations. Can he meet them? 01/19/2021 08:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Back when the election was tightening and just a week away, Joe Biden went big. He flew to Warm Springs, the Georgia town whose thermal waters once brought Franklin Delano Roosevelt comfort from polio, and pledged a restitching of America's economic and policy fabric unseen since Millennial Money: Crafting smarter money goals in 2021 01/19/2021 07:29am • Setting money goals in 2020 was likely an exercise in futility. Maybe you’d been saving for a trip abroad, but the pandemic kept you at home. Or you wanted to save up for a down payment on a house, then the recession left you out of a job. The pandemic made achieving yearlong goals a challenge Concerns grow over Eurostar rail service linking UK, EU 01/19/2021 05:55am • PARIS (AP) — The head of France’s state rail company has sounded the alarm over the future of the Eurostar train service, which connects the U.K. with continental Europe and has been hurt badly by the halt to travel during the pandemic as well as Brexit. Jean-Pierre Farandou, the CEO of SNCF, wh Joe Biden's hefty to-do list starts with a flurry of orders 01/19/2021 05:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has given himself an imposing to-do list for his earliest days as president and many promises to keep over the longer haul. Overshadowing everything at the very start is Biden's effort to win congressional approval of a $1.9 trillion plan to combat the coronavirus and t Biden picks Chopra, Gensler for financial oversight roles 01/18/2021 05:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Rohit Chopra to be the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, tapping a progressive ally of Sen. Elizabeth Warren to helm the agency whose creation she championed. Chopra, now a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, h Jovic starts rebuilding career in Germany after Madrid lows 01/18/2021 09:09am • DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Underwhelming at Real Madrid, Luka Jovic has a second chance to prove himself at the German club where he made his name. The Serbian striker came off the bench in his first game back on loan in the Bundesliga on Sunday and scored two goals, lifting Eintracht Frankfurt t