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Dividend Payout Ratio: Formula, Analysis and Purpose 05/18/2023 08:00pm • One way to look at dividend investing is that it's a simpler path to cash flow than real estate or other means and takes less time to pull off. After you research dividend stocks and invest in a few shares, the dividend payments start accumulating. However, corporations are not obligated to continue How Do Installment Loans Work? 05/18/2023 08:00pm • Installment loans are a type of loan that allows you to finance large purchases or unexpected expenses and pay them off over time with a series of fixed payments, usually monthly. Unlike options such as payday loans or credit cards, installment loans have a set repayment schedule and interest rate w Ex-Prince George's Co. police lieutenant sentenced to 16 months in prison for tax evasion 05/18/2023 05:26pm • A former Prince George's County, Maryland, police lieutenant was sentenced Thursday to 16 months in federal prison on a federal tax evasion charge. Authorities said 48-year-old Edward Scott Finn, who owned and operated a private security company called Edward Finn Inc., pleaded guilty in June 202 How a Loudoun Co. school helps seniors prep for life after high school 05/18/2023 04:51pm • A few years ago, Douglas Fulton, who was principal of Freedom High School in Loudoun County, Virginia, at the time, was concerned about some senior students who seemingly didn���t have a plan for life after graduation. His focus was on two students in particular, who counselor Colleen Hurley said China's loans pushing world���s poorest countries to brink of collapse 05/18/2023 04:35pm • A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse under the weight of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world���s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China. An Associated Press analysis of a dozen countries most indebted to Chi US: 44 indicted in Puerto Rico in $1.2M scheme to obtain pandemic relief funds 05/18/2023 04:30pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico indicted 44 people accused in a $1.2 million scheme to illegally obtain pandemic relief funds, authorities said Thursday. The suspects are accused of submitting at least 52 loan applications to obtain federal recovery funds that U.S. FACT FOCUS: Who���s to blame for the national debt? It���s more complicated than one culprit 05/18/2023 03:51pm • The U.S. is inching closer to a deadline to raise the debt ceiling or risk defaulting on the nation���s $31 trillion in debt and political leaders have not yet reached a deal to avert such a crisis. Amid those negotiations, politicians and commentators online have pointed fingers at who they say is Storied rugby club Wasps forced to start again at bottom of English league pyramid 05/18/2023 03:13pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Wasps, one of England's most storied rugby teams and a two-time European champion, must begin rebuilding from the bottom of the country's league pyramid after having a license to play in the second-tier Championship revoked on Thursday. The club was expelled from the top-flight Premi Kansas governor vetoes part of school funding bill, setting up likely legal battle with GOP 05/18/2023 02:58pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� Kansas' Democratic governor on Thursday vetoed parts of the Republican-backed $6 billion funding plan for the state's K-12 schools, setting up a likely legal battle that will test her office's powers. Gov. Laura Kelly, who won reelection in the conservative state in November, i Why a government default could be worse than a government shutdown 05/18/2023 01:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� All the hand-wringing over a potential government default if Congress doesn't increase the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling has conjured up images of past government shutdowns. In shutdowns, "essential��� workers ��� TSA agents and such ��� showed up, but most federal emp Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/18/2023 01:07pm • 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 Youngkin endorses 6 candidates in contested Republican primaries 05/18/2023 12:48pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued a third round of endorsements Thursday in Virginia legislative races, backing 19 more Republican candidates, including six who are in contested primaries. Among those who received the governor's nod were Emily Brewer and Tara Durant, both members of Viewpoint: Tax abatements aren���t the answer to revive downtown D.C. 05/18/2023 12:00pm • Downtown D.C. is in dire straits, with only half of commuters showing up to the office on any given day, keeping their discretionary income in the suburbs and laying waste to commercial property values. The Bowser administration���s proposed solution is laudable ��� transform downtown into a hive of Takeaways of AP's report on Chinese loans pushing poor countries to brink of collapse 05/18/2023 10:56am • A dozen poor countries are facing economic instability and even collapse because of a common, undeniable factor: their struggle to pay back hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign loans, much of them from the world���s biggest and most unforgiving government lender, China. Here are the key takea IMF board approves $3 billion bailout for Ghana amid economic crisis 05/18/2023 08:09am • LONDON (AP) ��� The International Monetary Fund's executive board has approved a long-awaited $3 billion bailout for Ghana in hopes of combating the country���s economic crisis. The arrangement will allow for the immediate release of $600 million, with the remaining funds to be made available over t