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7 of the Best High-Yield Bond Funds to Buy Now 07/30/2024 08:00pm • When considering investing in bonds other than U.S. Treasurys, one crucial economic indicator to add to your watchlist is credit spreads. A credit spread is the variance in yield between a U.S. Treasury bond and another type of bond of the same maturity, but different credit quality. This spread is Georgia's largest school district won't teach Black studies course without state approval 07/30/2024 07:10pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia's largest school district announced Tuesday that it won't teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, saying the state Department of Education's refusal to approve the course means its students would be cheated out of credit for the difficulty of the w A 'side hustle' can be a way to try out a new business idea before jumping in all the way 07/30/2024 05:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A ���side hustle��� can be one way to try out a new business idea before taking a full-fledged jump. Nearly 1 in 3 Americans earn money on the side in addition to working full time, a Bankrate survey found. But having a side hustle can be tricky to maintain. And if you're not prepa Pennsylvania casinos ask court to force state to tax skill games found in stores equally to slots 07/30/2024 05:01pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� The owners of twelve Pennsylvania casinos have asked the state's highest court to declare that a tax on slot machine revenue is unconstitutional because the state doesn't impose it broadly on cash-paying electronic game terminals known as skill games that can be found in man Europe's growth lags US again, as Germany remains the eurozone's economic problem child 07/30/2024 07:30am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� Europe���s economy saw modest growth in the April-June quarter even as the U.S. outperformed expectations, highlighting a persistent transatlantic growth gap. Germany, the leading European economy, remained in the dumps while hesitant consumers saved more rather than spen China's top leaders vow to support consumers and improve confidence in its slowing economy 07/30/2024 05:31am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� China���s powerful Politburo has endorsed the ruling Communist Party���s long-term strategy for growing the economy by encouraging more consumer spending and weeding out unproductive companies to promote ���survival of the fittest.��� A statement issued after the meeting of the 24 Income gap between Black and white US residents shrank between Gen Xers and millennials, study says 07/30/2024 05:19am • The income gap between white and Black young adults was narrower for millenials than for Generation X, according to a new study that also found the chasm between white people born to wealthy and poor parents widened between the generations. By age 27, Black Americans born in 1978 to poor parents end Astros acquire Yusei Kikuchi from Blue Jays for prospect Jake Bloss, Joey Loperfido and prospect 07/30/2024 12:15am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The Astros acquired left-hander Yusei Kikuchi from the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday for 23-year-old right-hander Jake Bloss, rookie outfielder Joey Loperfido and minor league first baseman Will Wagner. The 33-year-old Kikuchi is 4-9 with a 4.75 ERA in 22 starts this season, striking 7 Best Energy ETFs to Buy Now 07/29/2024 08:00pm • It's easy to think of energy sector stocks as a monolithic entity only useful for speculating on spiking commodity prices, but the reality is that the sector offers more specific applications and variety. While you can gain palpable energy exposure just by investing in the five "super-majors," or Bi Michigan's top court gives big victory to people trying to recoup cash from foreclosures 07/29/2024 05:37pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� The Michigan Supreme Court said Monday that its 2020 decision stopping local governments from keeping cash windfalls from the sale of foreclosed homes can be applied retroactively, meaning that hundreds of millions of dollars could potentially be returned to people who lost properti 6 UK lawmakers are running to lead the Conservative Party after its crushing election defeat 07/29/2024 03:59pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Six British lawmakers entered the race to lead the defeated Conservative Party by Monday's deadline, in a contest that will decide whether the opposition party tacks to the right or steers toward the political center. Contenders include former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and law Lawsuit targets Nebraska's defiance of law to restore voting rights to those with felony convictions 07/29/2024 02:30pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska has filed a lawsuit challenging top election officials' defiance of state laws that restore the voting rights of those who've ever been convicted of a felony. The ACLU filed the lawsuit Monday on behalf of three Nebraska residents w UK's new Treasury chief axes projects to save costs and confirms deal to end doctors strike 07/29/2024 01:38pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain's new Labour government axed several construction projects and withdrew a winter fuel payment for millions of retirees Monday to cover what it called a newly uncovered 22-billion-pound ($28 billion) shortfall in the public finances inherited from the previous Conservative adm AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Tennessee's state primaries 07/29/2024 01:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Candidates for federal and state legislative posts will compete for their parties��� nominations in Thursday���s primaries in Tennessee. Among the notable current or aspiring lawmakers on the ballot are a member of the conservative U.S. House Freedom Caucus who's drawn a strong p Chinese glass maker says it wasn't target of raid at US plant featured in Oscar-winning film 07/29/2024 12:26pm • MORAINE, Ohio (AP) ��� A Chinese automotive glass maker says it was not the target of a federal investigation that temporarily shut down production last week at its Ohio plant, the subject of the Oscar-winning Netflix film ���American Factory���. The investigation was focused on money laundering, p