With college more expensive than ever and a new financial aid application that’s been problematic from the start, families are, understandably, having a hard time figuring out how to pay the tab. As a new academic year gets underway, more students and their parents are turning to a familiar resource: student loans. How families pay
Transcript Every time you see a fire truck or school bus drive down the road, or get the mail, that’s thanks to a government service. How does the government pay for all those services? Taxes. And in the US, one look at a pay stub shows us that there are different levels and different types
In this article MSFT CRWD DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Delta Airlines Airbus A319-114 aircraft taxis at Los Angeles International Airport after arriving from Las Vegas on May 5, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images Delta Air Lines on Thursday said last month’s CrowdStrike outage and subsequent mass
In this article ELF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Courtesy: e.l.f Beauty E.l.f. Beauty‘s growth story is still going. The cosmetics retailer on Thursday blew past quarterly estimates again, posting a 50% gain in sales. The company’s sales soared to $324.5 million in its fiscal first quarter, leading it to raise its full-year guidance. That
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on Aug. 02, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Recession fears led to a sharp stock-market selloff in recent days, with the S&P 500 index posting a 3% loss Monday, its worst in almost two years. Weaker-than-expected job data on Friday
Getty Images Nearly half — 48% — of student loan borrowers expect debt forgiveness in the future. Many of those borrowers anticipate that the government will excuse them from their education loans, according to Sallie Mae’s annual How America Pays for College report. (Between April 8 and May 14, global market research company Ipsos conducted the
In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Robert K. “Kelly” Ortberg is the Boeing’s new president and chief executive officer, effective August 8, 2024. Ortberg will also serve on Boeing’s Board of Directors. Courtesy: Boeing Aerospace veteran Robert “Kelly” Ortberg becomes Boeing‘s new CEO on Thursday with a singular mission: restoring the
In this article UAA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Under Armour apparel is displayed at a Dick’s Sporting Goods store on May 16, 2024 in Petaluma, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Under Armour on Thursday said quarterly sales fell 14% in North America, and adjusted its full-year profit guidance after settling a years-old
Banking analysts assess the possibility of a banking merger in Italy. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images MILAN, Italy — European policymakers have longed for bigger banks across the continent. And Italy might be about to give them their wish with a bumper round of M&A, according to analysts. Years after a sovereign debt crisis
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Credit card debt is on the rise. Americans now owe a record $1.14 trillion on their credit cards, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Tuesday. The average balance per consumer stands at $6,329, up 4.8% year over year, according to a separate quarterly credit industryinsights report from TransUnion. Credit card delinquency rates are also higher
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Tax: US Transportation Funding Skip to content Table of Contents Key Findings Thanks to elevated deficits and interest rates, fiscal restraint is back in Washington. While substantially reversing America’s fiscal situation requires structural reforms to entitlements and taxes broadly, reforming transportation funding would also help. The user-pays principle is a sound