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The U.S. Department of Education is preparing to remove a long-standing barrier that kept many federal student loan borrowers, especially higher earners, out of the government’s Income-Based Repayment program. The agency recently confirmed that the requirement to demonstrate a “partial financial hardship” will be eliminated in December, following language included in former President Donald Trump’s […]
Federal and local authorities are examining whether mounting financial pressure and the recent death of a respected Afghan commander contributed to the shooting of two District of Columbia National Guard members near the White House on Nov. 26, 2025. The incident left one service member dead and another seriously wounded. The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Afghan […]
Global payments platform Oobit has entered the South African market, enabling consumers to settle purchases with stablecoins at more than 100 million merchants worldwide that accept Visa. The launch follows the company’s recent roll-outs in the Philippines, Thailand and Brazil and supports its objective of making stablecoin spending possible wherever Visa is accepted. The service allows […]
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is expected in Moscow on Monday to present a newly updated peace proposal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, one day after American and Ukrainian officials met in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in an effort to find a path toward ending the nearly two-year-old war in Ukraine. The two-hour session at Shell […]
European equities began the final trading month of the year lower on Monday, with selling pressure across most sectors as investors weighed monetary-policy expectations, geopolitical negotiations and fresh economic data from Asia. Shortly after the opening bell, the pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down 0.44%, reversing the positive tone seen at the end of the […]
Consumers looking to set aside cash in a certificate of deposit can now lock in annual percentage yields (APYs) of up to 4.1%. The leading returns, available on November 30, 2025, are offered by Marcus by Goldman Sachs on a 14-month CD and by Sallie Mae on a 15-month CD, giving savers an opportunity to secure […]
Factory output in China slipped back into contraction territory in November, according to a private purchasing managers’ index (PMI) that underscored persistent weakness in domestic demand and a fragile economic recovery. The RatingDog China General Manufacturing PMI, compiled by S&P Global, fell to 49.9 in November from 50.6 in October, missing the median forecast of […]
U.S. equity futures moved lower Sunday night, suggesting a hesitant start to the final trading month of 2025 after a strong rebound during the Thanksgiving-shortened week. Shortly after 6:00 p.m. ET, contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped about 0.4%, while those linked to the S&P 500 declined 0.5%. Nasdaq-100 futures posted the steepest […]
Three people died and a fourth was hospitalized after a catamaran overturned on the Caloosahatchee River late Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The vessel flipped near the Cape Coral Yacht Club shortly after 4 p.m. local time, ejecting all four occupants into the water. The Lee County Marine Emergency Response Team reported that state, local and […]
The recent debate over artificial-intelligence capital expenditure has diverted attention from what some market observers describe as a more immediate danger to U.S. equities: the rapid expansion of speculative financial instruments and the sizable retail participation they attract. Market analyst Jim Cramer argues that a broad collection of leveraged exchange-traded funds, zero-day options, cryptocurrency platforms […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is facing calls to release detailed evidence after an internal memorandum asserted that COVID-19 vaccines were connected to the deaths of ten children. The document, distributed on Friday by Dr. Vinay Prasad, the agency’s top vaccine official, said a review of case records found the fatalities were “likely, probable, […]
Advanced Micro Devices intends to increase the price of its Radeon graphics cards by about 10 percent in early 2026, according to people familiar with the company’s planning. The adjustment follows a year of strong sales and growing demand for artificial-intelligence computing capacity, conditions that have tightened global supplies of the memory components used in consumer GPUs. […]