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19 Questions College Financial Aid Officers Wish Parents Would Ask 09/12/2024 08:00pm • Applying to college can be a lengthy and complicated process, and applying for financial aid to help pay for school can add to confusion and stress. While students are the applicants, parents typically must be part of the process of figuring out the full cost of a college education and how it will b Blinken wraps up Ukraine-focused Europe trip in Poland with arms requests on the table 09/12/2024 04:05pm • WARSAW (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a three-nation, Ukraine-focused European tour in Poland on Thursday after hearing repeated appeals from Ukrainian officials to use Western-supplied weaponry for long-range strikes inside Russia. Blinken traveled to Warsaw after spend US consumer watchdog moves to permanently ban Navient from federal student loan servicing 09/12/2024 02:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has filed a proposed order to permanently ban Navient from directly servicing federal student loans, which the agency says will put an end “years of abuse." Under terms of the Thursday order, which Navient agreed to without admitting an Average rate on a 30-year mortgage falls to 6.20%, its lowest level since February 2023 09/12/2024 01:07pm • The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. fell this week to its lowest level in 19 months, reflecting a pullback in Treasury yields ahead of an expected interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve next week. The rate fell to 6.20% from 6.35% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursda Wholesale inflation mostly cooled last month in latest sign that price pressures are slowing 09/12/2024 09:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale price increases mostly slowed last month, the latest evidence that inflation pressures are cooling enough for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates next week. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index — which tracks inflation Freshly squeezed: Savers already feeling the pain ahead of likely start to Fed rate cuts 09/12/2024 08:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — This week the Federal Reserve is likely to cut its main interest rate for the first time in more than four years. It's a momentous move, but savers have been feeling the squeeze for months. Financial markets and banks try to get ahead of such moves by the Fed, and yields have been Xavi's Barcelona was whipped twice by Girona last season so Flick's team is looking for revenge 09/12/2024 07:47am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The lowest of the lows of Barcelona’s trophyless campaign last season was when it was spanked not once, but twice, by the formerly modest Girona. Girona dealt Barcelona a pair of stinging 4-2 defeats as the club partly owned by Manchester City’s Abu Dhabi ownership emer Gio Reyna out `a few weeks' with groin injury, Dortmund coach Nuri Sahin says 09/11/2024 11:32pm • American forward Gio Reyna will miss several weeks with Borussia Dortmund after straining his left groin while training with the U.S national team. Reyna was hurt last week in Kansas City, Kansas, and returned to Germany, missing a 2-1 loss to Canada and a 1-1 draw with New Zealand in a pair of frie US and UK pledge almost $1.5 billion to help Ukraine during diplomats' visit to Kyiv 09/11/2024 11:24pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States and Britain pledged nearly $1.5 billion in additional aid to Ukraine on Wednesday during a visit to Kyiv by their top diplomats as Ukrainian officials renewed their pleas to use Western-provided missiles against targets deeper inside Russia. U.S. Secretary of Fixed- or Adjustable-Rate Mortgage: Which Is Better? 09/11/2024 08:00pm • Fixed-rate mortgages are a popular choice for home loan financing because they feature predictable housing payments over a long period of time. But ARMs offer lower payments in the first years, making them a valid option for those who plan on selling or refinancing in the near future. ARM mortgage r How Much Do CCRCs Cost? 09/11/2024 08:00pm • As more people age and begin to explore their retirement living options, one question keeps coming up: Can you afford to live in a continuing care retirement community (CCRC)? It's a common concern for people who are potentially interested in living in these communities because the true cost of seni Requirements to Get a HELOC or Home Equity Loan 09/11/2024 08:00pm • Paying your mortgage every month can seem like a chore. But the good news is that as you do so, you're building equity in your home. Home equity refers to how much ownership you have in the home, measured by its full value minus what you still owe on the mortgage. As your home equity builds, you hav What Is Reverse Budgeting? 09/11/2024 08:00pm • Financial trends might come and go, but reverse budgeting is timeless. Even if you haven't heard of the term, you're probably familiar with the concept of "pay yourself first." "It's really cool idea," says Dawn-Marie Joseph, president of Estate Planning & Preservation, an estate planning firm i US inflation reaches a 3-year low as Federal Reserve prepares to cut interest rates 09/11/2024 04:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The post-pandemic spike in U.S. inflation eased further last month as year-over-year price increases reached a three-year low, clearing the way for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and likely shaping the economic debate in the final weeks of the presidential race. Wednes Fearless Fund drops grant program for Black women business owners in lawsuit settlement 09/11/2024 03:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A venture capital firm has closed down a grant contest for Black women business owners as part of a settlement agreement with a conservative group that had filed a lawsuit alleging the program was discriminatory, both sides announced Wednesday. The settlement came two months after