Business
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‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Borrowers Get More Safeguards With New Rule
Shoppers who use the popular installment loans will be guaranteed some of the same consumer protections that traditional credit cards…
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Fixing Social Security Is an Election Issue Nobody Talks About
A small tax increase would make the essential national retirement program secure for decades, our columnist says, but lawmakers would…
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Alzheimer’s Takes a Financial Toll Long Before Diagnosis, Study Finds
New research shows that people who develop dementia often begin falling behind on bills years earlier.
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Trump Media Stock Swings After Guilty Verdict
Shares of Trump Media whipsawed after former President Donald J. Trump, the company’s largest investor and primary user of its…
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OPEC to Meet Amid Signs of Waning Influence on Oil Prices
Major producers, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, are set to gather virtually on Sunday. They are expected to maintain production…
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Inflation Ticks Up in the Eurozone
Consumer prices rose 2.6 percent in the year through May, slightly higher than expected. Still, the European Central Bank seems…
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Why Megadonors Are Unfazed by Donald Trump’s Guilty Verdict
Money flowed into the former president’s re-election campaign from Wall Street and Silicon Valley following Thursday’s historic conviction.
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There’s a Program to Cancel Private Student Debt. Most Don’t Know About It.
More than a million borrowers who were defrauded by for-profit schools have had billions of dollars in federal student loans…
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A Historic Verdict Made for Riveting TV. Then the Punditry Began.
At 5:06 p.m. on Thursday, shortly after NBC News broke in with a special report, Savannah Guthrie and Lester Holt…
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U.S. Accuses Hyundai and Two Other Companies of Using Child Labor
The Labor Department filed a lawsuit accusing Hyundai, one of its suppliers and a staffing company of jointly employing a…