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France debt crisis: Bond investors have rendered a ‘guilty’ verdict and are pricing in growing odds of a sovereign default, analyst says
The cost of insurance against a French default is now the highest among the major EU countries and the UK.
Fortune AI4 min read
Jeff Bezos just opened a free preschool inside an Arizona retirement community—and families earning up to $132,000 can apply
The Glendale, Ariz., campus is the latest in Bezos Academy's network of more than 40 Montessori-inspired schools aimed at families squeezed by the cost of childcare.
Fortune AI4 min read
Trump just soft-launched higher inflation as the new solution for rebalancing the $40 trillion U.S. national debt
"You know, inflation, certain levels of inflation will also pay off that debt very rapidly. Very rapidly."
Fortune AI3 min readJapan watchdog prepares sales suspension for Prudential Life
TOKYO -- Japan's Financial Services Agency is set to issue a business suspension order against Prudential Life Insurance under the Insurance Business
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min readJapan's watchdog prepares sales suspension for Prudential Life
TOKYO -- Japan's Financial Services Agency is set to issue a business suspension order against Prudential Life Insurance under the Insurance Business
Nikkei Asia Tech1 min read
Student-loan borrowers get notices saying they have 30 more days to pick a new repayment plan
Some student-loan borrowers thought they reached their deadline to move off the SAVE plan. Then they got a "final notice" giving them another month.
Business Insider - AI3 min read
How to tell if you qualify for Trump's $500 ACA refund check, and what states are getting them
Nearly 1 million Americans are set to receive $500 ACA refund checks. Here's who qualifies, which states are included, and how payments work.
Business Insider - AI2 min read
The 20 best small cities to live in across the US, ranked
WalletHub released a ranking of the best small cities in the US. Check to see if your hometown made the cut.
Business Insider - AI6 min read
Here's all the free money Trump's talked about giving Americans during his second term — and where it all stands
From tariff rebate checks, to bonuses, to Trump accounts, to DOGE dividends, here's all the free money Trump has floated giving to Americans.
Business Insider - AI9 min read
In my 80s, I moved to the Philippines to better afford long-term care. I plan to live the rest of my life here.
Lemuel Bray, 85, moved to the Philippines for affordable long-term care, remarried, and enjoys lower living costs and supportive community.
Business Insider - AI6 min read
Read the letter Trump is sending along with $500 checks to nearly 1 million Americans for ACA 'refunds'
Trump is sending $500 checks to nearly a million Americans insured under the ACA ahead of the midterms, with a letter promoting his healthcare record.
Business Insider - AI4 min read
The Fed's long-term interest rate problem
The relentless rise in long-term interest rates is starting to have effects on more parts of the economy, Kansas City Fed president Jeff Schmid told Axios Thursday."You're starting to see some friction in some of the long-market users of credit," he said, pointing to multifamily housing and…
Axios AI+2 min read
The world opinion shifts on tariffs
More countries are buying into a core piece of President Trump's argument about what is broken in global trade, even as his tariffs rattle the world economy.Why it matters: Two major agreements over the past month show that more countries are embracing the view that huge trade imbalances and excess…
Axios AI+3 min read
8 in 10 Gen Z and millennials have two jobs to make ends meet, Goldman Sachs finds, as the affordability crisis ‘crowds out’ any retirement hopes
69% of Gen Z respondents told Goldman Sachs they find it difficult to focus at work because they worry about debt or household costs, as did 67% of millennials.
Fortune AI4 min read
‘He said Make America Great Again. And I have not seen him do that’: Only 17% of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of cost of living
“I was hoping it would be better or different, but it’s not really good," said Robert Gault, 66, a retired factory worker from Bradford, Pennsylvania, who describes himself as a Republican.
Fortune AI6 min read
U.S. added 90,000 jobs last month, says ADP—including in manufacturing and construction, where trade bosses say six-figure jobs are sitting empty
"It's a manufacturing hiring spree that is limited by worker sentiment and preferences about timing of work, not just working in those fields as well," Dr. Nela Richardson told Fortune.
Fortune AI4 min read
Bill Gates says companies that replace human labor with robots should have to pay the same FICA taxes
Bill Gates says he wants workers to pay their fair share — even if they're not human.
Business Insider - AI3 min read
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