The White House is pausing federal grants and loans, according to a memo sent out Monday night, but the freeze will not impact student loans or financial aid for college. The freeze, which could affect billions of dollars in aid, noted an exception for Social Security and Medicare. The pause “does not include assistance provided directly
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In this article JBLU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A JetBlue Airways plane prepares to take off from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on January 31, 2024 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images JetBlue Airways shares tumbled Tuesday after the carrier’s financial outlook disappointed investors. The New York-based airline forecast its
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The EU countries with the highest standard VAT rates are Hungary (27 percent), Finland (25.5 percent) and Croatia, Denmark, and Sweden (all at 25 percent). Luxembourg levies the lowest standard VAT rate at 17 percent, followed by Malta (18 percent) and Cyprus, Germany, and Romania (all at 19 percent). The EU’s average standard VAT rate
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Dado Ruvic | Reuters A young Chinese AI startup, DeepSeek, sparked a massive rout in U.S. technology stocks Monday as its highly competitive — and potentially shockingly cost-effective — models stoked doubts about the hundreds of billions of dollars that America’s biggest tech companies are spending on artificial intelligence. DeepSeek’s emergence is shaking up investor
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In this article BCSF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Inflation, job concerns, and already high interest rates are putting the squeeze on many American consumers. Now, even high earners, defined as people with incomes of $150,000 or more, are showing signs of stress. These borrowers are increasingly having trouble meeting payments on credit cards,
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Jeffrey Hamilton | DigitalVision | Getty Images When it comes to money, couples face one question: should we keep our money separate, combine it or some combination of both? A December Bankrate survey finds 62% of couples who are in a committed relationship keep at least some money separate from each other. Of those couples,
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The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — A slew of releases last week demonstrate how Chinese companies such as DeepSeek and ByteDance have moved quickly with artificial intelligence models that compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Now, many companies in China are increasingly building on that foundation
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about prescription drug prices during an appearance in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 20, 2020. Carlos Barria | Reuters Pharmaceutical companies appear to be hopeful about their growth under a Trump administration, after former President Joe Biden took a hardline stance on
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