Student loan debt swelled under Biden, despite historic forgiveness

Student loan debt swelled under Biden, despite historic forgiveness

US President Joe Biden gestures after speaking about student loan debt relief at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin, April 8, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Former President... Read more »
Retirees may feel it’s not enough

Retirees may feel it’s not enough

Sporrer/Rupp | Image Source | Getty Images Millions of Social Security beneficiaries have now received their first benefit checks for 2025. The new 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment — which adds $50 per month... Read more »
Trump health care plan likely good for pharmaceutical companies

Trump health care plan likely good for pharmaceutical companies

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... Read more »
What to know collections restarting

What to know collections restarting

Jose Luis Pelaez | Getty Images For roughly the past five years, federal student loan borrowers who fell behind on their bills didn’t need to worry about the usual consequences, including the... Read more »
Here are key changes for investors nearing retirement in 2025

Here are key changes for investors nearing retirement in 2025

Miniseries | E+ | Getty Images Leverage the 401(k) ‘super catch-up’ For 2025, investors can save more with higher 401(k) plan limits. Employees can defer $23,500 into 401(k) plans, up from $23,000... Read more »
Medicare drug price negotiations list includes Ozempic

Medicare drug price negotiations list includes Ozempic

A pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating Type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, March 29, 2023. George Frey... Read more »
Biden announces final round of student loan forgiveness

Biden announces final round of student loan forgiveness

US President Joe Biden speaks during an event in Madison, Wisconsin, US, on Monday, April 8, 2024.  Daniel Steinle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Biden administration announced on Thursday what it... Read more »
What to know at tax time

What to know at tax time

Rhetoric & Writing Studies Major, Adamary Garcia studies inside of the Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas at Austin on February 22, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell  | Getty Images... Read more »
New Social Security increases may prompt higher tax bills, Medicare premiums

New Social Security increases may prompt higher tax bills, Medicare premiums

Sdi Productions | E+ | Getty Images Nearly 3 million individuals are poised to see their Social Security benefits increase, thanks to new changes signed into law by President Joe Biden this... Read more »
Biden signs Social Security bill to increase benefits for millions of public workers

Biden signs Social Security bill to increase benefits for millions of public workers

 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he participates in a bill signing ceremony for the “Social Security Fairness Act” in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, U.S. on Jan.... Read more »
How Trump’s win could change your health care

How Trump’s win could change your health care

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives on November 13, 2024 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump‘s return to the White House is poised to have big... Read more »
Student loan forgiveness program at risk after Trump win

Student loan forgiveness program at risk after Trump win

10’000 Hours | Digitalvision | Getty Images Current borrowers should remain entitled to relief While the program remains in effect, borrowers are entitled to the relief, said Betsy Mayotte, president of The Institute... Read more »
Trump or Harris? 2024 stakes for America’s businesses

Trump or Harris? 2024 stakes for America’s businesses

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off in the ABC presidential debate on Sept. 10, 2024. Getty Images With the U.S. election less than a month away, the... Read more »
JPM’s Dimon says geopolitical risks ‘treacherous and getting worse’

JPM’s Dimon says geopolitical risks ‘treacherous and getting worse’

JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 6,... Read more »
JPMorgan Chase is prepared to sue the U.S. government over Zelle scams

JPMorgan Chase is prepared to sue the U.S. government over Zelle scams

JPMorgan Chase CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon gestures as he speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington,... Read more »
DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that affects price of ‘nearly everything’

DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that affects price of ‘nearly everything’

Justin Sullivan | etty Images The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday sued Visa, the world’s biggest payments network, saying it propped up an illegal monopoly over debit payments by imposing “exclusionary” agreements... Read more »
FTC sues drug middlemen for allegedly inflating insulin prices

FTC sues drug middlemen for allegedly inflating insulin prices

Lina Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee at the Rayburn House Office Building on May 15, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Kevin Dietsch | Getty... Read more »
Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan could erase up to ,000 in interest

Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan could erase up to $20,000 in interest

U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he departs for Baltimore from the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2024.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Interest provision may erase up to $20,000 per... Read more »
Election 2024: John Paulson Is Raising  Million for Trump

Election 2024: John Paulson Is Raising $43 Million for Trump

John Paulson, the man famous for a big bet against subprime mortgages at his now-closed hedge fund, is luring other billionaires back into Donald Trump’s orbit to support his rematch against Joe... Read more »