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4 strategies for avoiding taking on too much student debt in college

Steve Prezant | The Image Bank | Getty Images May 1 is College Decision Day, the deadline many schools set for students to decide which college they will attend. One key consideration should be picking a school that doesn’t require taking on too much student debt, experts say. “Families are …

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The First Republic deal has come at a crucial point for the markets and economy

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 26, 2023 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase’s takeover of First Republic likely ends the panic phase of the banking crisis, with the fallout left to come in a pivotal week …

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Tech group urges Biden admin to keep child care for chips funding

Gina Raimondo, US secretary of commerce, speaks at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Washington, DC, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Standing against conservative critiques of the Biden administration’s conditions on computer chip-manufacturing funding, the tech industry group Chamber of Progress urged …

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The last chance to claim your 2019 tax refund is July 17

Valentinrussanov | E+ | Getty Images The 2022 federal tax deadline has passed for most Americans, but another key date is approaching for past-due filers. If you’re one of the nearly 1.5 million people with an unclaimed tax refund from 2019, the last chance to file your return is July …

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Cash flow is the ‘hardest part’ of personal finance, advisors say

Nitat Termmee | Moment | Getty Images The following is an excerpt from “This week, your wallet,” a weekly audio show on Twitter produced by CNBC’s Personal Finance team. Listen to the latest episode here. Being a “master of cash flow” is a key element of household finance — and …

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The No. 1 diet for heart health is the DASH diet: Here’s how it works

What you eat plays a major role in maintaining heart health, but with so many buzzy diets out there, it can be hard to determine how to best support one of the most important organs in our body. Thankfully, the American Heart Association evaluated the 10 most popular diets and …

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What another Federal Reserve rate hike means for you

Average credit card rates top 20% Most credit cards come with a variable rate, which has a direct connection to the Fed’s benchmark rate. After a prolonged period of rate hikes, the average credit card rate is now more than 20%, on average — an all-time high, while balances are higher and nearly half …

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Top 10 buzziest companies Gen Z wants to work for—none are Big Tech

The graduating class of 2023’s desire for stability in an uncertain economy is dictating where they want to work most after college. It’s hard to escape unrelenting news of tech layoffs in recent months, including major staff cuts from Meta, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and many others. As a result, zero …

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‘This part of the crisis is over’

Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Bloomberg Television interview at the JPMorgan Global High Yield and Leveraged Finance Conference in Miami, Florida, US, on Monday, March 6, 2023. Marco Bello | Bloomberg | Getty Images The crisis that led to the downfall …

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States urge Medicare to cover Alzheimer’s treatments

The Alzheimer’s drug LEQEMBI is seen in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on January 20, 2023. Eisai | via Reuters Democratic and Republican attorneys general in nearly half of U.S. states are calling on Medicare to provide unrestricted coverage of antibody treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a …

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