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A federal rule would have capped what banks can charge when your account dips below zero. It lasted about five months on the books before Congress repealed it — a fast reversal that split cleanly along party lines and reopened a multibillion-dollar revenue stream.
Medical debt is one of the only major categories of American debt that isn't the result of a purchase, a lifestyle choice, or a financial mistake. It's the result of getting sick — and roughly 100 million Americans are currently carrying some of it.
A bachelor's degree is, on average, still one of the better financial decisions a person can make. That average is hiding a genuinely enormous range — one where the choice of major matters as much as the choice to attend at all.
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A federal rule would have capped what banks can charge when your account dips below zero. It lasted about five months on the books before Congress repealed it — a fast reversal that split cleanly along party lines and reopened a multibillion-dollar revenue stream.
Medical debt is one of the only major categories of American debt that isn't the result of a purchase, a lifestyle choice, or a financial mistake. It's the result of getting sick — and roughly 100 million Americans are currently carrying some of it.
A bachelor's degree is, on average, still one of the better financial decisions a person can make. That average is hiding a genuinely enormous range — one where the choice of major matters as much as the choice to attend at all.
After a five-week trial, a federal jury found Live Nation and Ticketmaster ran an illegal monopoly over live entertainment and put a specific dollar figure on what it cost fans.
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