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The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that it had reached a proposed settlement agreement to end a popular, yet controversial Biden-era student loan repayment plan. The Saving on a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam Minsky is an attorney and writer focusing on student loans. The Trump administration announced an agreement on Tuesday to ...

Winter has arrived, delivering snowstorms, icy rain and plummeting temperatures. That can make it more difficult to keep your utility bill at a manageable level, and if you have family staying with ...

There’s been another shift in the world of streaming services. Hulu is ending its deal that allows users the option to attach Disney+ as a discounted add-on to their existing Hulu subscriptions. The ...

Anthony Nel is the kind of voter who doesn't like to skip an election. The 29-year-old lives in the Dallas-Forth Worth area and usually votes early, which he did as recently as Texas' Nov. 4 ...

The Federal Reserve announced it is cutting interest rates for the third time this year. The rate-setting meeting in Washington took place in the fog of a data ...

The Trump administration could force millions of federal student loan borrowers to begin making payments again under a proposed new settlement agreement with Missouri, the Department of Education ...

The ruler of Dubai could be forced to abandon plans to build two helipads on his Newmarket estate over fears that fuel could pollute streams and water supplies. Multi-millionaire Sheikh Mohammed bin ...

A lawsuit from Republican states, led by the Missouri attorney general, put SAVE borrowers in limbo for months, a time during which they were not required to make payments on their loans. That would ...

‘How much should I pay into a pension?’ is a fair question when it comes to retirement planning. And while there is no simple answer, there are a number of broad brush solutions to the problem of ...

When Oliver Sacks arrived in New York City, in September, 1965, he wore a butter-colored suit that reminded him of the sun. He had just spent a romantic week in Europe travelling with a man named Jenö ...