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    Signing up for subscriptions is easy — canceling them is not.A provision proposed Thursday by the Federal Trade Commission aims to tackle “seemingly never-ending struggles to cancel unwanted subscription payment plans,” according to an FTC statement.Under the FTC’s “click to cancel” provision, sellers would be required to make subscription cancellations as simple and straightforward as...

      Some cars cost more to fuel up. Stacker used data from the Department of Energy's fuel economy database to rank the 23 most gas-guzzling cars of 2023.

        For the past few years, crypto-earning credit cards have seemed destined to be the next big thing. Announcements about forthcoming products poured in throughout 2020, cards started hitting the market in earnest in 2021, and by mid-2022, it looked like the trend would only accelerate.But that was before a crypto winter set in late that...

        Some people rent in retirement because they don’t have much choice; they can’t afford to own homes. But financial planners say renting can make more sense than owning in some circumstances, even for retirees who can afford the costs of homeownership.Renting offers flexibility as well as freedom from all the chores and expenses of maintaining...

        Amid high inflation, persistently low unemployment and a banking crisis, the Federal Reserve announced a 25-basis-point increase to the federal funds rate — the ninth hike since March 2022. The latest hike brings the current rate level to 4.75% to 5.00%.The rate hike was not a sure thing following the collapse of two U.S. banks...

        Stacker ranked the best colleges in big cities using 2023 data from Niche. Colleges in cities with populations of more than 300,000 were considered, drawing data from the Census Bureau.

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        A subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp has agreed to buy all the loans and deposits of Signature Bank. The institution failed two days after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, and global financial markets continue to respond to the biggest bank failure since the Great Recession. On March 20, Flagstar Bank officially assumed control of Signature Bank’s...

        President Joe Biden used his first veto on Monday to affirm consumers' right to access environmental, social and governance, or ESG investments through employer-sponsored plans, such as 401(k) plans. Earlier this month, Congress attempted to overturn a Labor Department rule that allows retirement fund managers to consider ESG factors.The House has scheduled a veto override vote for Thursday,...

        If you follow the rule of thumb that households should spend no more than 30% of gross income on rent, then most U.S. cities are unaffordable.  A monthly NerdWallet rent-to-income ratio analysis of 225 cities in the U.S. finds that, based on the most recent data, 65% of rents on the market are equal to or...

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