FTC set to launch effort to expand online privacy protection rules
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U.S. budget deficit narrows by record amount in July by one measurement
The numbers: The U.S. federal budget deficit has narrowed by a record amount in the…
Read MoreTaxpayers are owed more than $1 billion related to the student loan program — but not from borrowers
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Read MoreOpinion: Inflation hasn’t peaked yet because rents are still rising fast
There was no inflation in July, the government said Wednesday. That’s great news. But let’s…
Read MoreHere’s how private equity got relief in Democrats’ healthcare, climate and tax package that’s heading for a House vote
The bipartisan duo of Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and John Thune helped private equity firms escape…
Read More‘We feel like it’s rent gouging’: Renters meet with Biden administration officials to decry steep increases by landlords
With rental prices rising nationwide, there has never been a better time to examine how…
Read MoreStudent loan debt-collection system is too harsh: Education Department official
Defaulting on your student loans could lead to the federal government withholding your wages, your…
Read MoreOpinion: Biden pushed the country too far to the left when he took office, leaving many Democratic voters behind
President Joe Biden is in deep trouble within his own party. A New York Times/Siena…
Read MoreOpinion: Here’s the big concern with chip makers scoring billions in funds from Uncle Sam
On the day that Congress finally passed a long-awaited funding package for domestic U.S. chip…
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Plug Power sees Inflation Reduction Act creating a ‘boom’ in its green hydrogen business, and stock soars
Shares of Plug Power Inc. pulled a U-turn to trade sharply higher Wednesday, as investors…
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