The Human Cost: Purdue graduate slams alternative student loan, suspended by the university: ‘It was extremely difficult, before I got my monthly payments down, to be able to pay rent, buy food’
Alternative student loans are an attractive option to avoid taking on traditional student loans. But be aware of the risks.
: ‘People are still spending money’: Small-business owners worry about a recession, yet many feel confident they will survive one. Here’s why
Interest rate hikes, persistent inflation, a labor shortage and supply-chain disruptions are all adding to the challenges faced by small businesses.
Crypto: Crypto lender BlockFi gets $250 million bailout from FTX
Crypto lender BlockFi announced Tuesday it had received a $250 million revolving line of credit from crypto exchange FTX to help bolster its balance sheet.
The Wall Street Journal: Biden administration moving to remove nearly all nicotine from cigarettes
The Biden administration is moving forward on a plan to mandate the elimination of nearly all nicotine in cigarettes, a policy that would upend the...
The Moneyist: My friend has no 401(k), but she likes to spend money. She wants to go on a spa weekend for our 40th birthdays. Should I give her financial advice instead?
‘I don’t want to put her in an uncomfortable position.’
AstraZeneca, Ionis plan to seek FDA approval for rare-disease therapy this year
U.S.-listed shares of AstraZeneca were up 2.5% in trading on Tuesday after the company said an experimental therapy for hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloid polyneuropathy met its...
GE opens claims process to compensate harmed investors
General Electric Co. said Tuesday that it has opened the claims process for the GE Fair Fund, which was established to compensate investors "harmed" by...
Gold futures settle with a modest loss
Gold futures settled Tuesday with a modest loss as U.S. traders returned from a three-day holiday weekend. Weakness in the U.S. dollar helped provide support...
U.S. oil futures end higher to recoup a portion of last week’s loss
Oil futures climbed Tuesday, with U.S. prices recouping a portion of the more than 9% loss last week. "The oil market remains too tight over...