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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the US foreign policy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.A $95bn US aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan is set for a final vote on Saturday, after Democratic lawmakers backed the plan put forward by the House of Representatives’ Republican Speaker Mike Johnson.Approval of the package, which includes $60bn for Kyiv, would come at a pivotal moment for Ukraine as it struggles to hold back Russian forces who have superior numbers and firepower.The package of four separate bills, which also includes a crackdown on Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok,…

President Joe Biden spent three days this week campaigning in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania. He littered his remarks with false and misleading claims on subjects ranging from his annual earnings to his cap on seniors’ prescription drug spending to the demographics of China to the frequency of his past travel to Iraq and Afghanistan. And in Biden’s most eyebrow-raising remarks of the campaign swing, he told and then retold a story in which he strongly suggested his late uncle, Ambrose Finnegan, was eaten by cannibals after his plane was shot down while he fought in World War II.…

Silver Lake’s various entities have recently completed substantial transactions involving Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE:) shares, according to the latest SEC filings. The entities, which include SLTA V (GP), L.L.C., Silver Lake Technology Investors V, L.P., Silver Lake Partners V DE (AIV), L.P., and Silver Lake Technology Associates V, L.P., sold shares totaling over $260 million. The transactions, which took place on March 20 and March 21, 2024, involved the sale of Class C Common Stock at prices ranging from $106.18 to $114.00. These sales represent a significant movement of capital and could be of interest to investors tracking insider activity…

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar slipped on Wednesday, a day after rising on hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation data, as investors consolidated gains ahead of this week’s economic data that could shed light on when the Federal Reserve might start cutting interest rates this year. In afternoon trading, the , which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies, slipped 0.1% to 102.85. Last week it recorded its biggest weekly decline since early January. This year, however, the greenback has posted gains of 1.5%. “DXY (dollar index) continues to be largely a bet on Fed easing; in recent…

There is no doubt that the economy is now stronger than it was four years ago. But, are people better off than they were before the pandemic? Looking at employment alone, it is clear that the quick and strong jobs recovery has meant that those workers, who were from 25 to 44 years old in early 2020, are indeed better off four years later. And, they fared much better than workers in their prime earnings years at the eve of the Great Recession in 2007. Older prime age workers, those from 45 to 54 years old immediately before the pandemic…

Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as “Credible” below, is to give you the tools and confidence you need to improve your finances. Although we do promote products from our partner lenders who compensate us for our services, all opinions are our own. The interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 7.125% as of April 10, which is unchanged from yesterday. Additionally, the interest rate on a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.125%, which is 0.250 percentage points lower than yesterday. With mortgage rates changing daily, it’s a good idea to check today’s rate…

The personal loan market is growing, in part due to the high cost of living. About 14.5% of borrowers use personal loans for everyday expenses, a MarketWatch Guides survey found. The two more common reasons consumers use personal loans are debt consolidation and home improvements. Nearly 21.2% of personal loans are used to consolidate debt and 20.1% are used to make home improvements. Borrowers are dealing with increasing prices in every industry, from food to building materials to housing costs. To deal with the rising costs, these borrowers turn to personal loans.”Families have already cut back on nonessentials, and there…

The 50/30/20 rule is a beginner-friendly budget guide you can start following today.  The 50/30/20 rule provides a way to simply break up your after-tax income. With this rule, there are three different “buckets” your money falls into. These buckets are needs, wants and savings. With this rule, 50% of your income will go toward your needs. This includes things that you absolutely have to pay for, such as your rent/mortgage, transportation costs, food and minimum payments on debt. ARE YOU SAVING TOO MUCH MONEY? 5 PLACES TO PUT EXTRA CASH The next category is your wants, which 30% of your…

Citadel Securities ripped Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes on Friday for a letter he sent the Nasdaq Stock Market which mentioned Citadel Securities and other major market companies after warning of possible illegal short sale trading in DJT shares.”Devin Nunes is the proverbial loser who tries to blame ‘naked short selling’ for his falling stock price,” a spokesperson for Citadel Securities said.”Nunes is exactly the type of person Donald Trump would have fired on The Apprentice,” said the spokesperson referring to the former Republican president’s business competition reality TV show.”If he [Nunes] worked for Citadel Securities, we would fire him,…

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Friday’s key moments. Both the S & P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite fell Friday and were on pace for their sixth consecutive negative days. The Dow Jones Industrial was up slightly, but still likely to end the week in the red. No surprise then that the S & P 500 Short Range Oscillator indicates the market is still very much in oversold territory. That doesn’t mean investors should jump and buy stocks indiscriminately. Instead, Jim Cramer…