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The State University System of Florida Board of Governors has banned the social media app TikTok, along with some other software, applications, and developers, from use on university-owned devices “due to the continued and increasing landscape of cyber threats.” In a memo sent to state university system presidents on Wednesday, Chancellor Ray Rodrigues said, “This regulation requires institutions to remove technologies published in the State University System (SUS) Prohibited Technologies List from any university-owned device and to block network traffic associated with these technologies.” The ban is effective immediately, the memo said. “Data privacy, particularly concerning student data and faculty…

In the week ahead, investors will confront new inflation data and the beginning of earnings season, while also keeping an eye on the Federal Reserve’s potential plans for interest rates at their early May meeting.How might this affect the selection of the best cryptos to buy now?This coming week, the focus turns to two key inflationary indicators from the Labor Department: the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Producer Price Index (PPI).The inflation numbers will likely influence the Fed’s next move, but Wall Street is divided on whether interest rate hikes will persist.On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve is set to…

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U.S. job growth cooled in March but continued to chug along at a healthy pace, boosted by a flurry of hiring at bars and restaurants. Employers added 236,000 jobs in March, the Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report released Friday, mostly in line with the 239,000 jobs forecast by Refinitiv economists. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, ticked lower to 3.5% as the labor force participation rate increased to the highest level since before the pandemic began. It marked the lowest monthly jobs gain since December 2020. “There are clear signs of a more broad-based slowdown in the report, with job gains…

American workers are receiving some “very encouraging” news about their retirement futures, with one generation, in particular, that’s most set up for success thanks to a “dramatic” shift in behavior, according to a new Vanguard report. “The good news is all generations are seeing a lift, are seeing an increase across these topics that matter most,” Vanguard Strategic Retirement Consulting principal Dave Stinnett told Fox News Digital on Monday. “But we’re seeing the biggest lift with younger workers.”The U.S. saw significantly more millennial and Gen Z workers contributing to their savings or retirement plans in 2021 than compared to 2006…

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. Borrowers with good credit seeking personal loans during the past seven days prequalified for rates that were higher for 3- and 5-year loans compared to the previous seven days. For borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to select a lender between March 30 and…

Asking your issuer for a credit card limit increase is relatively easy to request, and most experts say if you can manage your temptation to overspend, and you have a solid pay-back history, it may be something to consider.  “I think asking for a credit line increase is a good idea,” says Ted Rossman, senior industry analyst at CreditCards.com. “It can help your credit score because it can lower your credit utilization ratio which is the credit you’re using divided by credit available to you.”He says this is a key component of your credit score. Typically, says Rossman, it’s best…

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. During the week of Mar 27, 2023, average private student loan rates rose for borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to take out 10-year variable-rate loans and lowered for 5-year variable-rate loans. 10-year fixed rate: 7.66%, up from 7.43% the week before, +.235-year variable…

A federal judge in Texas on Friday suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide, but delayed the ruling from taking effect for a week to give the Biden administration time to appeal.But minutes after the Texas decision was announced, a federal judge in Washington state issued a preliminary injunction that said essentially the opposite.The seemingly conflicting federal court rulings out of Texas and Washington state means the Supreme Court may ultimately weigh in on the legality of mifepristone in the U.S., which was approved by the FDA more than two decades ago in 2000.Used…