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Buying a home is more complex and expensive than it has been in many years. Interest rates and home prices are high, and inventory is just starting to slowly grow. To help eligible veterans and active-duty service members combat these barriers, the VA is adjusting some of its rules. Temporarily, those using VA loans can use their VA-guaranteed home loan benefits to cover real estate buyer-broker fees. Previously, this benefit could not cover these costs. This new rule adjustment starts August 10, 2024.”We always want to put Veterans and their families in the best possible position to buy the homes…

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-year loans and lower for 5-year loans when compared to fixed-rate loans for the seven days before. For borrowers with credit scores of 720 or higher who used the Credible marketplace to…

Maddie, 29, and Paul, 33, live well in London.Although Paul recently left his job, they’re still earning $230,000 a year from Maddie’s income, the couple tells self-made millionaire and money expert Ramit Sethi on a recent episode of his “I Will Teach You to be Rich” podcast. Their last names are not used.Maddie’s high salary, along with some savvy money habits like regularly saving and investing, have helped them live comfortably even in a high-cost area like London. But they still stress about money, especially as they plan their wedding for next year.Maddie oscillates between two mindsets when it comes…

In the early days of her tennis career, Serena Williams cared so much about winning that she forgot to collect her earnings — repeatedly.Williams, 42, brought in $94.8 million in prize money as a tennis player before retiring in 2022, according to the Women’s Tennis Association. Early in her career, she nearly left a decent chunk of it behind: She was so singularly focused on her performance that she’d nearly leave cities without picking up her money, she told First We Feast’s YouTube talk show “Hot Ones” last week.”Is it true that you rarely collected your winnings your first year…

McDonald’s once poured big marketing dollars into its salads. But since 2020, greens have been off the menu. That’s because the chain has concluded that when people go to McDonald’s, they mostly want a burger and fries. “If people really want salads from McDonald’s we will gladly relaunch salads,” said Joe Erlinger, the president of McDonald’s USA, in a June interview at the Wall Street Journal’s annual Global Food Forum. “But what our experience has proven is that’s not what the consumer’s looking for from McDonald’s,” he added. “They’re looking for great french fries, they’re looking for a $5 meal…

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Antero Midstream (NYSE:NYSE:AM) is a midstream energy operator with a market cap of just over $7 billion. AM portfolio assets are comprised of gathering pipelines, compression facilities, interests in processing and fractionation plants, and water handling systems. AM is also active in establishing joint ventures to grow enter into larger projects without assuming full risk. Here the most notable JV of AM is formed together with MPLX LP (NYSE:MPLX), where the underlying operations are around developing and operating large scale processing and fractionation assets. If we look at the historical five-year total return performance and compare it with the overall…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.France was heading towards a hung parliament and rocky talks to form a government after an unexpected leftwing victory thwarted Marine Le Pen’s efforts to bring the far right to power.With almost all votes counted on Sunday, the leftist Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) bloc had won the most seats in the high-stakes snap election, a severe blow to Le Pen’s Rassemblement National party, which had seen a parliamentary majority within reach.The outcome represents a resounding success for the co-ordinated anti-RN strategy, under…

More than a handful of House Democratic ranking members told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a Sunday call that President Joe Biden needs to step aside from the 2024 campaign, according to sources familiar with the call. Jeffries held the call to take the temperature of ranking members after Biden’s dismal debate performance last month. The call, held before lawmakers return to Washington this week, was filled with deep concern about potential damage to the Democratic ticket and how it imperils the party’s chances to win back the House majority. Jeffries did not share with his colleagues where he stands…