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Thirteen state attorneys general have filed a bipartisan federal lawsuit against OneMain Financial, one of the nation’s largest non-bank installment lenders, PBS reported. The case targets practices affecting borrowers across the company’s extensive national network. The coalition alleges the Indiana-based lender included insurance products and membership programs in loan paperwork without borrowers’ clear consent. Officials […]

While Japan is known globally for everything from a centuries-old culture and modern pop culture to its cuisine, those who have visited the country even once will also associate it with a robust train system — both the local futsu trains taking locals throughout the cities and to nearby suburbs and the ultra-fast Shinkansen that

The Iran war rattled financial markets in early 2026, and American retirement savers felt it directly. First-quarter data from Fidelity, the country’s largest 401(k) provider, show average account balances fell for the first time in several quarters as volatility hit portfolios across every retirement account type. The more important story in the data is not

Sitting south of Türkiye, west of northern Africa and southeast of Greece, the island nation of Cyprus has for centuries been considered the crossroads of Europe and the Middle East due to its location in the East Mediterranean Sea. While normally an extremely safe destination known for its crystal-blue beaches and ancient archeological sites, Cyprus

Wall Street has spent two years asking technology companies to stop talking about what AI will do and start showing what it has already done. The data, when it finally arrives, tends to matter more than any product launch or analyst note. On June 7, Microsoft produced a number that is hard to dismiss. NHS

Micron Technology (MU) has been a standout name in the artificial intelligence trade for most of 2026, with its stock gaining an explosive 173.92% since the beginning of the year. It crossed $1 trillion in market value in late May. And then, things changed. Over two trading days, a large piece of that run disappeared.

Being five years away from retirement might make you feel like you’re in limbo. You’re not super close to wrapping up your career, but you’re probably in a place where you want to coast toward that next stage calmly. The good news is that the moves you make in the near term could set you

For the second month in a row, U.S. employers stunned economists by adding way more jobs in May than they expected. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 172,000 last month, leaving the unemployment rate unchanged at 4.3%. While that total was slightly down from the upwardly revised 179,000 jobs added in April, it is more

You know that feeling when a friend aces every exam, lands a dream job offer, and somehow still can’t catch a break? That’s the market handing CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) and Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) their report cards right now. Both companies just delivered earnings that would make most CEOs weep with joy. Record revenues. Crushed estimates.

Oil futures spent much of the spring moving sideways while something very different was happening in the physical market. Inventories were disappearing. Strategic reserves were being spent. Tankers that had been at sea when the Iran war began were arriving and emptying out. The buffers that had kept prices from spiking were being consumed, one