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The economic story of post-pandemic America isn’t one of clear recovery or continued decline — it’s both at once. New tracking data from CivicScience reveals a country split down the middle when it comes to personal finances. As of 2026, about one in three U.S. adults say they’re financially better off than they were before […]

When I bought my first house in 2022, I struggled to scrounge up the money for closing costs and a down payment. I wasn’t even striving to make a 20% down payment — I was putting down the lowest amount possible, which was 3%. As someone who had been reporting on mortgages and real estate

Palantir just posted its fastest revenue growth since it went public in 2020. The results were not close to expectations. They were dramatically above them. And the company followed it up by raising its full-year forecast by a margin that forced Wall Street to sit up and recalibrate. The reason behind it is what makes

For decades, the math on graduate school in America worked something like this. You borrowed what you needed, finished the degree, and out-earned the debt over a long career. Washington made that bet possible. The federal government would lend you whatever the school charged, with no credit check, no income test, and no real ceiling.

Broadcast Retirement Network’s Jeffrey Snyder discusses threats to the American financial system by China, Iran, North Korea and Russiawith David Maimon, Phd. of Sentilink and Georgia State University. Jeffrey Snyder, Broadcast Retirement Network Joining me now is Dr. David Maimon. He is the Head of Insights at Sentilink. Dr. Maimon, great to see you. Thanks

The U.S. economy grew at a 2.0% annualized rate in the first quarter of 2026, rebounding from a 0.5% pace in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The number missed the 2.3% consensus forecast from economists polled by LSEG, as Fox Business reported. Beneath the headline, the composition

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Luxury retail giant Saks Global is moving closer to a bankruptcy exit, but its restructuring is still resulting in additional job cuts. Saks Global, the parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, and Saks Off 5th, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January of this year.  As part of the broader restructuring,

Every parent I know has the same nagging worry. Their kid is on a phone, on an app, and nobody can quite say what is happening on the other side of that screen. For most of the last 20 years, the answer from Silicon Valley has been some version of “trust us.” Trust the algorithm.

Apple’s Q2 earnings report gave Wall Street a lot to like. Bank of America analysts were all praise for the Cupertino giant’s performance, giving them enough confidence to raise their price target to $330 (18% higher than current prices), while keeping a buy rating. Q2 was another massive beat-and-raise quarter, with Apple surging past estimates