Getty Images A federal judge granted final approval of a settlement involving defrauded student-loan borrowers. 200,000 borrowers are expected to get $6 billion in debt relief, and the department will review other pending claims. The 2019 lawsuit was filed in response to a backlog of borrower defense claims that hadn’t been processed. Thousands of student-loan…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
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Donald Trump announcing his 2024 run for president, left, and Trump Organization ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg arriving for his first day of testimony in the company’s Manhattan tax-fraud trial, right. Both photos were taken on November 15, 2022. Andrew Harnik/AP, left; Yuki Iwamura/Reuters, right. The Trump Organization tax-fraud trial is in its fourth week; ex-CFO Allen…
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of crypto exchange FTX. Tom Williams/Getty Images FTX’s new CEO John J. Ray filed an explosive bankruptcy filing on Thursday. The Chapter 11 filing highlights numerous issues at the cryptocurrency platform. Read the full 30-page document, in which the new CEO blasts Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX’s business practices. FTX’s new CEO John…
Traders working at the New York Stock Exchange. Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images US stocks fell Thursday as central bank officials dampened hopes for a so-called Fed pivot. Fed regional presidents James Bullard and Esther George see more rate hikes in store to cool inflation. Earnings from Macy’s and Kohl’s as well as economic data…
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao speaks at a Binance fifth anniversary event in Paris, France, July 8, 2022. Staff/Reuters Binance paused deposits of stablecoins Tether and USD Coin early Thursday. The company didn’t provide a reason for the halt on it’s website. Both tokens maintained their dollar peg as of presstime. Cryptocurrency…
You don’t have to let unwanted replies sit beneath your tweets. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images You can’t delete replies to your tweets, but you can hide them so unwanted tweets don’t clutter your posts or threads. To hide a reply on Twitter, select the three-dot menu beside it and choose Hide reply. To…
Everyone needs a hobby, right? And chances are you know at least one person on your holiday shopping list who fancies themselves a musician. Whether they’re a casual guitarist, a former piano prodigy or a bedroom producer of electronic music we’ve got some recommendations. Some of these even make a great gift for music lovers…
Black Friday has come early for Sony and those who love the company’s audio gadgets. A bunch of our favorite headphones and earbuds are already on sale, including the excellent WH-1000XM5. They’re currently discounted by 13 percent, so you can grab them for $348. That’s still a steep price for a pair of ANC headphones,…
Apple’s sweet-spot earbuds are now at their best price to date. Amazon is selling the third-generation AirPods at an all-time low of $140, or $29 off. That makes it an easy choice if you’re interested in perks like head-tracking spatial audio and wireless charging, but don’t need the active noise cancellation and snug fit of…