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The party may be over for “buy now, pay later.” The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday that these installment payments come with “several areas of risk of consumer harm,” including data harvesting, debt accumulation and “loan stacking” — or juggling multiple payment plans at once. At the same time, BNPL lenders “do not offer
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At 1:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time on September 7th, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, 60 miles north of Santa Barbara, California, the US Air Force Global Strike Command launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile stripped of its nuclear warhead. The Space Force says that the point of the test is to prove that “the
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In this article AMZN Amazon workers arrive with paperwork to unionize at the NLRB office in Brooklyn, New York, October 25, 2021. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Amazon will face a union election at one of its warehouses in upstate New York next month, the company confirmed to CNBC. Employees at the warehouse, which is located
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In this article TWTR Twitter’s former security chief Peiter “Mudge” Zatko testified to a Senate panel on Tuesday that his former employer prioritized profits over addressing security concerns that he said put user information at risk of falling into the wrong hands. “It’s not far-fetched to say that an employee inside the company could take
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In this article CTRN In today’s job market, tuition assistance has become one of the more popular incentives companies are using to attract and keep workers. Now, some employers are going a step further with free college programs to provide even greater financial support. related investing news This little-known senior health care stock can surge
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A worker sorts out parcels in the outbound dock at Amazon fulfillment center in Eastvale, California on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images Amazon‘s top executive overseeing workplace health and safety is leaving the company next month, CNBC has learned. Heather MacDougall, who joined Amazon
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In this article F 2023 Lincoln Corsair Grand Touring plug-in hybrid electric vehicle Lincoln DETROIT — Ford Motor is expanding the availability of its hands-free highway driving system to Lincoln’s entry-level Corsair crossover, as the automaker broadens the technology to lower-priced vehicles. The 2023 Corsair will be the sixth vehicle in Ford’s lineup to offer
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Investing in ESGs has taken a controversial turn in recent weeks as some states have taken aim at the sustainable funds. This month, Florida banned its $186 billion pension fund from investing according to ESG factors. And in Texas, the state’s comptroller accused ten financial firms of boycotting energy companies. The move could force certain
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Like many borrowers, Halid Hamade, 28, is poised to benefit — at least somewhat — from student loan forgiveness. After President Joe Biden announced he will forgive $10,000 in federal education debt and up to $20,000 for recipients of Pell Grants who meet the income threshold, Hamade said he was happy. Still, “it’s not enough,”
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