This month, more than 200,000 first-generation American and low- and middle-income high school seniors will receive something unexpected: proactive college acceptance letters. As part of a strategy aimed at expanding college access, roughly 1 in 8 first-year students with a Common App account will get at least one offer of admission before they even apply.
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Turner worker working on drill bit in a workshop Rainstar | E+ | Getty Images The Social Security retirement age is currently moving to age 67, and some lawmakers have called for pushing it even higher. But that may be a problem for a certain cohort: older workers in physically demanding jobs, according to a
Matt Le Blanc as Joey Tribbiani, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green and Courteney Cox as Monica Geller on NBC’s “Friends.” NBC | Getty Images Matthew Perry, the beloved actor best known for his role as sarcastic, wise-cracking Chandler Bing on the sitcom “Friends,” died Saturday at age 54. He left
Jobseekers wait in line at a Nov. 2, 2023 career fair in Los Angeles. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images The job market continues to show signs of cooling, but alarm bells aren’t ringing just yet, economists said. The U.S. economy added 150,000 jobs in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
A man walks by the Bank of America headquarters in New York on July 18, 2023. Eduardo Munoz | View Press | Getty Images Customers at several big banks on Friday wrestled with direct deposit delays stemming from an industry-wide processing issue. There was a surge of “outages” reported by banking customers Friday morning, including
Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty Images Retiring early is out and “soft saving” is in — at least according to Gen Z. Younger American adults are taking a more relaxed approach to their long-term financial security, a recent Prosperity Index study by Intuit found. In the current climate, newly minted adults between the ages of
Oleksandra Yagello | Moment | Getty Images In many respects, conditions are good for U.S. small businesses. Inflation, from the cost of goods to wage growth in the labor market, are coming down. And the economy is growing like gangbusters, with the most recent GDP reading outperforming expectations, a fact that the Federal Reserve noted
In this article AMZN AFRM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alain Jocard | AFP | Getty Images Amazon is unveiling its first buy now, pay later checkout option for the millions of small business owners who use its online store, CNBC learned exclusively. The tech giant confirmed Thursday that its partnership with Affirm is
A house is for sale in Arlington, Virginia, July 13, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images As mortgage rates hover near the highest level in more than two decades, homebuyers are turning to riskier mortgage products to help them get into a home. Last week, the average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate
In this article AVB CPT EQR JBGS MAA UDR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration AvalonBay Communities, Inc. logo seen displayed on a smartphone and in the background. (Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb’s office
The Federal Reserve left its target federal funds rate unchanged for the second consecutive time Wednesday. Even so, consumers likely will get no relief from current sky-high borrowing costs. Altogether, Fed officials have raised rates 11 times in a year and a half, pushing the key interest rate to a target range of 5.25% to 5.5%, the
The late Ivana Trump’stownhouse in New York has sat on the market for one full year with no takers. In September, it took a $4 million cut from its original asking price, down to $22.5 million. The extravagant residence remains virtually untouched since her death in July 2022. In fact, very little has changed since
Donald Trump Jr. and his brother Eric Trump arrive at New York Supreme Court for former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial on November 02, 2023 in New York City. David Dee Delgado | Getty Images The two oldest sons of former President Donald Trump are set to testify Thursday in the $250 million New
A sign ‘FOR SALE’ seen outside a house in Edmonton on October 22, 2023, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The National Association of Realtors announced Thursday that CEO Bob Goldberg will resign earlier than expected, as the group contends with the fallout from
Ivanka Trump David A. Grogan | CNBC Ivanka Trump asked a New York appeals court to pause the $250 million fraud trial of her family and its business empire as she appeals a judge‘s order requiring her to testify in the case next week. The request to stay the entire trial came at the tail
UK Business Investment Increases After Pro-Growth Tax Reforms Skip to content Table of Contents Key Findings The UK Office of National Statistics has reported a significant increase in business investment in the UK since the adoption of two pro-investment reforms to capital cost (depreciationDepreciation is a measurement of the “useful life” of a business asset,
In this article 7203.T-JP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A 2022 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, right, next to Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles during AutoMobility LA ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Toyota Motor on
In this article W Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Wayfair IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Wayfair is inching closer to profitability, but its third-quarter results still fell short of revenue expectations as the home market continues to be under pressure. Here’s how the online furniture
Thomas Jordan, president of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), speaks during the bank’s annual general meeting in Bern, Switzerland, on Friday, April 28, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan on Wednesday said the central bank’s interventions during the fall of Credit Suisse were “crucial” to avoid a “financial
Aston Martin DBS Superleggera (c) Paul A. Eisenstein | TheDetroitBureau Aston Martin shares plunged more than 16% on Wednesday morning after the British luxury carmaker cut its volume target due to production problems for its new DB12 sports model and posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss. This is a breaking news story and will be updated