Goldman Considers Shrinking Its Consumer Business
CEO David Solomon said the bank was considering ‘strategic alternatives’ for its credit-card and specialty lending businesses.Read More
Altria’s Latest Vape Could Be Even Pricier Than Its First
A mooted $2.75 billion deal for e-cigarette brand NJOY is smaller than the tobacco giant’s ill-fated 2018 investment in Juul, but the valuation is punchier.Read More
Stocks Slide on Last Day of Volatile Month
U.S. stock indexes opened lower, while government bond prices slipped and both asset classes were on pace to wrap up February with losses.Read More
Standard Deduction 2022-2023: How Much Is It and Should I Take It?
The standard deduction is the amount taxpayers can subtract from income if they don’t break out deductions.Read More
This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 28/02
The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup on Tuesday 28 February brings news of funding success for Pagos and Carmoola. Job moves Bahrain-based SINNAD Company, a card processing payment company, has appointed Rana Almaeeli as its chief executive. Almaeeli has held a range of senior managerial positions at SINNAD. The appointment is part of SINNAD’s efforts […]
Study: Zero-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack, stroke
A sugar replacement called erythritol — used to add bulk or sweeten stevia, monkfruit and keto reduced-sugar products — has been linked to blood clotting, stroke, heart attack and death, according to a new study. Dr. Dhruv Khullar joins “CNN This Morning” to discuss the study’s findings.Read More
Millions of student loan borrowers could see up to $20,000 of their debt canceled depending on what SCOTUS rules
• Biden’s student loan forgiveness program has been stalled by legal challengesRead More
What is a derecho and why is it so destructive?
A derecho is a significant, potentially destructive weather event that is characterized as having widespread, long-lived, straight-line winds associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms.Read More
Another active weather week forecast after storms bring more than 100 mph wind gusts and tornadoes to the central US
If you are waking up across the south-central US, chances are you didn’t get much sleep. Insanely strong storms ripped through traveling close to 100 mph. At one point, the National Weather Service Office in Norman, Oklahoma called them “historic.”Read More
New York City could see the biggest snow event of a nearly snowless season
Americans on the West Coast and in the Northeast are dealing with heavy snowfall, strong winds, power outages and dangerous road conditions as a series of storms lash opposite sides of the US.Read More
