FLOOD INSURANCE BASICS When hurricanes or rivers swollen by heavy rains send floodwaters into businesses, many owners are left with steep financial losses because they didn’t have flood insurance. Standard business...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Technology companies are leading stocks lower in midday trading on Wall Street, outweighing gains for energy produces. Facebook lost...
Read MoreAmericans’ debt loads, like our waistlines, tend to expand as we approach middle age and then gradually diminish as we get older. Some people, though, are yo-yo debtors, fighting an ongoing up-and-down battle with debt....
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes inched lower Monday in a quiet open to trading for the week. Technology stocks fell, but gains for oil producers and other energy companies kept the losses in check. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard...
Read MoreFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank head Mario Draghi has underlined his concern about the recent rise in the euro’s exchange rate. Draghi said Monday that “the recent volatility in the exchange rate...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is warning of “a pocket of risk” in the rapid growth of consumer credit in the British economy. Though it says that it is “not a material risk to economic growth” as...
Read MoreHONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Monday as investors turned their attention to global politics and evaluated weekend election results from Germany and New Zealand. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose...
Read MoreHONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Monday as investors turned their attention to global politics and evaluated weekend election results from Germany and New Zealand. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Flood insurance is on people’s minds again after hurricanes Harvey in Texas and Irma in Florida. Roy Wright, the director of the National Flood Insurance Program, has been pushing to make changes to the...
Read MoreFARGO, N.D. (AP) — In the parched northern Plains, where the worst drought in decades has withered crops and forced some ranchers to begin selling off their herds, a cloud-seeding program aimed at making it rain would seem a...
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