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Ken Bianco lets out a brief laugh when he hears the question. Open a factory in California — where most of his customers are? “Absolutely not,” says JCB’s vice president of commercial operations, slicing the air with his hand as if swatting away a bothersome fly. “California has become too…
Private companies penalized for their student-loan collection tactics may be making a comeback.As President Donald Trump transfers federal student loans from the Department of Education to the Treasury Department, defaulted borrowers will be routed through the Treasury’s “Cross-Servicing program,” which uses private contractors to collect federal debts. Two agencies in…
Student-loan borrowers, get ready: big changes are coming.For nearly a year, President Donald Trump’s Department of Education has been preparing to implement the sweeping student-loan changes signed into law in the administration’s ” big beautiful” spending legislation.After negotiation, public comment, and ongoing litigation, those changes will take effect on July…
Prosecutors in Andrew Left’s securities fraud trial say the prominent short-seller wasn’t always working alone in the tweet-and-trade tango he’s been accused of. Loading audio narration… The Citron Research founder is accused of manipulating the market and deceiving retail investors with a plan that earned him more than $20 million.Prosecutors…
The best advice in life is often free. Loading audio narration… After spending millions in pursuit of the fountain of youth, tech entrepreneur-turned-longevity-influencer Bryan Johnson shared his top health hacks in an X post on Wednesday.”This is it. Everything learned spending millions on longevity,” he wrote, before enumerating a list…
The Trump administration is beginning a complicated process of transferring millions of student-loan borrowers to a new agency. Loading audio narration… The Treasury Department confirmed in an April letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren — released on Monday — that it has started preparations to take over the Department of Education’s…
