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Phoebe Gates’ shopping app Phia is in damage control mode and offering refunds after a payment scandal

Finance July 31, 2026

Clean up on aisle Phia.The shopping startup cofounded by Bill Gates’ 23-year-old daughter, Phoebe, is doing damage control after a bombshell Bloomberg report revealed it had been earning commissions on sales it didn’t help drive.Phia is working with at least one affiliate network, Impact.com, to refund affected parties and correct…

He works 3 jobs and may have to drain his retirement to afford a 0 student-loan payment surge

He works 3 jobs and may have to drain his retirement to afford a $600 student-loan payment surge

Finance July 31, 2026

Luke Helton realized too late that he rushed into law school.After taking out $80,000 in student loans for undergrad at the University of Tennessee, he thought going straight for his J.D. would propel him into a stable career. So he borrowed more to make that happen.Personal life challenges derailed his…

I secured an 9 monthly mortgage payment on my first home in New York. A few years later, I feel trapped by it.

I secured an $849 monthly mortgage payment on my first home in New York. A few years later, I feel trapped by it.

Finance July 15, 2026

In 2013, I threw reality out the window and reached out to a real-estate agent to try to buy a house.I had just turned 25 and felt like it was time to have my own space, even though I had minimal savings and a steep student-loan balance that my salary…

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Phoebe Gates’ shopping app Phia is in damage control mode and offering refunds after a payment scandal

He works 3 jobs and may have to drain his retirement to afford a $600 student-loan payment surge

I secured an $849 monthly mortgage payment on my first home in New York. A few years later, I feel trapped by it.

I was rejected from the H-1B lottery 3 times. I spent $13,000 to secure another way to stay in the US.

David Protein founder’s candy launch is full of AI typos. The brand’s president says it’s intentional ‘rage bait.’

A ‘made with AI’ label on Karoline Leavitt’s departure message on X intensifies the AI watermark debate

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