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A student works in the library on the campus of American University in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 20, 2025.Nathan Howard | ReutersThe more than 9 million student loan borrowers who are estimated to be late on their payments could experience “significant drops” in their credit scores during the first half of 2025, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York warns.Some people with a student loan delinquency could see their scores fall by as much as 171 points, the Fed writes in a March 26 report. Credit scores, which impact people’s ability and costs to borrow, typically range from 300 to…

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The City of Fort Worth, Texas, is ending its contract with Synagro, the Goldman Sachs-backed provider of fertilizer made from sewage sludge, over concerns that “forever chemicals” in the fertilizer are contaminating local farmland and groundwater.Fort Worth this month also sued several manufacturers of the chemicals, also called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, alleging that they contaminated the city’s water supplies.The New York Times reported last year on a group of ranchers in Johnson County, just south of Fort Worth, who sued Synagro, blaming the fertilizer used on neighboring farmland for contaminating their crops and livestock.The sewage-sludge fertilizer came…

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Elon Musk’s Twitter profile displayed on a computer screen and Twitter logo displayed on a phone screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 9, 2022.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesA proposed class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk and his family office Excession can proceed in federal court, a judge ruled Friday, after the tech centi-billionaire sought to have the case dismissed.The case is Rasella v. Musk (Case No. 1:22-cv-03026-ALC-GWG) in the Southern District of New York.The lawsuit was brought by former Twitter shareholders who allege they lost money when the Tesla and SpaceX CEO…

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A Los Angeles woman is suing Andrew Tate, the online influencer known for promoting misogynistic views, accusing him of physically and sexually abusing her while they were in a relationship.The civil complaint, filed on Thursday in Superior Court in Los Angeles County by Brianna Stern, a model, claimed that Mr. Tate choked, beat and verbally degraded her while they were in a relationship that began last July and included a hotel stay in California this month.It is the latest legal accusation against Mr. Tate, who is also being investigated by the authorities in Britain and Romania on allegations of human…

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CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator unpacked the cloud computing company’s first day on the market in a Friday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, defending its decision to raise a hefty debt load.”The debt is the engine, it’s the fuel for this company,” Intrator said. “We go out, we find great contracts with great counterparties that need massive scale computing to drive their business, and then we go ahead and we go back to our syndicate of lenders, and they give us the debt to stand up the clusters that will deliver revenue to the company.”The IPO debuted on a tough day…

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ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailOn today’s show, bitcoin and ether fall to end the week amid uncertainty over tariffs and a grim inflation outlook. Plus, Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek said that the SEC is closing its investigation into the crypto exchange, while Galaxy Digital agreed to pay $200 million in a settlement with the New York Attorney General’s office over Luna investments. And, Ava Labs president John Wu weighs in on recent regulatory advancements in crypto. Source link

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk greets U.S. President Donald Trump as they attend the NCAA men’s wrestling championships in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 22, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersTech billionaire and White House adviser Elon Musk will head to Wisconsin days before the pivotal state Supreme Court election there, into which he’s sunk millions of dollars on behalf of the conservative candidate and become a central figure in the race.Musk made the announcement early Friday morning on his social media platform X, where he said he would be giving out a pair of $1 million checks to people who attend his speech, with…

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