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For folks seeking a low-risk way to increase their savings, both money market accounts and money market funds hold a lot of appeal. But despite their similar names, these two savings vehicles are very different. Here’s how to decide which account works best for your goals.LendingClub offers a variety of products, including savings accounts and CDs.Offers in this section are from affiliate partners and selected based on a combination of engagement, product relevance, compensation, and consistent availability.Annual Percentage Yield (APY)4.50% (with monthly deposits of at least $250), or 3.50%What is a money market account?A money market account (MMA) is a…

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President Trump has been less than subtle in his insistence that the United States will “get” Greenland one way or another, reiterating on Friday that the United States cannot “live without it.”By the time he uttered those words in the Oval Office, the highest-level American political expeditionary force ever to set foot on the vast territory had already landed to inspect the real estate prospects. But they were confined inside the fence of a remote, frozen American air base, the only place protesters could not show up.Led by Vice President JD Vance, the American visitors quickly discovered what past administrations…

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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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