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The solar industry is having a much better year than anyone expected in 2017, and as technology improves, the future looks brighter by the day. This week, predicted installation levels hit a huge milestone and efficiency took a big step forward.  Continue Reading Below Solar-plus-storage also got another high-profile deal […]

Executives are leaning disturbingly hard on nonstandard accounting measures: analyst  Continue Reading Below Investors cheering stocks to all-time highs on another tide of strong earnings might be somewhat disturbed to discover the extent to which American corporations are emphasizing numbers that don’t follow accounting standards.  That’s a warning from Michael […]

WASHINGTON –  The Associated Press has learned that the Education Department is considering only partially forgiving federal loans for students defrauded by for-profit-colleges. Continue Reading Below That would mean abandoning the Obama administration’s policy of fully erasing that debt. Tens of thousands of students deceived by now-defunct for-profit schools had […]

On the eve of retirement, there’s a lot going on in your financial life. There are numerous major (and in many cases irrevocable) decisions to make that will affect the rest of your life. And if you make one or more of the following common mistakes, you’ll likely regret your […]

It’s no secret that Americans are woefully behind on retirement savings. The typical household aged 44 to 49 has just $81,347 socked away, while households between 50 and 55 have an average $124,831 in savings. Continue Reading Below Near-retirees aren’t doing much better. The average balance among 56- to 61-year-olds […]

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) has been a major beneficiary of the stock market rally following the 2016 election. Continue Reading Below Since this time last year, shares of the New York City-based bank are up 44%. That’s more than twice the S&P 500. It also comes in ahead of other large-cap banks, […]

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince says his country supports extending an agreement by major oil producers to limit output beyond next March. Continue Reading Below Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Saturday that the OPEC-led agreement is necessary to balance supply with demand. Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest producer and […]

AptarGroup Inc. (NYSE: ATR) released better-than-expected third-quarter 2017 results on Thursday after the market closed, detailing strong demand across its portfolio of products led by the consumer healthcare and injectables markets. Similar to last quarter, though, AptarGroup’s Beauty and Home segment still lagged the others — though it has a plan to […]

You’re flipping through your wallet when you come across a credit card you’ve had forever, but also haven’t used in ages. Rather than allow that card to occupy valuable real estate in your not-so-large wallet, you rush to cancel it. After all, what’s the point of keeping an old credit […]

LISBON, Portugal –  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s conservative government is aiming to crush Catalonia’s secessionist aspirations by firing the wealthy region’s government, dissolving its parliament and calling early elections there. Continue Reading Below It may have opened a Pandora’s box, however, and the plan could easily blow up in […]