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Trump pushes a 1-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates. Banks balk

Trump pushes a 1-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates. Banks balk

NEW YORK (AP) — Reviving a campaign pledge, President Donald Trump wants a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates, a move that could save Americans tens of billions of dollars but drew im...

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Musk’s Grok chatbot restricts image generation after global backlash to sexualized deepfakes

Musk’s Grok chatbot restricts image generation after global backlash to sexualized deepfakes

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is preventing non-paying users from generating or editing images after a global backlash erupted over sexualized deepfakes of people, but the change has n...

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Wall Street rises to records after the unemployment rate improves

Wall Street rises to records after the unemployment rate improves

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks hit records Friday following a mixed report on the U.S. job market, one that may delay another cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve but does not slam the door ...

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Sluggish hiring closes out a frustrating year for job seekers though unemployment slips to 4.4%

Sluggish hiring closes out a frustrating year for job seekers though unemployment slips to 4.4%

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sluggish December hiring concluded a year of weak employment gains that have frustrated job seekers even though layoffs and unemployment remained low. Employers added just 50,00...

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Annual ‘Worst in Show’ CES list released

Annual ‘Worst in Show’ CES list released

The promise of artificial intelligence was front and center at this year’s CES gadget show. But spicing up a simple machine like a refrigerator with unnecessary AI was also a surefire way to win t...

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Tax season officially begins Jan. 26

Tax season officially begins Jan. 26

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jan. 26 marks the official start date of the 2026 tax filing season, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2025 tax returns. April 15 is the filing deadline to avoid p...

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