If you need free, personalized guidance about your federal student loans, want to switch repayment plans, or are dealing with misleading or incorrect bills, there’s one place to call: your student loan servicer. But these days, ringing up your servicer isn’t guaranteed to resolve your issue. In the face of an unprecedented return to student loan repayment last fall, servicers had to staff up quickly with limited resources. And borrowers have reported hours-long hold times, misleading advice, incorrect or late billing statements and other shortcomings from their servicers. As a result, the White House has withheld more than $9…
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American Airlines announced this week that it’s increasing checked luggage fees from $30 to $35, if a customer checks in online, and bumping the charge to $40 if a customer checks in at the airport. The Points Guy reports that JetBlue is doing something similar. The airline has been raising checked bag fees from $35 to $45 for customers who book a flight less than 24 hours before departure (a second checked bag will cost them $60). Alaska Airlines, meanwhile, also raised their price from $30 to $35 in January. American Airlines said in a press release that this…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Have you ever found that despite putting hours of effort into your content and link-building initiatives, you still need help to rank for your targeted keywords? It may be time to revisit the topic of search intent. Search intent is one of the most important aspects to consider whenever you’re trying to optimize your on-page content, carry out effective link-building, or do anything else related to SEO. Let’s take a closer look at search intent’s role in SEO and how you can use it for more effective link-building strategies. Related: 5 Simple…
CymaBay announced that The New England Journal of Medicine – NEJM – has published detailed results from the RESPONSE Phase 3 trial evaluating seladelpar, an investigational agent, and the only potent, selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta agonist or delpar, being studied in adults with primary biliary cholangitis – PBC -. Results showed rapid and sustained improvements in reducing cholestasis and liver injury, together with significant reductions in pruritus. The primary endpoint was a composite of ALP and total bilirubin at Month 12, which supported authorization for current second line treatment in PBC by the FDA and EMA for registrational studies…
Capital One’s plan to buy Discover could form the largest credit card issuer in the country and the sixth-largest U.S. bank by asset size in late 2024 or early 2025. Federal regulators and shareholders will still need to approve it. In addition to boosting the banks’ credit card businesses, the deal announced Monday “also enables us to accelerate the growth of our national digital-first consumer banking business by adding another consumer deposit franchise and the vertical integration benefits of the debit network,” Richard Fairbank, chairman and CEO of Capital One, told investors in a call on Tuesday. However, the…
A new report from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), shows how the angecy plans to continue its mission to support more a more-diverse space economy.
I have thousands of pictures on my phone, but none of them are LinkedIn-worthy. Selfies and group pictures might be a good way to remember a moment, but when it comes time to depict my best professional self, they’re a little too casual. Enter artificial intelligence. The newest AI headshot generators promise workplace-ready photography with minimal effort, cobbled together from selfies you probably already have at hand. But the space can be confusing to navigate, and it’s hard to tell which services really work, especially with more and more asking for money upfront — before you even see the…
February 21, 2024 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Sierra Metals Inc . (TSX:SMT) (OTCQX:SMTSF) announced that it has received the required permit to develop and mine below the 1120 level at its Yauricocha Mine (“Yauricocha”) in Peru. The stock is trading at $0.9200, up 10.8434% on the TSX. Ernesto Balarezo, Sierra Metals’ CEO, stated, ” We are very excited to have received the environmental permit to mine below the 1120 level at our Yauricocha Mine. As I have stated before, this permit is a game changer for Yauricocha and a key pillar to support the overall growth strategy for Sierra Metals.” “The ore…
Capital One’s potential acquisition of Discover, announced this week, would have a major effect on the competitive landscape for credit cards. The deal could make Capital One the largest issuer of credit cards in the country, on top of giving it access to Discover’s valuable payment network. Aside from being a card-issuing bank, Discover is also among the four primary payment networks in the U.S. (along with Visa, Mastercard and American Express), through which most credit and debit card transactions are processed. While Capital One intends to keep the Discover credit card brand separate, it also plans to move its…
Reddit is seemingly leaning further into its community of users as it closes in on its public offering. The Wall Street Journal reports that the social media site plans to reserve an undetermined number of its IPO shares for its most active users when it IPOs next month. While the number is not yet set, the Journal said it is “a big chunk” of the offering. Some 75,000 power-users of the site will reportedly be able to buy shares at the IPO price, a privilege that’s normally reserved for the top investors in a company. That could, ultimately, net…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Why is networking important for creating business success and wealth? The answer is simple. It’s not a coincidence that hundreds, even thousands, of people are hired for positions over individuals who are more qualified and more experienced merely because they have cultivated relationships with key centers of influence. It’s not a coincidence when one politician is elected into office over another because he has cultivated relationships with more individual voters than the opposition. Through networking, you will receive opportunities that will expand your current knowledge base, business and wealth creation. Through networking,…
TORONTO – February 21, 2024 (Investorideas.com Newswire) TSX Venture Exchange (“TSXV”) today released its 2024 Venture 50® ranking, shining a light on the top-performing companies that are driving growth across their respective sectors. The Venture 50 showcases TSXV issuers across five sectors: Energy, Mining, Clean Technology and Life Sciences, Diversified Industries, and Technology. The ranking is an equal weighting of each firm’s performance during 2023 across three key indicators: market capitalization growth, share price appreciation, and trading value. “The Venture 50 ranking is a true indicator of investor confidence in the capabilities of Canadian companies and our public markets,” said…