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- Celebrate and save with July 4 travel dealsForget watching fireworks from home this year. Instead,聽pack your bags and skip town with affordable, last-minute deals that will take your holiday to the next level.
- Most families don't plan for college debt, study findsOnly two in five families in the US had a plan for how to afford all two or four years of college, according to a聽new Sallie Mae report.聽Students whose families had聽a plan borrowed one-third less in student loans than聽students whose families didn鈥檛.聽
- Keep your honeymoon debt-freeDon't let financial stress intrude on your honeymoon. Here are four ways to keep your honeymoon within your budget.
- General Motors investing $290 million in Corvette plantGeneral Motors plans to upgrade and modify the Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Ky.
- Ryan's rewrite of the tax codeHouse Speaker Paul Ryan unveils a proposed rewrite of the tax code that includes major tax cuts for businesses and many individuals.
- Why Brexit vote prompted Vodafone to contemplate leaving BritainVodafone, the British telecommunications giant,聽wants the EU鈥檚 free 'movement of people, capital, and goods.' But it's unclear if that would continue after Brexit. 聽
- Perdue promises a more humane life for chickensPerdue Foods plans to implement more humane practices to raise and slaughter its chickens. The plan came after meeting with concerned animal rights activists.
- GE Capital no longer too big to fail, say feds. Are bank regulations working?General Electric has significantly scaled down its powerful finance arm to avoid strict government regulations established in the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown.
- Rental prices keep climbing, but relief is aheadAn increase in available housing this year may have rent prices settling down soon, economists say.
- Check your health coverage with an explanation of benefits, or EOBYour EOB is the only way to know which medical services your health insurance plan covered, and you鈥檒l need it if you were denied coverage聽or want to negotiate your bill.
- Toyota recalls 1.4 million cars: What's similar about Takata recall?The carmaker announced a recall of 1.43 million vehicles Wednesday because of an issue with the airbag's inflator, with Swedish company Autoliv confirming it made the airbags.
- Walmart competes with Amazon 'Prime Day' with a month of free shippingWalmart on Wednesday said that it is offering a free 30-day trial for ShippingPass, its competitor to Amazon Prime. The move comes in anticipation of Prime Day, a mega-sales event Amazon created last July.
- Will pampering of customers give Lincoln an edge over competitors?In these days of diminished brand loyalty, Lincoln is betting that customer service can give its luxury brand an edge. And so, today Lincoln announced that it would offer standard pickup and delivery service on all new vehicles as of the 2017 model-year, beginning with the all-new Continental.
- Breakfast cereal cafe set to open in New York. Will Millennials care?Kellogg's will open a new cafe in Times Square on July 4, serving only cold breakfast cereal. Will people actually pay $6 a bowl?聽
- How investors can benefit from financing their next carWhen buying a car, consider financing the car payment and investing the money you would have spent on a down payment for the car.
- Cool gadgets and gear for your Fourth of July barbecueGet ready for your backyard barbecue this holiday weekend with these eight fun, patriotic items.
- Selling produce gets 'ugly' in ClevelandForest City Weingart hopes to increase the people of Cleveland's access to fresh produce through the sale of 'ugly' fruits and vegetables.
- Is Toyota Prius the most efficient electric car?Six plug-in hybrids are less energy-efficient than the 2016 Toyota Prius Eco鈥攔ated at 56 mpg鈥攁ccording to the Environmental Protection Agency.
- VW reaches settlement with US regulators, but Dieselgate is far from overThe entire settlement package will cost Volkswagen up to $15.3 billion to settle claims in the United States. officials said Tuesday. The money will go toward owner compensation, environmental remediation programs, and development of zero-emissions technology.聽
- After Brexit, what should investors do? Relax.Britain's vote to leave the European Union sent the financial world into turmoil this past week as panicked investors moved trillions of dollars out of global markets. That's precisely what investors shouldn't do, advisors say.