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Hoping for student-loan forgiveness? Get ready for a higher tax bill.On Wednesday, a new report from advocacy group Protect Borrowers showed the impact of the “tax bomb” borrowers now face, following the expiration of a 2021 provision that made student-loan forgiveness tax-free.In one example, Protect Borrowers estimated that a married couple with two children earning $60,000 a year would face about $7,200 in additional federal taxes and lost credits if they had about $50,000 in student debt forgiven. Across the scenarios it modeled, the additional cost ranged from about $6,000 to $12,000.The analysis was based on 2026 federal tax rules…

Apple has its finger on the big red button again.The adtech sector was up in arms this week about a new Apple update within iOS 27 with the potential to wreak havoc on web advertising.Apple’s change blocked several major adtech firms from using advertising identifiers across browsers on its devices and, in some cases, also disrupted their ability to serve ads to Apple users on the web.First reported by AdExchanger, the blocking happened through WebKit, the technology that powers Safari and all other browsers that run on iPhones.Apple has long held an anti-tracking stance, doubling down on its principle that…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Misty Miller, 67, who retired early but returned to work due to financial concerns. A few years after returning to work, she retired again after a mindset change. This interview has been edited for clarity.I’m doing much better than I ever thought I would. I feel lively and happy, and my mind is clear. I don’t have to worry about many things.I submitted my retirement paperwork in 2017 and had $500,000 saved. I worked my way up to become a staff services manager for the California Housing Finance Agency. I thought…

Nextdoor says it has a data advantage for marketers that Meta, Google, and Reddit can’t match: neighborhood chatter.The hyperlocal social network exclusively told CMO Insider it’s launching a new tool for advertisers called Neighborhood Intelligence. The company has mapped 350,000 individual neighborhoods — roughly 12 per ZIP code — to create what it calls a neighborhood graph. Marketers can use the graph to see how people in different neighborhoods are talking about their brands and target specific geographies with ads on Nextdoor that speak directly to those conversations.An internet service provider might serve different ads to a neighborhood that’s complaining…

Penny Pennington’s decision to leave investment banking over two decades ago clearly paid off.At the time, though, the move from banking to financial advising was viewed as risky, the CEO of Edward Jones said. Some people, she said, thought it was like “jumping off a cliff.” Despite having a successful career in banking, Pennington said she had a clear reason for making the switch.”I wasn’t sure that it mattered that it was me who showed up every day in the first 14 years of my career,” Pennington told Business Insider.Since starting at Edward Jones in 2000, one of the nation’s…

Growing up, I had no knowledge about investing. I didn’t know anyone who invested, and I never heard stories about people investing for retirement or trading stocks — most people I knew lived paycheck to paycheck.My lack of financial literacy pushed me to start learning about personal finance in high school and college.Now, at 34, after 10 years of investing, I have enough money to feel comfortable retiring at 67, even if I don’t add another dollar to my retirement account.I quickly learned that I would need to begin investing for retirement sooner rather than laterI started researching online, following…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Paul Whitten, 37, the founder of Nashville Adventures. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I run history and walking tours here in good ol’ Music City. I left a great job at Amazon in early 2024 to start my walking tour company in Nashville, where my wife and I moved in 2021. My wife thought I was crazy for doing this, but it’s grown every year by triple digits.I created the LLC in September 2023 and started running it nights and weekends while still working at Amazon. I did a soft…

Grave markers for Black boys that died while at the House of Reformation in Cheltenham, Md., in the forested area adjacent to the Maryland Veterans Cemetery. Tyrone Turner/WAMU for NPR hide caption toggle caption i Tyrone Turner/WAMU for NPR When Veronica Spears read the letter, she began to shake. “What’s wrong?” her husband asked. At the time, she said, she couldn’t find the words to respond. “The letter said they found out that my grandfather had a brother that was in a reformation institution,” she later told NPR in an interview. “And he passed away at the age of 12.…

Gen Z is afraid.AI will take over their job. They’ll never buy a house. They’ll go bankrupt caring for their parents. They’re being left behind by their peers. They’ll never retire.Gen Z is also in pretty good shape.They’re investing earlier than previous generations, starting at 19 on average and six years earlier than millennials. A recent Vanguard study found that 47% of Gen Z workers are positioned to retire successfully, compared to 40% of baby boomers, based on Vanguard’s analysis of government data. The St. Louis Fed estimates that millennial and older Gen Z households had, on average, 35% more…

This image provided by U.S. Department of Justice, and contained in a court filing, shows gold bars and cash that was seized from a David J. Rush’s home, during a search on May 19, 2026, in Ashburn, Va. U.S. Dept. of Justice via AP hide caption toggle caption i U.S. Dept. of Justice via AP WASHINGTON — A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth over $40 million, according to court records. David…