Paying for Trade School: Federal Loans or Private Loans You can receive federal student loans for trade school as long as you are a regular student, meaning you’re enrolled or accepted for enrollment at an institution for the purpose of obtaining a degree, certificate or other recognized education credential. Private student loans fill an important […]
Key insight: PayPal’s board of directors is reportedly unimpressed with Stripe and Advent International’s $53 billion offer to buy the company. What’s at stake: Analysts had speculated that the offer may be low, despite the fact that it came in at a 30% premium compared with other merchant processors. Forward look: In addition to providing […]
The Employees’ Provident FundScheme, 2026 has introduced a revised framework for exempted provident fund (PF) trusts, bringing in an interest rate ceiling, mandatory digital compliance, stricter governance standards and time-bound exemptions for employers that manage provident fund accounts through their own recognised trusts. The changes are part of the Employees’ Provident Fund Scheme, 2026, notified […]
Blackstone named Ami Momaya as its head of infrastructure for India, joining foreign firms such as KKR and Brookfield Asset Management in betting on the nation’s power-to-ports build-out. Momaya, who joins as managing director, is the firm’s first dedicated infrastructure hire in Asia-Pacific, Blackstone said in a statement Thursday as it launched its regional platform. […]
Septerna president & COO Elizabeth Bhatt sells $135,974 in stock
Key Takeaways Bump-up and step-up CDs allow you to take advantage of higher interest rates. A bump-up CD lets you increase an account’s interest, usually just one time, before the CD’s term ends. A step-up CD automatically phases in rate increases during the CD’s term. The most familiar type of certificate of deposit is a […]
The Linux Foundation is launching the x402 Foundation, a new industry initiative that will oversee an open protocol designed to let AI agents make payments natively over the web. The foundation will govern the x402 protocol, developed in part by Coinbase, which allows AI agents, APIs, and applications to perform transactions directly within HTTP requests […]
Warren Buffett and Michael Burry, two investors closely watched across global markets, are taking diametrically opposite positions on the artificial intelligence frenzy, setting up a rare, high-stakes clash over whether Silicon Valley’s hottest trade is a once-in-a-generation opportunity or a bubble waiting to burst. Their positions, revealed in recent disclosures and letters, come as concerns […]
Wall Street extended its decline on Friday as a pullback on stocks associated with the AI boom, which has driven many of the gains so far this year, morphed into a larger risk-off sentiment. Semiconductor shares, which have led the broader market’s move in recent sessions, initially led the selloff, which broadened as the session […]
President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs were supposed to raise billions of dollars in government revenue while reviving American manufacturing. Instead, after a Supreme Court ruling forced the Trump administration to reimburse much of the money it collected, it’s now looking for workarounds to impose tariffs anyway. One such workaround will take effect later this month, […]