If you're heading off to college, prepare to dig a little deeper into your pockets. Borrowing money to pay for higher education is becoming more expensive.

In July, interest rates will climb on the federal loans students take on to pay for college this fall. Rates on undergraduate Stafford loans are jumping to 4.45 percent, from the current 3....Read more

CHICAGO -- Certain kinds of people thrive at Kraft Heinz, one of the most ambitious and polarizing companies in the American food industry.

They're the types who can keep their desk clutter-free save for no more than two personal items, per company policy. The types who get amped up gazing upon charts of sales data posted on the walls at both ...Read more

MIAMI -- A new study analyzing U.S. residential property loan originations in the first quarter of 2017 shows that unmarried co-borrowers accounted for 40.2 percent of single-family home sale loans in Miami -- more than any other city in the U.S.

Rounding out the top five cities in the study by ATTOM Data Solutions were Seattle (37.4 percent), ...Read more

Two years after cheating on emissions tests catapulted Volkswagen into a global crisis, the automaker is again selling cars with diesel engines in the U.S., but the German brand's signature offerings won't be around too much longer.

Customers lined up to buy 2-year-old Volkswagen diesel cars when the automaker unexpectedly resumed sales in ...Read more

How soon is soon?

Federal Reserve decision-makers say they are ready to raise their target short-term interest rates "soon," according to minutes of their most recent meeting. A significant piece of data helping investors anticipate the timing of any change will be released on Friday in the week ahead.

While the next Federal Reserve interest ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg told Harvard graduates Thursday that they need to help others find purpose in a world where machines are taking away steady jobs and communities aren't as stable, leading to isolation and nationalism instead of people coming together globally to solve problems.

"When our parents ...Read more

Wells Fargo & Co. may have to cough up more than $142 million to settle a bevvy of class-action lawsuits in connection with its unauthorized-accounts scandal.

A federal judge in San Francisco said late Wednesday that he would approve a settlement deal reached by the bank and plaintiffs' attorneys but only if they agree to several conditions, ...Read more

SEATTLE -- Costco shares were up about 2 percent in after-hours trading Thursday after the warehouse giant reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations and showed solid increases in same-store sales.

Costco's earnings per share for the quarter that ended May 7 were $1.59, up 28 percent from the same quarter a year ago.

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LOS ANGELES -- Small-satellite launch company Rocket Lab said its Electron rocket made it to space but did not reach orbit in its first test flight, as the Huntington Beach firm and other small-rocket startups inch closer to commercial operations.

The Electron rocket lifted off at 9:20 p.m. Pacific time Wednesday from Rocket Lab's private ...Read more

DETROIT -- Days after introducing a new CEO, Ford Motor Co. announced a new leadership team.

In a news release Thursday morning, new CEO Jim Hackett described the changes as showing the company's efforts to, among other things, speed up decision-making.

"The leadership changes we are announcing today across our global business are important as...Read more

Q: My 1998 Dodge half-ton 4x4 pickup started making a growling noise, which comes from its rear end and doesn't vary with load. I removed the cover of the rear differential assembly and found several rice-sized chunks of metal at the bottom. Everything else inside looked normal. I'm thinking it's the ring and pinion. A shop I called wants about ...Read more

The more I work with home equity conversion mortgages -- reverse mortgages offered through the Federal Housing Administration -- the more convinced I become that the HECM is the most underutilized financial tool available to consumers in the U.S. Among the important reasons for underutilization is that HECMs are more complicated than any other ...Read more

Joyce Senfe was distraught when her husband walked out after 56 years of marriage. She was desperate to know if he'd return.

So she went online and did a search for "Christian psychic." That's how Senfe, who lives in Brooksville, Fla., ended up on the phone recently with Los Angeles-based Psychic Readings by Lauren.

"Lauren was very ...Read more

Q: With hurricane season right around the corner, I am concerned about insurance for my beachfront condo. Who is responsible for fixing or replacing the building? And if my unit did get damaged, would I still have to pay the mortgage if I'm not able to live there during repairs?

-- Alex

A: Reach out to your community's management and see what ...Read more

The Trump administration's investigation into whether imported steel threatens national security was enthusiastically greeted Wednesday by U.S. steelmakers, who said the best way to ensure the vitality of their industry is through a comprehensive approach to curbing unfairly traded imports.

But others who testified at a U.S. Department of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Fox News is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit by former on-air personality Andrea Tantaros that claims the company hacked her computer and conducted surveillance of her phone calls and emails.

In a motion filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court, Fox News said Tantaros' allegations that fake Twitter accounts were set up to harass ...Read more