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Find Your Estimated Monthly Social Security Benefit Amount Online – CNET

What does the future hold for your Social Security benefits? The outlook is uncertain, given reports that Social Security could run out of funds in the next decade. While we don’t know what the program will hold in the next few years, you can take control of your benefits online and empower yourself today. My […]

13 states will need increased electricity production to meet estimated 2040 demands: report

Demand for electricity is expected to increase significantly through 2040, but there are no plans in place to increase electricity production to meet that projection, according to a new report from the PJM Interconnection-affiliated Clean Energy Grid. PJM coordinates the movement of wholesale energy to 65 million people throughout parts or all of Delaware, Illinois, […]

UK to Pay Out Estimated $12.7 Billion to Infected Blood Scandal Victims

LONDON (AP) – The final report of Britain’s Infected Blood Survey examines how tens of thousands of people were infected with HIV and hepatitis through transfusions of contaminated blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. The announcement will be made on Monday, about six years after it began. . The scandal is widely […]

Biden’s new student debt relief plan estimated to cost $84B: Penn analysis

President Biden’s new student debt relief plan is estimated to cost about $84 billion if implemented, according to a Penn Wharton budget model released Thursday. The model analyzes five elements of Biden’s proposed plan, totaling $84.06 billion in efforts that could be implemented before the November election. The plan’s biggest cost is Biden’s proposal to […]

Swipe fees cost consumers an estimated $578 million on Valentine’s Day: Study

Swipe fees average 2.24% and are often passed on to consumers. (iStock) If a consumer used a credit card to purchase a gift on Valentine’s Day, they likely paid a high price. Swipe fees (fees charged by credit card issuers and issuing banks to retailers for processing debit and credit card transactions) will cost consumers […]