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Shares of Affirm Holdings Inc. were flying 13% higher in Wednesday trading after the buy-now-pay-later operator saw its relationship with Amazon.com Inc. expand. The two companies announced Wednesday morning that eligible U.S. merchants who offer Amazon AMZN, -3.78% Pay will be able to add Affirm’s AFRM, +6.04% adaptive-checkout capabilities as a payment option for consumer checkout. The arrangement extended Affirm’s involvement with Amazon, as Affirm’s BNPL options were already available to the e-commerce giant’s customers on the Amazon site and mobile app. “By integrating Affirm’s Adaptive Checkout, thousands of merchants can offer their customers personalized payment options and increased spending…

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US President Joe Biden addresses the nation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, … [+] June 2, 2023. (Photo by JIM WATSON / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)POOL/AFP via Getty Images The student loan pause is officially coming to an end. For over three years, most federal student loan borrowers have not had to make any payments due to the Covid-19 national emergency. The moratorium also suspended interest and halted all collections efforts against borrowers in default on their federal student loans. ADVERTISEMENT The student loan pause was supposed to…

Prince Harry attacked Mirror Group Newspapers for “industrial-scale destruction of evidence” on Wednesday, as he concluded his testimony against the media group at London’s High Court.The Duke of Sussex was cross-examined for a second day about 33 articles published in the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror or The People, which he alleges were the result of phone-hacking or unlawful information gathering over a 15-year period. Mirror Group denies his allegations and is defending the case.The outcome of the action brought by Charles III’s younger son, who has three parallel legal cases claiming phone hacking and other illegal behaviour by British newspapers,…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Brian Armstrong, CEO and Co-Founder of Coinbase, speaks at the 2022 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 2, 2022. REUTERS/David Swanson 2/2 (Refiles to fix typo in headline) By Hannah Lang and Manya Saini (Reuters) – Coinbase (NASDAQ:) executives on Wednesday defended the company against a lawsuit brought by the U.S. securities regulator, saying the cryptocurrency sector lacks a clear set of guidelines. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday alleged Coinbase traded at least 13 crypto assets that are securities that should have been registered, including tokens such as…

LUNC/USD Chart / Source: TradingViewTerra Luna Classic (LUNC), the cryptocurrency which powers the original Terra blockchain that experienced catastrophe after its associated algorithmic “stablecoin” UST lost its 1:1 per to the US dollar last May, is close to 12% higher versus its Tuesday lows in the $0.000085 area.LUNC/USD was last changing hands around $0.000094, with the cryptocurrency having experienced extreme volatility in recent days.On Sunday, the cryptocurrency saw a huge 33% surge following the bullish breakout above a short-term pennant structure and the cryptocurrency’s 21DMA.However, LUNC was unable to break back above resistance in the $0.000115 area.Price Prediction – Where…

CNN  —  The PGA Tour once advertised its brightest stars with the catch phrase “These guys are good.” A better slogan might now be “These guys are even richer.” In a bombshell announcement so staggering that many golf fans thought it was fake at first, the venerable PGA Tour unveiled a partnership Tuesday with Saudi Arabia’s public investment fund, the financier of its sworn rival LIV Golf – a breakaway circuit that split the sport and seeded feuds among its top players. The deal means that the PGA Tour – built on the image of quintessentially American Arnold Palmer, who…

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Russia made the bizarre claim that F-16s being given to Ukraine could be fitted with nuclear weapons. One expert told Insider the claim was “misinformation” to create public concern or fear. Ukraine has no nuclear weapons, and the F-16s it may get won’t have that capacity anyway, he said. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Russia’s foreign minister said that US-made F-16 fighter jets sent to Ukraine could be used to carry nuclear weapons, despite the fact that there are no signs…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends a press conference, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday he would meet later in the day with the U.S. Transportation Secretary, appearing to refer to Pete Buttigieg, and discuss the country’s efforts to recover a top air safety rating. More than two years ago, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) downgraded Mexico to Category 2, restricting the ability of Mexican airlines to open new routes to the U.S. The FAA…