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How to control college costs in the age of COVID-19

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How to control college costs in the age of COVID-19

Tina Smets had long thought about getting a college degree, but that seemed impossible.

Fund giant BlackRock 'warming up' to European assets

BlackRock's Investment Institute said on Tuesday it was "warming up" to European assets following what it called the eurozone's "impressive" efforts to tackle the coronavirus.

Column: What would private equity funds in 401(k)s mean for retirement savers?

Employer retirement plans are not known for their flashy investments - a majority of 401(k) investors these days use target date funds that invest in broad, diversified equity and fixed income mutual funds that automatically rebalance to minimize risk as retirement approaches.

U.S. money market assets decreased in latest week: iMoneyNet

U.S. money market fund assets decreased by $24.84 billion to $4.668 trillion in the week ended June 9, the Money Fund Report said on Wednesday.

Column: Spend or hoard? Fate of forced savings could define pandemic recovery - Mike Dolan

(The author is editor-at-large for finance and markets at Reuters News. Any views expressed here are his own)

Column: What COVID-19 is teaching us about how to reform Medicare

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a bright spotlight on weaknesses in many of the systems designed to protect Americans from risks. But with older people more susceptible to serious illness and death from the virus, the problems in our Medicare system that were evident pre-pandemic have come into especially sharp relief.

Ackman says hedge fund up 27% year to date, dumped Berkshire

William Ackman's hedge fund is boasting double-digit gains at a time many portfolios have sunk along with the economy during the coronavirus pandemic, after the billionaire investor plowed cash into a number of companies he already owned and dumped Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway among other stocks.

Starboard set to win eight board seats at GCP Applied Technologies-sources

Hedge fund Starboard Value LP is close to having eight directors elected to the board of GCP Applied Technologies Inc at the chemical company's annual meeting, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

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