With no background in coding, Faith Maeba, a psychology major, was reluctant when her mother first suggested she enroll in classes on artificial intelligence. But the senior at Virginia Commonwealth University began to see it differently as she looked into graduate psychology programs that ...
Many aspects of retirement planning are the subject of hot debate, even among experts. Here are three tricky decisions that confront people planning retirement today. Decision 1: How much to withdraw each year in retirement It’s impossible to say at the outset of retirement what the “right” withdrawal rate is. You don’t know what the major asset classes will return or how high (or low) inflation will run during your retirement. Nor do you know how long you’ll live. But you have to use something, and this is where the disagreements come in. A 4% starting withdrawal rate, ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has been losing his own battle to cut interest rates. The president likes to vilify high rates as an affront to the size and strength of the U.S. economy, saying that America deserves the cheapest borrowing costs in the world. Trump for months publicly ...
CLEANUP IN SEPTEMBER: Legacy Tire & Auto Repair will host its inaugural Legacy Mahoning Avenue Cleanup on Saturday, Sept. 19, bringing residents, businesses, students, families and community organizations together to clean designated sections of the Mahoning Avenue corridor in support of World Cleanup Day 2026. Volunteer check-in will begin at 8:30 a.m. at Legacy Tire & Auto Repair, located at 2408 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown. The cleanup will take place from 9 a.m. to noon. In the event of inclement weather, a backup date is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 26, at the same time. The ...
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to a technical error, portions of the following story were omitted.) NILES — Above the Eastwood Mall’s food court and out of sight of most shoppers, a new kind of classroom is taking shape in the form of a miniature town where students can be bank tellers, high schoolers manage payroll and students learn how a paycheck becomes a balanced budget. The BizTown and Finance Park, opening in the spring, at combines two educational simulations under one roof giving learners from grades 4 through 12 a hands-on introduction to jobs, civic roles and personal finance. ...
Razzle dazzle looks great on small sport’s cars. Take the Nissan Z — a powerful rear wheel drive that’s been all the rage for more than 50 years. Four years ago, the two-seater took on the NISMO badge making an already quick car more so. The motorsports division of Nissan added a ...
