Best private student loans for fall 2025

Before you borrow money for college, make sure you’re considering the best options for your unique needs. Getty Images College costs continue to climb, and with them, the financial burden of earning a degree. While scholarships, grants and federal student loans help ease the load, they often aren’t enough to cover the full expense. The numbers back … Read more

In Carroll Lawsuits Inquiry, Scrutiny Turns Toward Private Citizens Who Antagonized Trump

The Justice Department’s examination of E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuits against President Trump could prove to be a significant shift in the administration’s campaign of retribution, moving from targeting of public officials to scrutinizing a case brought by an 82-year-old private citizen who has accused him of sexual assault. What sets Ms. Carroll apart is the … Read more

Polymarket to let users make prediction market bets on private companies

Polymarket launched a new set of prediction markets on Tuesday that allows users to trade on private company performance for the first time. The New York-based company said it is teaming up with Nasdaq Private Market, a secondary trading venue that provides data on non-public companies, to offer the new service. Customers will be able … Read more

The revolt against i-Ready: Private equity-backed software faces parent, teacher and student fury

In interviews, 10 current and former teachers from New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada and California described concerns about lost time and administrative demands. Some said i-Ready quizzes students on material they haven’t learned, such as asking a kindergartner “98 minus 17,” while some students said it repeats questions from year to year, and they have … Read more

JetBlue allegedly used private customer data like internet history without consent to set prices, per lawsuit

JetBlue has been accused in a lawsuit of collecting customers’ personal data without their consent and using it to set ticket prices. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Andrew Phillips, who lives in New York City, said in the complaint that he was “entirely unaware that … Read more