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BOISE, Idaho - Student loan borrowers take note: a pause on federal student-loan payments is set to end in February. The moratorium on payments has been in place since March 2020 due to the pandemic, but it will be lifted on January 31. Andrew Pentis, a senior writer and certified student loan counselor with the group Student Loan Hero, said the average student loan payment for Idaho borrowers is $274 a month, which can be quite a weight on the typical family budget. ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Supply chain delays have some holiday shoppers stressed that gifts wont be on store shelves on this "Black Friday," or wont arrive in time, but for members of the "Buy Nothing Project," that kind of stress is a thing of the past. Liesl Clark, co-founder of the Project, said the rules are simple: no buying, selling, trading, bartering or dumping of things someone wants to get rid of. "You can offer up, with an image and a little desc...

BOSTON -- This holiday season, consumer advocates are urging Commonwealth residents to consider giving gifts that dont require purchasing anything. Or, if you have to purchase something, shop for refurbished items. Janet Domenitz, executive director of the Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG), said while Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on electronics and other items may look appealing, there are great deals on refurbished items year-round. ...

A late drop robbed the Standard & Poor's 500 of another record high on Wall Street Monday and left major indexes mostly lower after being up for much of the day.

The negotiations will come amid record backlogs at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that are contributing to supply shortages and higher prices.

Buy Nothing groups are easier to find and join than ever. But there are rules and ethics and etiquette to consider.

Retailers started seasonal promotions early, but the eye-popping bargains of recent years will be rare, experts warn.

The female founders of the Buy Nothing Project share examples of free items posted in Facebook groups.

About Buy Nothing. Give Freely. Share Creatively. The Buy Nothing Project began when two friends, Rebecca Rockefeller and Liesl Clark, created an experimental hyper-local gift economy on Bainbridge Island, WA, in July, 2013. Since then, it has become a worldwide social movement, with groups in 44 nations. Local groups form gift economies that are complementary and parallel to local cash economies; whether people join because they’d like to quickly get rid of things that are cluttering their l...