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FILE - In this April 7, 2013, file photo, the Verizon studio booth at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Verizon has agreed to buy online portal Yahoo Inc. for roughly $5 billion, according to multiple media reports sourcing unnamed sources. The deal is expected to be announced formally on Monday, July 25, 2016, before markets open. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Report: Verizon to Buy Yahoo Today

by Ken Sweet The Associated Press, and Michael Liedtke The Associated PressJuly 24, 2016

In this Wednesday, May 18, 2016, photo, Mitchell Timme works from his laptop computer at his home in Phoenix. Two-thirds of Americans would have difficulty coming up with the money to cover a $1,000 emergency, according to an exclusive poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Timme said that his wages have remained basically flat for the last few years while his cost of living has increased. Once everything is paid “there’s nothing left to save,” he said. (AP Photo/Matt York)

$1,000 Finance Crisis Would Cripple Most

by Ken Sweet Associated Press, and Emily Swanson Associated PressMay 19, 2016

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray, left,
and New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas, right, sit together
at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M. on Thursday, May 5, 2016, before the start of a bureau meeting. he Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed to ban arbitration clauses, which would
affect the entire financial industry and the hundreds of millions of
bank accounts, credit cards and other financial services Americans
use. (AP Photos/Russell Contreras)

Regulators Push to Simplify Bank Suits

by Ken Sweet AP Business WriterMay 6, 2016