Insurance companies are betting on AI and mass data analytics in a battle against fraud that costs billions

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Passive vs. active investing: What's the difference?

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Here's how passive investing and active investing strategies compare.

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  • The goal of passive investing is to replicate the success

What is the Student Aid Report?

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The Student Aid Report is a summary that can help you spot errors in your financial aid application.

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  • The Student Aid Report summarizes the information on your Free

Michael Cohen says Trump execs called themselves the 'Gang of Four' like the radical Maoists convicted in 1981

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The original "Gang of Four" was convicted in a highly-publicized show trial in 1981.

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  • Trump's NY fraud trial began its fourth week with testimony by fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen.
  • A decade ago, he and three other Trump execs called themselves the "Gang of Four," Cohen said.
  • The first Gang of Four, a group of Maoist radicals, got convicted in a highly-publicized show trial.
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Dov Charney is fighting over his Silver Lake mansion in bankruptcy court. Only problem: The court can't get rid of squatters like Milo Yiannopoulos and Ye's hanger-ons.

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Ousted American Apparel founder Dov Charney (left), alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos (center), and rapper Ian Connor (right) have all been served motions for turnover of possession of the historic Garbutt House in Silver Lake, California, as part of Charney's bankruptcy proceedings.

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  • Dov Charney is trying to prevent his Silver Lake mansion from being sold in bankruptcy

Treasury bond auctions may eventually fail because investors will see federal deficits as too unsustainable, Columbia finance professor warns

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  • Ballooning government deficits could lead to failed Treasury auction soon, a Columbia Business School professor said.
  • Fears about mounting US debt have already worried investors, contributing to a sell-off in bonds.
  • In a failed auction, the Fed would have to step in and buy US bonds, fanning inflation.

There are two levers that policymakers use to toggle the amount of money in the

China roughly doubled the number of missiles it could use to go after US bases in Japan, new Pentagon report shows

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Fully armed aircraft from the 18th Wing conduct an elephant walk during a no-notice exercise April 12, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan.

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  • The US Department of Defense released its annual China Military Power Report last week.
  • The report says China's has increased in missile stockpiles, doubling its supply of the DF-21 missile.
  • The increase in what an