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Income Inequality

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40 States Reach $694 Million Settlement With Credit Acceptance Over Subprime Auto Loans

Court review is pending for a pact pairing cash payments, broad debt forgiveness, dealer oversight, pre-loan risk disclosures, borrower off-ramps

Japan Approves Two-Year Cut to Food Consumption Tax Starting April 2027

Musk-Linked Awards Push S&P 500 CEO Pay Dramatically Higher

Klingbeil’s Income‑Tax Draft Fuels CDU Backlash Over Speed and Funding

Peru to Raise Minimum Wage to S/1,300 in Two Staged Increases

LDP Endorses Takaichi’s Two-Year Cut of Food Consumption Tax to 1%

Projected 2027 Social Security COLA Near 3.8% Would Add About $77 to Average Monthly Checks

Rep. Troy Nehls Boasts of Lobster and Ribeyes and Says Struggling Americans ‘Maybe’ Don’t Work as Hard

HMRC Proposes Power to Take Small Debts Directly From Bank Accounts

Mansfield Couple Offered Jobs and Relocation After Channel 5 Swap

France’s Minimum Wage to Rise About 2.4% on June 1 Under Inflation Rule

New York Fed Flags 3.6 Million New Student-Loan Defaults as Delinquencies Rise

Auto Loans Stretch to Record Lengths as $1,000 Payments Hit One in Five Buyers

Seattle Mayor’s ‘Bye’ to Departing Millionaires Draws Blowback in Tax Flight Debate

Delfos Survey: 52% of Argentines Can't Make It to Month's End

Coalition Sues to Overturn Washington’s 9.9% Millionaires Tax

Ontario Lifts Minimum Wage to $17.95 on Oct. 1

ACTU Seeks 5% Minimum-Wage Rise for Three Million Workers

Danny Silva Stuns Kurtis Campbell With 31-Second Round 2 KO at UFC London

UK to Launch Digital Income Tax for 860,000 Self-Employed Workers and Landlords on 6 April