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Lately, budget planning has been a source of uncertainty and dread for Laramie resident Jessica Brauer.  The executive director of the Laramie Plains Civic Center gets her health insurance through the Health Insurance Marketplace, which was created under the Affordable Care Act in 2010 to help more Americans afford coverage.  A prominent feature of the program, known as the Advance Premium Tax Credits, provides subsidies that drastically reduce premium costs. With the credits, Brauer pays around $325 a month. Without them, she said, her monthly costs would be $816 — a 150% jump.  She has been lucky to be generally healthy,…

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In today’s age of hybrid and remote work, teams face more pressure than ever to balance profitability and employee satisfaction. WeekWize, a powerful new time planning and tracking platform developed by a team with decades of experience in leading distributed digital agencies, was created to address this challenge. Designed for agencies, freelancers, and remote teams, WeekWize provides leaders with the tools to plan smarter, prevent burnout, and make better business decisions. With turnover, burnout, and disengagement increasing, companies face higher costs and missed opportunities. Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, many major firms…

UnitedHealth Group’s incredible fall this year looks less and less like a temporary problem.In the nearly six months since the stock of the Eden Prairie-based health care company crashed, it has become clearer to big investors that a fundamental change happened to it. With the third quarter ending Tuesday, we’ll soon see new results from UnitedHealth. Yet, for as big a company as UnitedHealth is, it reveals very little about its performance. That’s part of why investors were so surprised in April when the company announced problems. It also means investors may not be as sure when the company starts…

Freelancing is no longer just a side hustle; it has become a full-time career option for millions of people worldwide. In 2025, more companies and entrepreneurs are hiring freelancers for specialized tasks rather than keeping a large in-house team. This gives skilled freelancers the opportunity to work from anywhere, choose their own clients, and earn a good income. But to succeed in freelancing, you need the right set of skills that are in demand.Here are the top five freelancing skills to learn in 2025 that can help you grow your career and make money online:1. Content Writing and CopywritingContent is…

The dollar has suffered from rising risk of a US government shutdown and falling oil prices since the weekend, with the yen emerging as the top performer. President Trump said that a shutdown tomorrow is now likely after little progress on congressional negotiations. A lower USD/JPY may well remain the favourite trade during the shutdown. It lost 1.5% during the 2018-19 shutdown, and is currently trading 1% above its short-term fair value, according to our model. On the oil side, our commodities team has been highlighting downside risks for energy prices into year-end, and we continue to see that playing…

Attorneys for freelance journalist Michelle Deininger asked a judge Sept. 26 to dismiss a lawsuit from former Park City School District COO Mike Tanner.“Deininger’s reporting has not required retraction or even moderate correction, including the reporting at issue here,” court papers state.The reporter is asking 3rd District Judge Richard Mrazik for “expedited relief” under Utah’s version of a law designed to prevent frivolous lawsuits against protected speech.Tanner sued Deininger in July over a November 2024 article she authored in The Park Record. The newspaper is not named as a defendant.The story raised concerns about Tanner’s compensation package and remote work…

The Trump administration is looking at adopting a tool more familiar to Wall Street than Washington, as it seeks equity holdings in producers of critical minerals to bolster supply chains deemed essential to national security. More than a dozen Australian mining firms earlier this month held meetings in Washington with officials from various agencies, and were told that the administration is looking for ways to take equity-like stakes in companies, according to people familiar with the talks. While discussions didn’t focus on specific deals, they did cover financial techniques that the administration could use. Some of the officials said the…

While not a complete solution, providing better guidance can make a big difference. Retirement depends as much on information as it does on access, and the benefits of starting early make that clear.Freelancers saving $300 a month ($3,600 a year) at a 7 percent annual return would have:• $746,000 by age 65 if they start saving at age 25.• $516,000 by age 65 if they start saving at 30, or $230,000 less than age 25.• $353,000 by age 65 if they start saving at 35, or $393,000 less than age 25. • $237,000 by age 65 if they start saving at 40,…

Blue Origin now employs nearly 4,000 people in Brevard County and has invested over $2.3 billion with 500 suppliers in Florida, generating significant economic growth and employment in the region. We’re currently the only company manufacturing and launching rockets in Cape Canaveral, contributing to the development of additional skillsets in the growing technical workforce of Florida. Our manufacturing and operations footprint has more than doubled in eight years to 11 sites across Brevard and Orange Counties, including Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Titusville, Melbourne, and Orlando, as we build a road to space for the benefit of Earth. This represents an investment of…

Brendan CoffeySportico reporter Brendan Coffey has left the news organization and is now freelancing.He was covering sports finance reporter.Prior to joining Sportico in June 2020, Coffey spent years writing about business, markets and innovative thinkers, during which he called Carl Icahn more times than he can remember, split a bottle of wine with Gordon Getty three times and was cursed at by Leon Cooperman more than once.His prior stints include serving as founding senior reporter for Bloomberg News’ billionaires news team, reporter for Forbes magazine, commodities and bond reporter at Dow Jones and freelancer for Fortune, Esquire, Barron’s, Inc. and The Washington…