Finance and Money

Originally published on the U.S. Bank company blog Suzanne Rathbun was majoring in criminal justice and forensic science with a long-term plan of going to law school and becoming a prosecutor when the 2007-2008 financial crisis changed everything. While getting her undergraduate degree during that period, Rathbun worked in a law firm’s commercial real estate and financial practices group, and it gave her an up-close look at how bank loans work. She found the work fascinating. “I decided at that point, with less than a year left of my undergrad degree, to switch course, start over, and pursue a degree…

Jack Monroe in one corner, the Don’t Pay campaign in the other…  You may have heard various leftfield approaches to rising bills in the UK, from advisors on TV to radicals online advising you what to do (or not do) in the face of huge energy bills.  Can you simply refuse to pay? Or can you take a less radical approach?  FIRST STEPS  First off, TALK to your energy supplier. Can they help by putting you on a fairer payment scheme? Most suppliers want some kind of regular payment from their customers but if they’re aware of your trouble paying…

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Jensen Huang on Wednesday said he thinks it’s going to be “a pretty terrific Q4 for Ada,” the company’s next-generation chip architecture unveiled this week, even as critics balk at a price hike during a softening in consumer demand. Nvidia NVDA, +0.65% expects high demand for gaming chips using its next-generation “Ada Lovelace” chip architecture, named after 19th-century English mathematician generally considered to be the world’s first computer programmer for her work on Charles Babbage’s theoretical Analytical Engine. A smattering of sales will hit the current quarter as Nvidia’s $1,599 flagship RTX 4090 goes on sale…