The settlement stems from a 2017 lawsuit brought by the bureau that casts Navient as a company that was far more concerned with its financial interests than the needs of vulnerable student loan borrowers.
The report also found that while overall racial diversity in the high-tech workforce increased from 26 percent in 2005 to 40.1 percent in 2022, Hispanic and Black workers remained significantly underrepresented in the field.
From the opening, both candidates were thrown on the defensive, forced to reckon with their records—Harris on the economy and border security, Trump on immigration and his actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
On Monday, Apple pulled back the curtain on its new iPhone 16 and 16 Pro devices, all of which will be able to use the company’s new Apple Intelligence features as they become available.
The deal would create the third-largest global steelmaker in a bid to compete with Chinese rivals on the global stage. More than 2,000 people work for U.S. Steel in Gary, Indiana.
Lilly and rival Novo Nordisk have been battling the emerging industry making copies of their top-selling diabetes and weight-loss drugs, a situation without modern precedent.
The suit adds to a string of recent legal challenges to Google’s dominance, including court rulings that declared its search business and mobile app store to be illegal monopolies.
Of the nation’s 20 largest school districts, at least seven forbid use of cellphones during the school day or plan to do so, while at least another seven impose significant restrictions.
The lawsuit is among the Justice Department’s first major enforcement actions in which software is being alleged as the primary means of collusion.
Allowing marginally slower service to rural areas, which often drag down on-time rates, could improve the agency’s delivery metrics, experts say.
The Canadian government on Thursday forced an end to a brief rail work stoppage that threatened the North American economy, by ordering Canada’s two largest rail companies and the Teamsters into binding arbitration.
The government reported Wednesday that the economy created 818,000 fewer jobs from April 2023 through March 2024, in the biggest revision to federal jobs data in 15 years.
The ruling adds to the significant legal defeats that Google has been dealt in the past year.
A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday found the Federal Trade Commission exceeded its authority with a rule that would have voided contracts that bar workers from moving to rival employers.
Legal experts characterize the move as an extraordinary attempt to interrupt the FTC’s enforcement powers, as it relies on a recent Supreme Court decision that limited a separate federal agency’s use of in-house legal proceedings.
Retail sales rose 1 percent in July, reversing a June slowdown and marking the largest jump in more than two years, according to new Commerce Department data released Thursday.
Eliminating federal taxes on tips has suddenly emerged as just about the only idea that former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris agree on—but experts say the proposal won’t have a big impact for most workers.
The charges filed with the National Labor Relations Board allege that, during their conversation on X, former President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk illegally threatened and intimidated workers who engage in protected labor activity, such as strikes.
USA Gymnastics said it would “continue to pursue every possible avenue and appeal process” after the Court of Arbitration for Sport said it would not reconsider its ruling that led to the revocation of Chiles’s Olympic bronze medal.
Businesses have filed at least 3.6 million claims for the Employee Retention Credit since the program’s debut. It has distributed at least $232 billion, far exceeding Congress’s initial expectations.
