A projected 5 percent drop in this year’s freshman class follows a number of disruptions last year, including persistent failures with the FAFSA form. Source link

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God’s Love We Deliver drew comedians, fashion executives and restaurateurs to its annual benefit at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine on Monday. Source link

By Waylon Cunningham (Reuters) – Starbucks’ new CEO Brian Niccol has his work cut out for him. Tasked with reassuring investors that the company’s coffee shops are still hugely popular in the U.S., Niccol also has to contend with baristas and hardcore Starbucks customers who say they want plenty of …

Early voting starts in all seven swing states. Source link

Paytm, a leading Indian financial services firm, has received regulatory approval to resume adding new UPI payments users, following an eight-month restriction on many of its operations. UPI, which processes over 15 billion monthly transactions, dominates India’s online payments. Walmart-owned PhonePe and Google Pay process about 87% of UPI transactions, …

The nature of water itself makes some aspects of testing water guns a bit difficult, but I feel good about the process overall.  To start, we need to know how much water these things will hold. I do this by weight. Since 1 milliliter of water weighs 1 gram, it’s …

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By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Gold prices jumped to record high and the dollar was on the rise again on Wednesday, keeping the pressure on the yen and the euro, while stocks in Asia stuttered as investors were reluctant to place major bets ahead of a hotly contested U.S. …