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The Trump administration is pulling back credits for some borrowers enrolled in Public Service Loan Forgiveness, the program designed to erase debt for government and nonprofit workers. The Education Department is attributing the reversals to code errors inherited from the Biden era, but affected borrowers are facing real consequences as qualifying payments disappear from their accounts.
Shifting to the airline sector, American Airlines is making a notable strategic reversal, bringing seatback screens back into its cabin after years of betting passengers would rely on personal devices. The carrier says customer research, particularly among younger travelers, pushed the decision, and the redesign also carves out more real estate for premium seating as airlines chase higher-margin revenue.
And in the streaming economy, the cost of watching without ads across eight major platforms has now climbed to one hundred thirty seven dollars a month, with Peacock the latest service to raise its price. The market is showing a clear consumer response — subscribers are downgrading away from ad-free tiers or abandoning paid services altogether in favor of free platforms like YouTube, a trend that should concern every media company still building around subscription growth.
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