Last week, President Obama announced changes to Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form that are meant to simplify the process of applying for tuition assistance. Starting with the 2017-18 FAFSA, the application will be available earlier, as well as request tax information from two years prior, rather than one year prior, in order to allow an earlier application period. Submissions will be accepted as early as Oct. 1 as opposed to Jan. 1. So, if you’re attending college in...

Kentucky’s Jamal Murray (23) reacts after a basket against Texas A&M during overtime of an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, March 13, 2016. Kentucky won 82-77. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the Bloomberg March Madness championship winner team bet chosen by Goldman Sachs President and COO Gary Cohn. Think your March Madness bracket could...

A petition calling for the elimination of a medical licensing exam has amassed some 12,600 signatures since going live in early March. Its creators, a group of Harvard Medical School students, argue that the Step 2 Clinical Skills exam is both unnecessary and financially burdensome. According to the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination's website, the test “assesses the ability of examinees to apply medical knowledge, skills, and understanding of clinical science essential for the provision of...

(Juanmonino / Getty Images) That ATM in the dark corner of the bar could be on its way out. By October of this year, ATM owners in the United States have to replace or upgrade their machines to accept chip cards or face liability for certain types of fraud. But the upgrade and related ongoing maintenance are so expensive that cash-machine operators like Abe Ayesh, who helps manage about 8,000 ATMs mostly on the East Coast, plans to shut down some of them. No compatible source was found for...

EApeiron’s markers keep products traceable over supply chain Counterfeit goods accounted for $461 billion globally in 2013 The film cameras that built Eastman Kodak Co. in 1888 are long gone, yet the company’s imprint may soon be embedded on products from shoes to cigarettes. Kodak, supplying hundreds of patents, research and history, is behind a startup working to combat counterfeiting with a technology that places an invisible, digitally traceable marker on products to ensure they are...