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A survey by personal finance site Finder.com shows that 77 percent of Americans want to avoid dating a partner who is in debt. Asked how much debt would disqualify a partner entirely, respondents said an average of $11,525 in credit card debt or $51,000 in student loans.

MarketWatch.com

U.K. banks and other financial institutions have moved $1 trillion out of the country to other parts of Europe so they can keep operating in the European Union after Brexit. That’s 10 percent of the banking sector’s assets.

CNN.com

The median income from writing for full-time authors, according to the Authors Guild, was $20,300 in 2017. For part-time writers, it was $6,080. That’s 42 percent lower than in 2010, a decline driven in part by the costs to publishers and authors of paying for promotion on Amazon.com.

The New York Times

Six Wall Street firms lowered their predictions for the S&P 500 index performance in 2019. All major banks remained bullish, but Citigroup cut its target from 3,100 to 2,850. Wells Fargo, the least optimistic, predicts 2019 will end with the index at 2,665.

Axios.com

U.S. coal use fell to

691 million tons in 2018, the lowest level since 1979. Coal plants are shutting faster than expected because of the falling costs of wind and solar power.

The Wall Street Journal

The Lambda School, a startup that offers programs in education and data science, is offering students a deal to pay for their training with a share of their salary. Lambda asks for 17 percent of any earnings over $50,000 a year for two years, with a maximum tuition of $30,000.

The New York Times