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Markets were mostly lower on Thursday as oil prices and interest rates rose amid uncertainty about the U.S. position on a deal between Oman and Iran to reopen the ...
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Jamie Dimon's JPMorgan Chase pledged $750 billion to housing projects this week, notably in San Francisco.Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase announced it will direct $750 billion to US housing projects thr...
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Rose Marie Obey.Courtesy of Rose Marie ObeyRose Marie Obey, an 80-year-old widow, moved to Gwynedd Estates, a retirement community in Pennsylvania.Obey sold her house for $435,000, covering the $16...
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By the time September arrives, taxes are probably the last thing on your mind. Summer is winding down, spring filing is behind you, and the third-quarter estimated...
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The letter arrives unexpectedly in the mail, tucked among bills and junk mail, and many people are likely intrigued. A former employer has a proposition. The lette...
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Think you need $1 million or more to retire happily? You're not alone. Northwestern Mutual's 2026 Planning & Progress Study found that Americans think they ne...
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Between the wildfires in Canada and those raging in Washington, it seems like wildfires are getting more common and widespread. If the news has you worried, there ...
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A hospital room in Portland, Maine. WalletHub's ranking found that Maine was among the top 10 states for healthcare in the US.Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty ImagesWalletHub ranked the ...
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Kim Berling has been caring for her mother-in-law (center) for nearly a decade.Kim BerlingKim Berling, 66, cares for her 99-year-old mother-in-law in Dallas while living in Albuquerque.Long-term ca...
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Dr. Anthony Zizza In a recent podcast, I talked with Dr. Anthony Zizza, medical director of Element Care, about the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) that provides comp...
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You found your dream home, the seller accepted your offer, and you're eager to close on the sale. But as you finalize the paperwork, make sure you don't overlook a...
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As more people in the U.S. remain in their homes as they grow older ("age in place"), the cost of making a home safer and more accessible can be a significant hurd...
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My wife and I are expecting our third child later this year. When a client is expecting, I generally advise them to start thinking about their baby's financial fut...
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Uber's CTO said the company's tokenmaxxing era is coming to an end.Big Event Media/Getty Images for HumanX ConferenceUber is leaving its tokenmaxxing era behind, a top executive says.Its CTO said A...
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Toru Tokushige, CEO of Terra Drone.Noriko Hayashi for BIIn early May 2025, Toru Tokushige was alone in his Tokyo office when the general came knocking. It was the Golden Week, Japan's biggest holid...
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 gapped up to new all-time highs at the opening bell on Wednesday, lifted by relative quiet in the Middle East ...
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I like long-term CDs. They earn a guaranteed rate of return, the APY won't change, and they can help you meet long-term savings goals. In a world full of questiona...
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Uber is applying AI in lots of small ways to its operations, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said.Bloomberg/Getty ImagesUber kept its AI spending "broadly stable" in the second quarter, its CFO said on Wedne...
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Lawyers are expensive. I should know: I married one. And if she ever decided to start billing me at her hourly rate for our conversations around the dinner table, suffice it to say, we’d soon be e...
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Canadians continue to feel affordability pressures even as they show modest signs of financial improvement, a survey by TransUnion Canada said. While its survey suggests a gradual improvement in ...
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Shortly after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh took the podium after his first Fed meeting and said jobs data had "been moving in a good direction," the Bureau of...