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The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the jobs report for April. Economists forecast a 130,000 gain in nonfarm payrolls, after a 228,000 increase in February. The unemployment rate is expected to ...
'I ended up getting very sick': I'm divorcing an abuser. I've had two terrible attorneys - and fired them both. Do I sue?
I'm currently divorcing an abuser. So far, I have had two attorneys.
Kevin Warsh says the Fed is broken. He's taking dead aim at Powell's job.
Warsh also blamed the high inflation seen in the wake of the pandemic on the Fed signaling that it was willing to accept higher inflation to help battle unemployment. The Powell Fed "misjudged the ...
What the plunge in shipping traffic from China tells us about tariffs, stocks and the economy
Potential shortages and higher costs has been a worry for households and business. Yet there's another way to look at the plunge in shipping traffic: U.S. firms that rely on Chinese manufacturing for ...
'I'm literally afraid to look at my balance': I have $300K in a 2025 target-date fund. Is there a chance it will recover?
The bulk of my money, around $300,000, is in a Fidelity account invested in a target-date retirement fund pegged to 2025. I'm about two years out from when I had hoped to retire completely. I have two ...
'I survived a head-on car wreck': I'm on Medicaid, but inheriting $290K. How do I protect it from the 5-year look-back rule?
About 30 years ago, I survived a head-on car wreck. It was not my fault. I was put on 100% disability and I have not worked since. Now, at age 68, I got a job offer to work three days a week ...
'An argument ensued': My mother entrusted my inheritance to her second husband. It all went horribly wrong.
Months before my mother transitioned, she told me there was a substantial inheritance coming to me and my sons. She highlighted a few things that she wanted me to do for my kids, etc. She never said ...
A 'property tax revolt' is under way across the country. These numbers explain what's driving it.
Attom's property-tax numbers are the latest high-level look at a growing issue for homeowners, prospective home buyers and politicians that comes as home values, along with costs for local services, ...
IPC Indice de Precios Y Cotizaciones Ends the Week 6.98% Higher at 56720.12, Largest One-week Percentage Gain Since June 2020 — Data Talk
The IPC Indice de Precios Y Cotizaciones is up 3701.55 points or 6.98% this week to 56720.12 --Largest three-week point and percentage gain since the week ending Jan. 20, 2023 ...
Social Security rule reversals, office closures, cost cuts: Here's what's happening now
A day after it announced the elimination of the Office of Transformation, the SSA said it was closing the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity and that it would reassign the office's tasks - ...
'I don't have $800.' A look at the heart-wrenching decisions pet owners face as vet care has gotten so expensive.
Of those owners, 71% said they couldn't afford the care or they didn't believe it was worth the cost. And these pet owners didn't necessarily have limited means, according to the survey. Gallup noted ...
Social Security rule reversals, office -4-
April 17: Federal judge limits DOGE's access to SSA data ...