Here we go again. This week, the Senate unveiled, honed and passed its version of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” and it’s a fiscal monstrosity. What was already an oversized mess in the House has been supersized into a $4-trillion ode to unseriousness. This isn’t tax reform. It’s a bipartisan piñata stuffed with pork, gimmicks and…
When it comes to planning for retirement, most of us are just trying to do our best — juggling advice from financial gurus, our instincts, and maybe a sprinkle of wishful thinking. Read More: David Letterman’s Top Reason To Rethink Retirement: Do Experts Agree With His ‘Myth of Retirement’? Find Out: Mark Cuban Says Trump’s…
Focus on what you can do to improve Hong Kong and mainland China instead of their shortcomings, Olympic gold medallist Vivian Kong Man-wai has told the city’s youngsters. The fencing star also urged young Hongkongers on Saturday to understand their identity, as she shared her experience of studying international relations at Stanford University in the…
Is Newsmax, the conservative news company that just went public, overvalued? Short answer: I don’t give investment advice. But if I did, I’d say yes. Newsmax is overvalued. Longer answer: I could list lots of reasons investors should be wary of sinking money into Newsmax, whose stock is skyrocketing after it started trading on Monday….
Aging baby boomers could hold the key to a $1 trillion opportunity in the stock market, Mizuho says. Americans over the age of 75 are expected to make up 10% of the population by 2030, analysts said. Spending by the cohort, meanwhile, is expected to grow by over $1 trillion in the next five years….
An American woman has shared how she and her partner made the mistake of using a certain word in the United Kingdom, which led to them getting called out for it. Originally from the U.S., TikTok user Brianna Morton spoke of the cultural difference between America and Britain as she now resides across the pond…
(Reuters) – Americans are more bullish on the U.S. economy and the stock market and more hopeful about falling inflation and borrowing costs than they have been in a decade or more, including in the heyday of Donald Trump’s first presidency, a Gallup poll showed on Monday. Some 53% of Americans predicted the U.S. economy…
In mid-January, a wave of U.S. users migrated to China’s platform Xiaohongshu due to the TikTok ban, engaging in an unexpected “cost-of-living comparison” with Chinese users. Despite higher wages, many Americans found their living expenses made life harder than in China. However, analysts caution that such comparisons, while straightforward, may not align with more rigorous…
Happy Friday! Not a great way to start the weekend, but important nonetheless: A new report detailed the alarming rise in cancer among women under 65. While breast cancer remains the biggest risk, lung cancer cases are on the rise. In today’s big story, time is running out for TikTok as its sell-or-ban deadline is…
Four in five adults who are trying to lose weight are eager to reach their goal as soon as possible (81%), according to new research. A survey of 2,000 U.S. adults who are trying to lose weight found that even with this desire to reach their weight loss goals, 79% understand that it’s an ongoing…