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Restaurant Subscriptions In 2023, you don’t just buy things — you subscribe to them. Subscription services for repeat purchases like razors and vitamins are already commonplace, …
Don’t go broke over your wedding. Do this instead
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Here Comes the Bill First, here comes the bride. Then, here comes the bill. Couples planning to tie the knot this year will shell out an …
How Walmart & other big-box grocery stores are dealing with inflation
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Increasing Food Costs Conventional personal finance wisdom will tell you cooking meals at home, instead of eating out, is one of the best ways to save …
Here’s why now is the right time to ask for a raise
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Workers Unite Worker strikes soared last year, according to a report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2022, strikes involving more than 1,000 workers reached …
How to make self-employment taxes a less bitter (and expensive) pill to swallow
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60 Million Freelancers During the pandemic, many Americans got used to working remotely. Geographic independence and technological proficiency fostered fresh ideas about modern ways to make …
Think fast food is a good value? You may not be ‘lovin’ it’ after you hear this
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Value Miss With food costs way up since last year, some Americans are turning to fast food as a budget-friendly way to satisfy their appetites. But …
Will inflation keep declining?
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Inflation’s Downward Trend Ever since peaking at 9.1% last June, the rate of inflation in the US has been on a reassuring downward trend. It hit …
4 Biden administration retirement changes you need to know about
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What are Roths? Roth accounts — whether a Roth IRA or a Roth 401(k) — are common retirement plans that have a different tax treatment than …
Netflix reverses course on password sharing: What you need to know
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Sharing Isn’t Caring In 2017, Netflix (NFLX) infamously tweeted, “Love is sharing a password.” But the company has since changed its stance on passwords, if not …
Good news for AI fans: ChatGPT is rolling out a ‘freemium’ plan
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ChatGPT Plus In 1967, Texas Instruments (TXN) created the first handheld electronic calculator and changed the way that mathematicians crunch numbers. In 2022, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT …
Building wealth in America: The real estate paradox
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Ranking Assets When it comes to building wealth in America, 23% of Americans say real estate is the best strategy, according to a survey conducted …
Why marketers care about Gen Z’s obsession with Despicable Me, The Rock & other oddball preferences
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What’s Gen Z Watching? For marketers and major film studios, Gen Z has been particularly difficult to get a reading on. However, a new report …
Will streaming really become like cable?
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The Finale? A famous business principle is that whatever works gets copied. The success of Netflix (NFLX) exemplifies it. After taking a risk with streaming …
How to protect yourself from scammers this year
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Gone Phishin’ Phishing attacks are a cyber criminal’s attempt to steal your information by posing as a familiar organization, such as your employer or a …
Why Microsoft is eyeing ChatGPT for Bing
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What is ChatGPT? ChatGPT is an AI-powered language chatbot developed by tech research firm OpenAI. Designed to answer user questions, it’s recently surged in popularity …
Updates to the tax code you should really know about
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Why Make Changes? The US experienced some of the highest inflation rates in decades in 2022. To account for this inflation, the Internal Revenue Service …
Dollar Stores are thriving in these surprising US communities
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A Fistful of Dollar Stores Dollar stores are expanding rapidly, with several discount retail chains opening new locations across the US. Two of the …
Mortgage rates dip even as refinancing demands spike
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Sales Keep Sliding In November, existing home sales fell for the 10th straight month. This added to an already record-long streak, with higher mortgage rates …
The hair-raising number of packages snatched by porch pirates
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Petty Package Crime Ecommerce has long been a major part of how people buy goods, with this segment totaling nearly 15% of all retail sales …
The old-school way Netflix is trying to stay relevant
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Netflix and Spill The Netflix Preview Club (NFLX) is the streaming industry’s reboot of one of Hollywood’s tried-and-true best practices — the focus group. …
