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Personal Finance
How peer pressure can actually save you quite a lot of money
Not all peer pressure is a bad thing.
A warning for parents: Not all financial help given to adult children is helpful
Parental support can help, depending on how that money is distributed.
Home listing prices are flat in these 10 markets — is the housing boom finally cooling?
The different trajectories for home values and list prices demonstrate how instrumental local economies are in guiding housing markets.
Why breast cancer is more costly and more deadly for black women
Inequality in the American health care system can have devastating effects.
The black-white wealth gap is fueled by student debt
The gulf in student debt between black and white borrowers gets worse over time.
Amazon wants to know your body size
The online retail giant has invited people in New York to get measured by a 3-D body scanner.
After a devastating loss, an adviser learns to comfort grieving clients
Finding purpose in tragedy.
Alexa can now help you pick a credit card — why you should proceed with caution
Coming soon to Amazon Alexa: Questions about your credit-card spending.
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Trump Today: President says reimbursing Cohen for Stormy Daniels payment had ‘nothing to do with the campaign’
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the reimbursement to his lawyer for paying pornographic actress Stormy Daniels wasn’t related to his campaign, as he called a nondisclosure agreement between the two “very common” for wealthy people and celebrities.
Jobless claims rebound only slightly from last week’s 49-year low
U.S. jobless claims rose a seasonally adjusted 2,000 to 211,000 in the week ended April 28, the Labor Department said Thursday.
How the Fed’s removal of two words set off a firestorm of confusion
The Federal Reserve dropped ‘near term’ from its statement that risks are roughly balanced, setting off a debate over whether that was bullish or bearish.
With no letup in home prices, the California exodus surges
California is one of the most expensive housing markets in the country, and that’s prompting a wave of migration, particularly among lower- and middle-income residents, who are heading to cheaper states.
Giuliani on why Trump fired Comey — and why Jared Kushner is ‘disposable’
Rudy Giuliani’s comments about President Donald Trump repaying his lawyer are overshadowing a couple other things the former New York mayor said in a Fox News interview: why Trump fired James Comey and Giuliani’s description of Trump's son-in-law.
Kellyanne Conway’s husband schools Rudy Giuliani on campaign finance law
George Conway, husband of White House adviser Kellyanne Conway and expert subtweeter of the president, is back to trolling Team Trump — again. This time, he serves up a tweet explaining the dos and don’ts of campaign finance laws.
Watch first White House press briefing since revelation Trump repaid Cohen for payment to Stormy Daniels
Watch White House press secretary Sarah Sanders brief reporters, a day after President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Trump had repaid attorney Michael Cohen for the $130,000 payment Cohen made to adult-film star Stormy Daniels.
SEC wants to force Jay-Z to testify after apparel deal soured
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit trying to compel the rap star popularly known as Jay-Z to testify about an apparel deal that soured.