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30-year mortgage rates drop to 6.47 percent—lowest in a year
Personal Finance

30-year mortgage rates drop to 6.47 percent—lowest in a year

By Alex Veiga and The Associated Press
August 8, 2024
Couple Having Breakfast On The Hotel Rooftop Restaurant.
Personal Finance

Gen X and boomers are the only ones who can afford to eat at fancy restaurants anymore

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July 29, 2024
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell
Finance

Even September may be too late for a rate cut to swing the U.S. economy out of a recession, warns former Fed president 

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July 26, 2024
Mark Schneider, chief executive officer of Nestle SA, gestures as he speaks during a panel session at the 61st Global Summit of the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, June 22, 2017. The summit runs June 20-23. Photographer: Rolf Schulten/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Retail

Nestle ‘still in repairing mode’ warns CEO Mark Schneider, as Swiss giant lowers sales outlook and seeks to lure cost-conscious customers back

By Dasha Afanasieva and Bloomberg
July 25, 2024
Markets React To JPMorgan Chase Reporting 2 Billion Dollar Loss
Personal Finance

Chase’s plan to charge for checking accounts—and how consumers might respond

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July 8, 2024
Socialite Paris Hilton waves as she arrives at Melbourne Airport on December 29, 2008
Success

Gen Z’s most notable status symbols, and the motivations behind them

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June 23, 2024
sign that says shoplifters will be prosecuted
Retail

Big-box chains are funding a California ballot measure to crack down on retail theft, setting up clash with progressive lawmakers

By Trân Nguyễn and The Associated Press
June 15, 2024
Walmart and Target earnings pull back the curtain on an America struggling with high inflation
Finance

Walmart and Target earnings pull back the curtain on an America struggling with high inflation

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May 22, 2024
Bank Of America CEO Brian Moynihan
Finance

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan warns Jerome Powell: Be ‘mindful’ of relying on consumers to prop up the economy, because they’re beginning to burn out

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March 20, 2024
Businesses from Chuck E-Cheese and Target to luxury app Long Story Short are adding paid loyalty programs to make their big spenders feel special—and spend more
Retail

Businesses from Chuck E-Cheese and Target to luxury app Long Story Short are adding paid loyalty programs to make their big spenders feel special—and spend more

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Dee-Ann Durbin and The Associated Press
March 18, 2024
Why don’t we trust funeral directors? Transparency and innovation can redefine the industry–if the FTC allows it
Commentary

Why don’t we trust funeral directors? Transparency and innovation can redefine the industry–if the FTC allows it

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March 15, 2024
Data shows Gen Zers are finally ready to spend more–but it’s getting harder to sell them anything
Commentary

Data shows Gen Zers are finally ready to spend more–but it’s getting harder to sell them anything

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March 11, 2024
What the ill-fated Ron DeSantis campaign and plant-based meat have in common, according to a marketing expert
Commentary

What the ill-fated Ron DeSantis campaign and plant-based meat have in common, according to a marketing expert

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January 25, 2024
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year 2023 is ‘authentic.’ Here’s how corporate America hacked the consumer cult of authenticity
Commentary

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year 2023 is ‘authentic.’ Here’s how corporate America hacked the consumer cult of authenticity

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December 25, 2023
Today’s nostalgia craze isn’t about the past. For Americans of all generations, it’s about a brighter future
Commentary

Today’s nostalgia craze isn’t about the past. For Americans of all generations, it’s about a brighter future

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December 22, 2023

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