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The U.S. as a whole could be edging nearer a ban on gas stoves if the interest of a federal consumer safety agency is any indication. A member of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission told Bloomberg News in a recent interview that the agency is reviewing gas stoves and range tops, opening a comment period for now. Attention on

Since it was unveiled in 2018, Google Duplex has been making waves in the world of artificial intelligence and voice assistants, steadily gaining attention and popularity. So, what exactly is this technology and what it can do? Simply put, Duplex is a voice assistant that uses natural language processing and deep learning algorithms to carry out complex tasks and conversations

The U.S. dollar is on the verge of its first “death cross” in two-and-a-half years as a rally that peaked in September with the buck at its highest level in more than two decades continues to unwind. In markets parlance, a death cross occurs when the 50-day moving average of a given asset or currency pair moves below the 200-day

China on Tuesday suspended visas for South Koreans to enter the country for tourism or business in apparent retaliation for South Korea’s COVID-19 testing requirements for Chinese travelers, the Associated Press reported. No other details were given, although China has threatened to retaliate against countries that require travelers from China to show a negative result for a test taken within the

U.S. stocks are drifting between positive and negative territory on Tuesday as investors try to find a foothold, amid talk of tighter Federal Reserve policy and anticipation for earnings and inflation data out later this week. How stocks are trading The S&P 500 SPX, +0.18% is up 4 points, or 0.1%, to 3896 The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.18%

Dear Quentin, I’m a pretty fortunate person who lives a pretty fortunate life, and our annual household income at $160,000 is high compared to the rest of the world. However, we are still pretty frugal — we cook at home, drive old Hondas and do home repairs ourselves where possible.  We put away about 20% of our income into retirement

Norman Millette has been cutting hair in Portland, Maine, for 65 years. He’s been in the same location for 62 of those years, in a tiny triangle-shaped shop with a red, white and blue barber pole out front and one barber chair. The shop once was busier, with three chairs and another barber working alongside Millette. But now Millette works

Say you’re a professional football player and you get injured. You can no longer compete at a high level, but you can have a successful career doing something else. The salary differential: around $1 million a year vs. maybe $75,000. Plus, you no longer qualify for disability insurance because there’s something else you can do for a living. NFL players in

The London Metal Exchange needs to overhaul how it oversees live trading to prevent another market collapse after it was forced cancel $4 billion in nickel trades, a report into the fiasco says. The exchange needs to improve its risk and control functions and upgrade its volatility controls, according to consultants Oliver Wyman, who were commissioned by the LME to

Market gurus are eager to see if a technical signal that helped tactical traders wring profits from last year’s market rout will continue to work in 2023, as stocks struggle to hold ground Monday after breaking a streak of weekly losses. As markets trended lower in 2022, many technically-oriented traders hit upon a strategy that seemed to work: selling, or

No matter how miserable 2022 was for investors of all sorts, they could have undone all manners of sin with one simple move — going long Chinese stocks in late October. The KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF KWEB, +0.12% has exactly doubled (okay, rose 99.88%) from its Oct. 24 intraday low. Of course, no one in their right mind would’ve

The future of the Biden administration’s student debt-relief plan currently rests with the Supreme Court, but in the meantime, officials are moving forward with sweeping reform that could have an even bigger impact on many borrowers and the student-loan system overall.  Department of Education officials provided details on their proposal to change income-driven repayment, the suite of plans borrowers can

Last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its most recent U.S. life expectancy estimates, and sadly, the report found that, once again, Americans’ average number of years remaining have fallen. As reported recently, life expectancy at birth is now 76.4 years (as of 2021), down from 77 a year earlier. This is a drop of approximately

Car shopping is more complex than ever before. Today’s shoppers must decide more than just what price they’re comfortable paying and what features they want. Buyers need to determine what energy source they prefer to fuel their cars. More Americans than ever choose to drive electric or hybrid cars. Overall, new-car sales are held down by high prices, tight inventory, and softening demand.

This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet.  If financial resolutions are intentions — “I want to save more money this year” — then financial goals are a more specific aim — “I plan to cut discretionary spending by 20% each month.”  Financial actions are the actual steps you take to make progress — “I will log in and cancel

This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. While homeownership has long been considered a component of the American dream, you don’t truly own that home until you make the very last mortgage payment. Doing so, and finally being free from mortgage payments — and the fear that some life-changing financial situation could cause you to lose your home — provides

We’ve had the great resignation, quiet quitting, resistance to going back to the office — and now? It turns out people are looking for happiness, stability, flexibility and a good salary. In 2023, in the wake of the worst days of the pandemic, most U.S. job switchers and others seeking employment want to land a job that at the very

Ross Gerber is well-known in certain circles as a longtime Tesla Inc. investor, thanks to being a bullish voice on Twitter about the electric-vehicle company. As Tesla TSLA, +5.93% stock has plummeted in recent months while Chief Executive Elon Musk sells shares and focuses on his newer toy, Twitter Inc., Gerber has changed his tune a bit though. While the