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12 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits the day after Christmas
These Americans are in ‘grave danger’ if lawmakers leave them behind, wrote the authors of a new report.
6 tax moves to consider before the end of the year to lower your 2020 tax bill
Tax Guy has more advice on how to slim down your tax bill.
What does Joe Bidenâs win mean for your year-end tax planning? Here are two strategies to consider
Tax Guy also weighs in on which of President-elect Joe Biden’s tax proposals are likely to move forward.
A grim test case on how paid-leave and child-care policies failed to close gender pay gap
Women typically need at least one extra degree to earn as much as their male colleagues.
My wife wants to pay for her sisterâs $ 25K wedding. My future brother-in-law is blue collar â and earns more money than me
âFive years ago, she and her sister inherited a substantial amount of money, split equally between them. Think low six figures.â
COVID-19 spread when 5 million people left Wuhan for Chinese New Year, yet 50 million Americans will still travel for Thanksgiving
The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than a quarter million people in the U.S.
The messy, legally murky eviction of a North Carolina single mother â despite the CDCâs moratorium: âNobodyâs enforcing itâ
Thousands of evictions are moving forward across the country, even though the CDC has ostensibly banned them.
âI lost my mom 2 months ago and Iâm still in a fogâ: My brother and his family moved into her home. They want more than half
âMy sister-in-law and her 2 children feel that I have âplayedâ my brother and that it seems âfishyâ that I didnât push to sell the house long ago.â
Americans pay more for prescription drugs than anyone else. Can Amazon Pharmacy change that?
What the e-commerce behemothâs entry into the pharmacy business could mean for consumersâ health and wealth
âIâm nobodyâs ATMâ: Iâm 27, successful, and always pay for my friends. How do I stop without making them angry?
âNow that Iâm a business owner and learning more about money management, I havenât been willing to do as much lavish spending, or compensate my friends anymore.â
Elsewhere on MarketWatch
Doctors in rural hospitals speak out about COVID-19: âThere isnât any hospital that isnât under siegeâ
“Our 25-bed critical-access hospital doesnât have dedicated ICU beds, and it has only two ventilators,” says one in Kansas.
The Dow has completely recovered its 2020 bear-market loss. Hereâs what comes next
Dowâs recovery since March is impressive but says nothing about how long the bull market will run, writes Mark Hulbert.
Mnuchin says decision to end Fed emergency programs wasnât aimed at hurting Biden
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday defended his decision to end the joint federal emergency lending program, and tried to calm critics saying his action was aimed at hamstringing the incoming Biden administration.