Record Prices Are Triggering a Gold Rush of Customers Looking to Melt Old Jewelry for CashJewelers are seeing a gold rush of customers eager to melt family heirlooms and other pieces as prices spike.
Making Sense of Phone Tariffs: See How Much IPhone Prices Could RisePrices are likely to go up, even if the exact amount is unclear. But don’t panic-buy if it means going into debt, experts say.
Motorists ‘Could Save £850 a Year by Choosing an Electric Car Over a Hybrid’British households could miss out on savings of more than £800 a year on running costs if they choose a hybrid car over an electric one, amid concerns that recent government rule changes open the door for manufacturers to sell more polluting cars.
Your Bank Account This Week, According to a Tarot ReaderTarot reader Nina Kahn offers insights about money and work for the week of April 14 – April 20, 2025.
What Student Loan Borrowers Need to Know About ‘Involuntary Collections’Currently, around 42 million Americans hold federal student loans and roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default.
Organised gangs behind rise in QR 'quishing' scamsOrganised crime gangs are behind a sharp rise in scams linked to fraudulent QR codes, experts say. The national fraud reporting centre Action Fraud received 1,386 reports of people being targeted last year, compared with 100 in 2019.
Revocable Living Trusts: The Good, the Bad and the UglyThe probate system is “almost universally corrupt,” extracts “unconscionable profits” and is controlled by “local party bosses” primarily for grift and political gain.
Trump’s Social Security sleight of hand: MAGA’s magic trick will make your benefits disappearPresident Trump is a master showman, but an amateur magician. Look at the trick he’s trying to pull on Social Security. He warms up his audience with a grand promise—“I will not cut one penny from Social Security.
Four Totally Logical, Sensible, Legit Explanations for Trump’s Tariff PlanHere’s how it works. You want to buy a thing. Let’s say you want to buy a suit of plate mail armor. Let’s say your favorite plate mail armor is made in Slovenia.
Stock Ownership Is What Really Divides AmericansIn a pamphlet published in 1711, Jonathan Swift lamented the “folly” of those who “mistake the echo of a London coffeehouse for the voice of the kingdom.
Homeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to 'Immediately' Self-DeportThe United States Department of Homeland Security sent an email this week informing people living in the US on a temporary legal status that their "parole" has been revoked and instructed them to leave the country "immediately.
What I learned from 200 retireesMost 24-year-olds aren't thinking too deeply about retirement. With decades of work ahead of them, most are focused on getting their footing in the workplace — not on the financial needs and life goals of their 65-year-old selves. The same was true for me.
Seven Popular Home Renovations That Will Increase Your Property TaxesWhile property taxes vary widely across the United States (Essex County, New Jersey has some of the highest on average, at $13,145; while West Virginia has some of the lowest—just $989), if you own a house, you’re paying some kind of property taxes—and if you renovate that house, your property
When The Dogist Gets Married, the ‘Dog of Honor’ Wears a Custom DressElias Isadore Weiss Friedman, known as The Dogist, shoots pictures of dogs of all breeds. He is a little more particular about the humans he makes time for. If it wasn’t for Samantha Jane Cutler’s singular ability to make him laugh, he might have lost touch with her years ago. Mr.
Inside DOGE’s AI Push at the Department of Veterans AffairsElon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been clear about its plans to fire tens of thousands of employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs.