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10 apps that will help you save money on food

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Food costs represent a significant portion of household budgets, and rising grocery prices make strategic shopping essential. While cutting back isn’t the only solution, smartphone apps can provide substantial grocery savings through cash-back rewards, digital coupons, discounts and loyalty programs.

Here’s a comprehensive guide to 10 ...Read more

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'Middle class' feels more confusing than ever. Here's how you can avoid being caught in the middle

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Marcos Cabello, a writer at Bankrate, makes around $170,000 a year when combining finances with his fiancee. Unfortunately, that doesn’t go as far as he’d like in pricey Boston.

Cabello and his fiancee consider themselves middle class, but in a city where homes are typically over $1 million, traditional middle-class benchmarks, like ...Read more

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David Wilcox: Trump plan to politicize the Fed will spur inflation

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Imagine it’s January 2026. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has resisted President Donald Trump's calls on Truth Social for monetary stimulus, and the rest of the board is backing Powell. Using new powers granted him by a Republican Congress, Trump posts again — this time addressed to the entire board and delivering his "Apprentice"-era ...Read more

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Alzheimer's drugs eyed as next big obesity-like opportunity

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Investors seeking the next obesity-like market opportunity will be closely watching developments related to treatments for Alzheimer’s disease in 2025.

Companies including Biogen Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co. have spent billions of dollars on developing potential treatments, while others including Novo Nordisk A/S and Roche AG are also ...Read more

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12 simple ways to make $100 fast

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Whether you’re looking to pay down debt, cover an unexpected expense or just add a little cushion to your bank account, there are numerous ways to make $100 fast. From leveraging your skills to utilizing apps and services, these methods can help you achieve that goal without a major time commitment.

Here are 12 practical ways to earn that ...Read more

Health care AI, intended to save money, turns out to require a lot of expensive humans

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Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk about a patient’s treatment and end-of-life preferences by an artificially intelligent algorithm that predicts the chances of death.

But it’s ...Read more

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'We will not be closing.' Amid the fires, employers and employees walk a fine line between work and safety

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When Brigitte Tran arrived Wednesday morning at the Rodeo Drive boutique where she works as a sales associate, she was on edge.

Smoke from multiple wildfires raging across Los Angeles County billowed overhead. The luxury shopping corridor usually bustling with tourists appeared a ghost town.

Tran's co-worker texted their boss to let her know ...Read more

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US hiring picks up in December; wildfires add to cloudy jobs outlook for California

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WASHINGTON — The American economy created a burst of new jobs in December, capping a solid year of employment growth marked by big gains in healthcare and government payrolls, according to new figures released Friday.

The 256,000 jobs added last month were the most since March and far exceeded analysts’ expectations. The nation’s jobless...Read more

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Disney Cruise Line's future class of ships to get smaller

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Disney Cruise Line announced Friday that three of its future ships in its expansion to a fleet of 13 in the next seven years will be smaller than all but its two original vessels.

DCL just welcomed its newest ship, Disney Treasure, sailing out of Port Canaveral as the sixth in the fleet with a sister ship in the Wish class, Disney Destiny, ...Read more

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H-1B: Silicon Valley's favorite foreign-worker visa under attack, while Trump, Musk offer support

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The H-1B visa is having a celebrity moment, and it may never be the same.

Created in 1990 and intended for skilled foreign workers, the visa had until recently remained little known outside Silicon Valley, where technology companies use it to employ tens of thousands.

Then late last month, Florida conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, a high-...Read more

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Amazon is halting some of its diversity and inclusion programs

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Amazon.com Inc. is halting some of its diversity and inclusion programs, a move that coincides with activist pressure on U.S. companies to abandon efforts to build a more diverse workforce.

In a memo to employees, Candi Castleberry, a senior human resources executive, said last month that Amazon was “winding down outdated programs and ...Read more

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Downtown Los Angeles Macy's is among 150 locations to close

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LOS ANGELES -- The downtown Los Angeles Macy's department store, situated on 7th Street and a cornerstone of retail in the area, will shut down as the company prepares to close 150 underperforming locations in an effort to revamp and modernize its business.

The iconic retail center announced this week the first 66 closures, including nine in ...Read more

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Zuckerberg says 'neutered' companies need more masculine energy

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Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves from “masculine energy,” adding that it’s good if a culture “celebrates the aggression a bit more.”

“Masculine energy I think is good, and obviously society has plenty of that, but I think that corporate culture was ...Read more

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Here are the winners: 2025 North American Car, Truck, Utility of the Year

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DETROIT – The envelope, please . . .

Winners of the 2025 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year are the Honda Civic Hybrid, Ford Ranger and Volkswagen ID.Buzz. The prestigious NACTOY awards kicked off the Detroit Auto Show Media Day on Friday morning as the event returned to its traditional January slot as the first auto ...Read more

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Oshkosh ready for possible USPS shift to gas trucks from EVs

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Oshkosh Corp. is prepared to provide the U. .Postal Service more gas-powered mail trucks if the agency cuts back orders for electric vehicles, which benefit from funding President-elect Donald Trump has criticized.

“We’ll do what they want us to do — supplying either gas or electric,” John Pfeifer, the company’s chief executive ...Read more

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Hiring picks up steam as employers add a quarter-million new jobs to close out the year

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy created a burst of new jobs in December, capping a solid year of employment growth marked by big gains in health care and government payrolls, according to new figures released Friday.

The 256,000 jobs added last month was the most since March and far exceeded analysts’ expectations. The nation’s jobless ...Read more

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What the Los Angeles fires might mean for the Bay Area home insurance market

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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The devastating wildfires burning through Los Angeles County this week are stoking concerns that California’s already faltering home insurance market could be thrown into deeper turmoil.

The fires engulfing thousands of homes come on the heels of reforms meant to stop insurers from fleeing the state following almost a ...Read more

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to debut new rocket in SpaceX challenge

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After more than a decade of development, hype and pent-up demand, Jeff Bezos’ aerospace venture Blue Origin will at long last attempt to put a rocket into orbit.

New Glenn, originally intended to launch as early as 2020, is slated to fly on Sunday out of Cape Canaveral, Florida, during a nearly four-hour launch window that begins at 1 a.m. ...Read more

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Michael Hiltzik: California employers wrap themselves in the 1st Amendment to kill a pro-worker law

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It's always heartening to see the business establishment stand up for constitutional principles.

Well, almost always. Among the exceptions is when business leaders wrap themselves in the Constitution to secure their own privileges at the expense of the public interest.

That's the case with a curious little lawsuit the California Chamber of ...Read more

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Planes flying like geese: Inside Delta's sustainability strategy

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LAS VEGAS — Planes mimicking migrating geese to save energy. Aviation fuel made of cooking oil or downed timber waste. Aircraft wings that can change shape during flight to maximize efficiency.

These are some of the ideas Delta Air Lines thinks could help it reach its 2050 net zero emissions goal, outlined during the Atlanta company’s ...Read more