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Carla Fried: Getting your home ready for an older you
A desire to stay put is a strong retiree wish. AARP reports that nearly eight in 10 adults at least 50 years old want to stay in their home once they retire.
If you hope to age-in-place, or are an adult child of someone ...Read more
Epic Games promises to protect players' political speech amid Hong Kong controversy
CARY, N.C. -- After a rival video game maker banned one of its players for expressing support for protesters in Hong Kong, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney vowed publicly that his company would protect its players' political ...Read more
Michael Hiltzik: Facebook's bogus video claims just cost it $40 million, but they caused much more damage
Facebook managed to extricate itself from one of its many scandals last week on the cheap, paying a mere $40 million in cash to settle allegations that it defrauded advertisers by feeding them fake estimates of the ...Read more
Democrats warm to Trump's revised NAFTA trade deal after Mexico pledges labor reforms
WASHINGTON -- One of the remaining obstacles to passing a new North American trade agreement could soon be cleared after Mexico promised top House Democrats that it would improve enforcement of new labor standards to ...Read more
Westwood is once again California's priciest spot for renters, study finds
LOS ANGELES -- For the second straight year, Westwood -- a Los Angeles neighborhood filled with students -- is California's most expensive place to rent an apartment.
In the posh Westside neighborhood's 90024 ZIP Code, ...Read more
October is the new April for accountants after tax law confusion
WASHINGTON -- For Americans who couldn't figure out how to pay their taxes in April after Republicans overhauled the tax code, there is a new day of dread for accountants: Oct. 15.
That's the filing deadline for ...Read more
Stuck in the Muck? Yuck!
Believe it or not, there are people who love their jobs. Not only do they enjoy every hour of every day they are privileged to come to work, but they also see a broad, bright future ahead on a career superhighway to ...Read more
Who's To Blame For Ill-Advised Career Choices?
Q: I feel sad for the recent college graduate who is now realizing her bachelor's degree in psychology isn't enough to gain substantial employment in the field.
Where were her high school's college counselors when she ...Read more
Woman's invention led to a growing business — and a key piece of gear she'll rely on when racing the Chicago Marathon
CHICAGO -- As a kid, Arielle Rausin had little interest in sports -- even before the car accident that paralyzed her from the waist down at age 10.
She remembers being forced to participate in gym class at her Florida ...Read more
Own your own small town: California hamlet up for sale
SAN DIEGO -- Campo isn't a ghost town, but it is pretty close.
The rural hamlet, an example of California's Old West, is a more than an hour drive from downtown in far eastern San Diego County. The lion's share of its ...Read more
Employees of Microsoft's GitHub demand company cancel its contract with ICE
GitHub became the latest technology company to come under fire for its supporting role in the Trump administration's immigration clampdown Wednesday, with employees of the Microsoft-owned company demanding Chief Executive ...Read more
Chemical companies agree to end fight over pesticide ban
Chemical companies gave up their fight over California's ban of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which has been linked to learning and development disorders.
The accord announced Wednesday with the state Environmental ...Read more
Ford dealership giving away guns, Bibles to lure in potential customers
Derrick Hughes and his team will do whatever it takes to sell trucks and cars during the slow months of deer hunting season, so they're giving away guns along with Bibles and flags at their Ford dealership in tiny Honea ...Read more
CarePartners Plus exploring joint venture for software built to prevent suicide in veterans
PHILADELPHIA -- CarePartners Plus, a healthcare software firm based in Horsham, Pa., wants to get its product into consumers' hands as soon as possible.
After years of waiting on the Veterans Administration, CarePartners ...Read more
Senate Democrat increases scrutiny of Russian investment in a Kentucky mill
WASHINGTON -- A top Senate Democrat is asking the owner of a controversial Kentucky aluminum mill to provide more details about a Russian oligarch's investment in the project, including whether the partnership could ...Read more
Target's chief merchant leaves to take CEO role at Bed Bath & Beyond
MINNEAPOLIS -- Mark Tritton, Target's chief merchant for the last three years who has led a well-regarded overhaul of its portfolio of private-label brands, is leaving the company to become CEO of Bed Bath & Beyond.
The ...Read more
Despite Trump's vow to boost industry, the manufacturing sector is officially in recession
WASHINGTON -- During President Trump's first two years in office, his standing with many voters was buoyed by a surge in manufacturing that helped create millions of new jobs and undergirded the whole U.S. economy.
But ...Read more
Tesla's Smart Summon is a glitchy 'science experiment,' Consumer Reports says
Consumer Reports tested Tesla's new Smart Summon feature and found it wanting.
Smart Summon "was glitchy and at times worked intermittently, without a lot of benefit for consumers," the product and service-testing ...Read more
The UAW officer leading talks with GM is from the assembly line and ready to fight
DETROIT -- This past spring, local UAW leaders from across the country gathered in Detroit to meet the UAW's top negotiators at the Renaissance Center.
One leader noticed a 10-year-old Chevrolet Malibu sedan roll up to ...Read more
Why Netflix isn't worried about the streaming wars
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- At a downtown coffee shop in 1997, Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings wondered: Could you mail a DVD and have it arrive unbroken?
To test the idea, the friends dropped off a disc at the post office ...Read more
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