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FBI: Hackers Targeting Android, iPhone Texts
Text messages sent from Android phones to iPhones are in danger of being hacked because their encryption methods don't apply to each others' systems, which won't allow users to heed FBI and CISA warnings for Americans to use fully encrypted messages when possible.
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Coffee Prices Near 50-Year High Due to Weather
Global coffee prices have soared to their highest in nearly 50 years due to poor weather in Brazil and Vietnam, forcing roasters such as Nestle to raise prices and consumers to hunt for cheaper brews amid the cost of living crisis.
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Sen. Blumenthal: Airlines See 'Walking Piggy Banks'
The head of a U.S. Senate panel harshly criticized rising airline fees for luggage and seat assignments, saying carriers are looking for new ways to extract more money from passengers.
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BlackRock Bets on AI Rally But Debt Clouds 2025 Outlook
BlackRock expects the artificial intelligence boom to continue to boost U.S. stocks next year and support economic growth more broadly, although rising U.S. government debt levels could threaten its upbeat 2025 forecasts.
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15 Success Books to Transform Your Life
In the realms of ambition and success, beyond mere yearnings, lie books like these-substantial and impactful works that tether dreams to deliberate action and offer more than wisps of idle fancy.
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Is the 2024 Ford Bronco Sport Better Than Jeep?
The 2024 Ford Bronco Sport is one small crossover that can tackle terrain. The new Free Wheeling Special Edition celebrates the late '70s and early '80s with this throw back trim.
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Credit Spreads: Markets' Early Warning Indicators
Credit spreads are critical to understanding market sentiment and predicting potential stock market downturns. A credit spread refers to the difference in yield between two bonds of similar maturity but different credit quality.
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Trump Could Lift, or Quash, Stocks
President-Elect Donald Trump faces tough choices that will determine whether U.S. growth continues to benefit the coastal elites or spreads a new prosperity throughout the country-with huge gains for ordinary investors.
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Take Charge of Your Money With 'Cash Confident'
Brie Sodano's main purpose in writing "Cash Confident" (Morgan James Publishing, 2024), is to help you make a life-transforming, 180-degree about-turn on how you think about and handle money.
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Chatbots Enhance Cyber Monday Discounts
After lackluster spending at U.S. stores on a deals-heavy Black Friday, retailers are pulling out all the stops with steep promotions and discounts on their websites and apps to entice people to buy holiday gifts and other merchandise after the long Thanksgiving...
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Medicare Reform Can Wait No Longer
Few components of America's healthcare system are more in need of reform than Medicaid, and with Republicans set to control the House, Senate, and executive branch next year, there's finally a chance to address the program's considerable problems.
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Microsoft Denies Training AI Models on User Data
Microsoft Wednesday denied claims that it uses customer data from its Microsoft 365 applications, including Word and Excel, to train artificial intelligence models.
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Big Pharma Pushes Trump to Ease Medicare Drug Price Rules
The U.S. pharmaceutical industry is pushing to revamp the new law that allows Medicare to negotiate prices for its costliest prescription drugs once president-elect Donald Trump is back in office, according to lobbyists, executives, analysts and healthcare policy...
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Key Inflation Gauge Accelerates to 2.3%
Consumer price increases accelerated last month, the latest sign that inflation's steady decline over the past two years has stalled.
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Pending Home Sales Rise for 3rd Straight Month
Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes rose unexpectedly in October, notching a third straight month of increases, despite high mortgage rates and as inventory of properties for sale continued to build and a healthy job market fortifies the finances of prospective...
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Deutsche Bank Sees S&P 500 at 7,000
Deutsche Bank sees the bull market continuing due to resilient risk appetite, with the S&P 500 hitting 7,000 in 2025, CNBC reports. This would translate to an additional 17% gain for the S&P 500 next year, which has returned 25.5% so far in 2024.
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Trump Tariffs Could Raise Grocery, Liquor Bills
U.S. prices may rise next year for avocados, strawberries and other fresh produce, and consumers could face shortages, if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on plans to slap tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, agricultural economists and industry executives...
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US Raises Home Loan Govt Guarantee to $806,500
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is increasing the size of home loans that the government can guarantee against default as it takes into account rising housing prices.
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Biden Seeks Huge Expansion of Obesity Drug Access
Outgoing US President Joe Biden proposed Tuesday to give millions more Americans access to weight loss drugs - but Donald Trump's incoming health chief looked set to shoot down the idea.
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Investors Say They Know How to Trade Trump 2.0
Investors dusted off their trade war playbooks Tuesday, confident their portfolios were better-prepared for Donald Trump this time after the U.S. President-elect took to social media and pledged new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China.
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New Home Sales Tumble to 2-Year Low
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes dropped to the lowest level in nearly two years in October, likely as a rise in mortgage rates drove buyers to the sidelines and hurricanes disrupted activity.
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Eggs Available But Pricier This Holiday Baking Season
Egg prices are rising once more as a lingering outbreak of bird flu coincides with the high demand of the holiday baking season.
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House Prices Jump, Further Reducing Homeownership Affordability
U.S. single-family house prices increased solidly in September, which together with a resurgence in mortgage rates will further reduce affordability for many prospective homeowners.
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Poll: S&P 500 to Gain Over 8% by 2025 Year-End
The S&P 500 will rise over 8% between now and end-2025 as U.S. interest rate cuts and potentially less regulation under President-elect Donald Trump extend the market's strong run, according to a Reuters poll of equity strategists.
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TSA Says It's Ready for 'Busiest Thanksgiving Ever'
Just as there are good odds the turkey will taste dry, airports and highways are expected to be jam-packed during Thanksgiving week, a holiday period likely to end in another record day for air travel in the United States.