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Catching a flight is typically the fastest, easiest way to travel, but costs can add up fast. The 2016 average domestic round-trip plane ticket in the US was $349, but this doesn't include extras like baggage fees and non-complimentary in-flight entertainment.

Chances are, you're making at least a few travel mistakes that are hitting your wallet hard. Some extra fees might not seem like a huge deal at the time, but they add up fast when they're multiplied over several trips or across a family of four. Читать дальше...

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One day in 2003, when I was in 6th grade, my mom put a letter in my lunchbox with some advice on it. "Don't be quick to judge the girls at school — it's up to you to look for something good in each one." 

My mom, Stephanie Skylar, was the Executive VP and Director of Marketing for Chief Super Market Inc., a local grocery chain in Lima, Ohio. She worked long and difficult hours and was looking for a way to stay connected to me. As an 11-year-old learning how... Читать дальше...

There's a blank year in 25-year-old Caroline Walsh's once-spotless memory.

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LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Delivering his first commencement address, President Donald Trump on Saturday urged graduates of a Christian university to follow their convictions but to also be willing to stand up to criticism from others who don't have the courage to do what is right.

Trump kept to an upbeat message in his first extended public appearance since firing James Comey as FBI director this week, saying the lawyer and veteran prosecutor was an... Читать дальше...

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Without even knowing you I'd be willing to bet that the New Year's resolutions you made this year didn't materialize.

There's no point agonizing over that – it's what happens to most people.

But you can do something about it.

Here are 12 ways to be richer a year from now.

You don't have to do them all, of course, but accomplishing just a few could make a big difference in your life a year from now.

Even more important, the goals you... Читать дальше...

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The Trump administration’s proposal to effectively eliminate the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the main agency coordinating federal drug policy, has earned some unlikely backup from drug-policy advocates who view it as part of the problem.

The plan, which leaked in a 2018 budget memo last week, called for a 96% cut to the agency’s budget in 2018.

It was quickly slammed by Democrats and Republicans, who questioned why Trump would cut funding to anti-drug... Читать дальше...

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To understand the appeal of New York City's Rockaway Ferry, try getting to its landing, which floats behind a giant water-treatment plant on a desolate stretch of Beach Channel Drive in the Rockaways, Queens' beach-fronted peninsula of bungalows and housing projects.

Riding an outbound subway train toward the beach on Monday morning, I passed crowded 7 a.m. platforms and spent 15 minutes waiting on a transfer. The best advertisement for the ferry, the city's latest transit option... Читать дальше...

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The equity market is quiet — some might say too quiet.

For evidence of that, look no further than the CBOE Volatility Index, or VIX, which serves as stock market fear gauge and on Monday closed at its lowest level since 1993.

It's a development that has confounded Wall Street traders and strategists alike for weeks. They have debated whether the environment is as calm as it seems or whether the depressed VIX is masking a stock market shock brewing under the surface. Читать дальше...

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There are few things more important than fertility in determining a nation's future viability.

Demographers suggest that a country needs a fertility rate of just over two children per woman to hit "replacement fertility" — the rate at which new births fill the spaces left behind by deaths.

But because of certain cultural and economic forces, only about half of the world's 224 countries currently hit replacement fertility.

For those that don't,... Читать дальше...

Microsoft's ownership of "Minecraft" has made for some decidedly strange situations.

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The Cannes Film Festival generates more attention and excitement than any other film festival in the world, but each year is an unpredictable journey. The Official Selection, alongside the sidebars of Directors Fortnight and Critics Week, offer up a tightly-curated into a range of international cinema from both familiar sources and surprising newcomers. This year’s edition is a reliable combination of top-tier directors whose work will be shown at Cannes until the end of time, notable... Читать дальше...

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A global cyber attack leveraging hacking tools believed to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency has infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries, disrupting Britain's health system and global shipper FedEx.

Cyber extortionists tricked victims into opening malicious malware attachments to spam emails that appeared to contain invoices, job offers, security warnings and other legitimate files.

The ransomware encrypted data on the computers... Читать дальше...

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Manhattan landlords are doubling down on perks that encourage new tenants to sign leases and current residents to renew theirs.

Concessions like one month of free rent more than doubled from a year ago in April to the second-highest level on record, to 28.6% of all new leases, a report released Thursday by Douglas Elliman Real Estate showed.

At the same time, the median rental price including concessions — so-called net effective rent — fell by 1.8% to $3,309. Читать дальше...

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Last year, Stephanie Lee saved nearly $10,000 in housing expenses when she decided to forgo an apartment in Los Angeles to Airbnb-hop around the world.

A freelance writer and the blogger behind FY!S, Lee lived in a series of Airbnb rentals for 11 months in Paris, Tokyo, London, Barcelona, Seoul, Taipei, Singapore, and Honolulu. It cost her just $10,584.

She's currently spending time back home in Los Angeles with friends and family, but plans to return to the road at the end of the month... Читать дальше...

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US-backed forces got ISIS fighters to surrender a Syrian town near Raqqa, and, surprisingly, it's not the first time.

The Syrian Arab Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces "completed the liberation of the Tabqah Dam, as well as the city of Tabqah and its nearby airfield," on Wednesday, according to a US Central Command statement.

The US-backed forces put pressure on ISIS from each flank, cleared the final neighborhoods of the city, and isolated Tabqah Dam. Читать дальше...

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Kroger is diving into the fast-growing meal-kit business.

The supermarket chain is offering meal kits — or packages that contain recipes and accompanying ingredients — at a handful of stores and launching them nationwide over the next year, Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen said Wednesday in a letter to shareholders.

The $1.5 billion meal-kit market is currently dominated by Blue Apron, a subscription service that now delivers more than 8 million meals a month — up... Читать дальше...

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For flight attendants, who often spend more than 80 hours in the air a month, traveling can become almost second nature.

So who better to turn to for travel tips and tricks than the people with extensive knowledge on the matter?

We asked flight attendants to share their best travel hacks with us and scoured the internet for more.

Here are 13 things that could help make your travel experiences easier and more enjoyable:

Get more attentive service... Читать дальше...

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As one of the first post-war suburban shopping centers in the US, the Northgate Mall in northern Seattle defines classic mall architecture.

Its architect, John Graham Jr., pioneered the dumbbell, big-box shape for malls, in which two rows of stores face each other and two department stores anchor each end. Graham also gave Northgate Mall a grocery store (which later became a food court) and a huge parking lot. In the decades that followed... Читать дальше...

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Pity Wall Street. They just don't know what to make of Caterpillar stock. Just over two weeks ago, StreetInsider.com reported that Caterpillar stunned the Street with an earnings beat, reporting twice as much profit as analysts had predicted.

That sounds like good news, but up on Wall Street it's sparked a bit of confusion, with Bank of America's Merrill Lynch brokerage upgrading Caterpillar stock today to buy, and everyone from Deutsche Bank to Stifel Nicolaus... Читать дальше...

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The discount grocery chain Aldi is taking aim at Walmart with its billion-dollar plan to lower prices, redesign existing stores, and expand its footprint. 

Reuters reported Thursday that Aldi plans to sell more items under its in-house brand, which keeps prices low for customers. 

Aldi CEO Jason Hart told Reuters that Aldi's prices are 21% cheaper than competitors like Walmart.  

The chain is also planning to open 400 new stores by the end of next year, according to Reuters. Читать дальше...

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President Donald Trump's ambitious trade agenda has been caught up by what one reformer compared to something out of a movie, complete with a "civil war" type scene between competing factions of his nascent administration.

The early acts of this film proved disappointing to some of his trade allies, even as his administration crossed the 100-day mark by pointing to a withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an increased emphasis on enforcement of trade laws already on the books... Читать дальше...

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What is it about the very rich that fascinates us so?

In the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald, "They are different from you and me." Yet still, we yearn to find some commonality, perhaps to imagine whether it's possible to some day be like them — or dream of what we might do with all that money.

For instance, I was born in 1986, the same year as Lukas Walton, the scion of the retailing giant Walmart, who is worth more than $11 billion, according to Forbes. Читать дальше...

As Donald Trump is fond of reminding his various interlocutors, he won the Electoral College, thus giving him the presidency. He lost the popular vote, however, by nearly 3 million votes, tainting his win with the stain of illegitimacy and suggesting that, even in victory, he isn’t the “winner” he imagines.

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Joe Marchese, president of advanced advertising products at Fox Networks Group, has warned that TV networks “bombard” people with too many ads. 

In fact, he’s advocated for giving people the choice to watch fewer ads during network TV shows. He’s even advocated for consumers to use ad blockers.

Yet on Wednesday, Marchese was named president of advertising revenue for Fox Networks Group, which includes the Fox broadcast network, FX and Fox Sports 1 (though not Fox News, which is run separately). Читать дальше...