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by Drew Pittock USA Today A 14-year-old was arrested, and another suspect remains at large after an armed robbery at a lemonade stand in Boston, authorities said. The Boston Police Department announced last month that it was investigating an armed robbery at a lemonade stand, involving two suspects believed to be around 14 and 11 …
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by Blake Bachelor CNN Drawn by sunshine or a lower cost of living, a growing number of Americans are choosing to live their golden years outside the US, in the hope that it will better suit their financial or lifestyle needs and wants. While official numbers aren’t available, companies and organizations that specialize …
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by Kevin Burton Some of the words we use to discuss finances didn’t start as money words, as we learned Wednesday, from a list from Merriam-Webster dictionary. We continue the theme today with a colorful phrase from the world of poker: Blue-chip Blue-chip, meaning “a stock issue of high investment quality that …
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by Kevin Burton Tax day is not our favorite day. But we mark it today with a list of financial words from Merriam-Webster. Capital The first known use of the word capital is in early Middle English, in which it was used as an adjective meaning “of or relating to the head.” It …
by Soo Kim Newsweek A significant downturn in international tourism threatens to erode billions in spending and deepen the nation’s travel trade deficit, according to a forecast by the U.S. Travel Association. The report, outlines a projected 6.3 percent drop in international inbound visits in 2026 year—the first decline since 2020, the year marking …
by Barry Yeoman and Jocelyn C Zuckerman The Guardian On a cloudy winter day, a state government inspector named Ryan Coffield walked into a Family Dollar store in Windsor, North Carolina, carrying a scanner gun and a laptop. Inside the store, which sits along a three-lane road in a county of peanut growers …
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by Dictionary Scoop Thinking about one’s own demise is not a pleasant task. Still, it’s wise to make preparations for that day, to ensure your material possessions are handled according to your wishes. The same goes for any plans you might have for your funeral. Last wills are fairly common, but in some …
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by Dictionary Scoop Money makes the world go round, and in the U.S., there are more ways to talk about it than you might expect. Americans have come up with a colorful range of slang and idioms to refer to cash. We look into 11 of them today. 1-Cash The first entry on …
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by Dictionary Scoop Some don’t like to talk money, but still, there is no shortage of money-related sayings, phrases, and idioms. Here are the origins and meanings of ten fun expressions about money, 1-Burning a hole in your pocket We could divide most people into two groups: On one side, those who know how to save, look …
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