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Personal Finance
Why we have trouble kissing bad relationships and investments goodbye
The sunk cost fallacy extends from public transport and relationships to stocks student debt.
Millions of Americans are one pay check away from the street
As income stagnates, millions of Americans are struggling to save money.
This is why poker players do so well on Wall Street
A top pro poker player has joined the world’s largest hedge fund.
Is Amazon Prime still worth it after monthly price hike?
The online retail giant just raised subscription fees again.
A Wall Street legend gave $75 million to philosophy majors and, yes, it’s a good investment
Philosophy majors are more likely than other graduates to become CEOs.
Government shutdown could delay tax refunds, especially for low-income workers
Most IRS staff were put on temporary leave during the last shutdown.
Why colleges and students should pay close attention to Amazon’s HQ2
Amazon selected 20 cities as finalists for the company’s HQ2.
Women denied abortions are significantly more likely to experience poverty
The study drew from the experiences of nearly 1,000 women who sought abortions between 2008 and 2010.
There’s been a U-turn in family size and fertility over the last decade
American women have reached a milestone for the first time since 2006.
This aristocrat cut her kids out of her will over lack of ‘good manners’
‘I do not wish any of my three children to benefit from my death any more than they have to,’ she wrote.
Elsewhere on MarketWatch
Trump Today: President meets with Schumer hours ahead of shutdown deadline
President Donald Trump met with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer at the White House on Friday, hours ahead of a deadline to fund the government and head off a shutdown.
Canadian prime minister to bypass Trump in visit to U.S. to rally support for NAFTA
The prime minister of Canada is visiting three cities in the United States next month to drum up support for NAFTA, but Donald Trump’s Washington is conspicuously not one of them.
New Fed supervisory chief lays out deregulatory agenda
The Federal Reserve’s new head of supervision on Friday told bank lawyers of his outline for deregulation aimed at some of the nation’s biggest banks.
Here’s what would happen if the government shuts down
The threat of a government shutdown is looming early Saturday as lawmakers remain divided over immigration and funding federal operations for even a short period of time.
CFTC brings two more cases against bitcoin fraud schemes
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission hauled two different alleged bitcoin fraudsters into New York federal court on Thursday cases related to virtual currency scams.
Pope Francis rattles Chile and beyond by accusing sex-abuse victims of slander against bishop
The pope’s charge of slander, offered on the Holy Father’s last day of a visit to Chile, triggered fresh anger and demonstrations in the country, where several churches have been vandalized over the past week.
White House charges Democrats with hostage-taking as shutdown looms
Top Trump administration officials charged Democrats with hostage-taking as the federal government barreled toward a shutdown early Saturday.
The brief coal revival happened before Trump took office
Donald Trump says he saved the coal industry, but it has not recovered under his presidency and is likely to decline further in coming years, writes Rex Nutting.
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