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‘Dumb Money’ Exposes the Baffling Allure of Bad Investment Advice
The new movie “Dumb Money” dramatizes the true story of an unlikely messiah named Roaring Kitty who decides to sink his life savings into shares of the video-game seller GameStop and then praise the stock to his fans. So many people buy GameStop ...
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Why It’s Smart to Revisit New Year’s Savings Goals Now
There’s still time this year to make adjustments, especially with the coming resumption of student loan payments.
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Man Who Swindled Donors to Trump-Inspired Border Wall Faces Sentencing
Prosecutors say Timothy Shea and his group stole over a million dollars, spending some on jewelry, boat payments and a Trump-themed energy drink.
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Biden, With Sluggish Small Donations, Waits for Liberal Energy to Rise
Wealthy Democrats have thrown their money behind the president’s re-election bid, but for many reasons, the party’s small donors have yet to step up their contributions.
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DeSantis Burns Cash, and Pence Struggles: 5 Takeaways From 2024 Filings
Warning signs for Ron DeSantis were among the biggest developments of the latest campaign filings, which created a fuller financial picture of the 2024 field.
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Business
New Details in Debt Limit Deal: Where $136 Billion in Cuts Will Come From
Two years of spending caps, additional work requirements for food stamps and cuts to I.R.S. funding are among the components in the deal.
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On ‘Succession,’ This Season Has Turned Us All Into Tom
My friends who have never seen “Succession,” the hit HBO show that will soon come to an end, say that they have no interest in watching rich people behaving badly. The darkly comic series certainly fits that bill: It follows the travails of the Roy ...
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Santos Pushed Campaign Money Abuse Past the Usual Line
There’s one immediate gratification in the details of the indictment against Representative George Santos issued on Wednesday: seeing the Department of Justice actually bring charges against a demonstrably untruthful public official for campaign ...
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What to Do With Your Tax Refund? Save for Emergencies.
The average refund is down from last year, but still almost $3,000. One option experts recommend is stashing part of it for unexpected expenses.
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Hope Hicks Meets With Manhattan Prosecutors as Trump Inquiry Intensifies
At least seven witnesses have met with prosecutors in what now appears to be a fast-moving investigation into a 2016 hush-money payment to a porn star.