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xAI Secures $5B Debt Financing Despite Investor Hesitancy
Loans & Credit

xAI Secures $5B Debt Financing Despite Investor Hesit...

Elon Musk’s ambitious new artificial intelligence company, xAI, is poised to secure a significant $5 billion in debt financing, despite a less-than...

Navigating Sibling Exclusion and Offering to Pay for Outings
Budgeting

Navigating Sibling Exclusion and Offering to Pay for ...

Dear Eric: I am a woman in my 60s with six siblings. Our parents are in their early 90s and have raised us to be thoughtful and respectful. Many of...

NYC Property Tax Rebates Delayed: What Owners Need to Know
Taxes

NYC Property Tax Rebates Delayed: What Owners Need to...

A significant technical glitch has resulted in a delay of millions of dollars in property-tax rebates for thousands of New York City co-op and cond...

Abandoned Malls: A Challenge for Small Towns
Taxes

Abandoned Malls: A Challenge for Small Towns

By Jim Zarroli, New York Times Service In its heyday, the Berkshire Mall was the place to go in Lanesborough, Mass., drawing huge crowds of enthus...

Dollar-Cost Averaging: A Retirement Investing Strategy
Budgeting

Dollar-Cost Averaging: A Retirement Investing Strateg...

You work hard to earn your money, and you do your best to invest it well so you can afford a comfortable retirement when you're older. But investin...

Social Security 2026 COLA Predictions: What to Expect
Budgeting

Social Security 2026 COLA Predictions: What to Expect

We're about four months away from the official Social Security 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) announcement, but that probably hasn't stopped...

Garrett Crochet's Record-Breaking Extension with the Boston Red Sox
Budgeting

Garrett Crochet's Record-Breaking Extension with the ...

The Boston Red Sox’s strategic maneuvering in the 2025 season highlights a brilliant cost-management decision centered around securing a cornerston...

Canopy Growth (CGC): Why This Stock Remains Unattractive
Budgeting

Canopy Growth (CGC): Why This Stock Remains Unattract...

Canopy Growth (CGC -2.61%) emerged as a leader in the cannabis industry when Canada legalized recreational, adult use of the substance in 2018. Inv...