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The new year comes with ample opportunities to reevaluate and plan your financial future. January is Financial Wellness Awareness Month, and it’s a pivotal time to regain control over your finances, especially after the bustling holiday season, which often goes hand-in-hand with hefty spending. Getting clarity about your finances early in the year can reduce […]
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of April 25, 2023. Apple is beating Epic Games. The U.S. Ninth Court of Appeals sided with Apple in Epic Games’ lawsuit against the tech company, which claimed that Apple was being monopolistic. Epic filed the lawsuit after Apple kicked the gaming company
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of April 20, 2023. Cutting carbon and prices. For the sixth time this year, Tesla is cutting prices for Model Y and Model 3 cars in the U.S. The electric car maker announced the decision ahead of its Q1 earnings report. The price
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of April 11, 2023. The dust may be settling. Johnson & Johnson proposed an $8.9 billion settlement over claims that its baby powder and talc products cause cancer. The settlement received support from more than 60,000 claimants, but it would still need to
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of April 3, 2023. WWE enters the ring. Endeavour Group, the owner of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), will reportedly purchase World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Following the merger, UFC and WWE will become one publicly traded entity. People who own shares in Endeavor will
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of March 27, 2023. The Fed stays aggressive. The Federal Reserve (the Fed) raised its benchmark interest rate by another quarter of a percentage point, bringing the rate to a little below 5%, in a continued effort to combat inflation. This latest hike
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of March 21, 2023. Retirement woes in France. Protesters took to the streets in France after the government forced through pension reforms that will raise the retirement age to 64 from 62. President Emmanuel Macron sidestepped a vote in France’s lower house, where
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of March 15, 2023. Trouble at SVB. You may have heard that over the weekend, two banks, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank, were closed and taken over by the federal government when it became clear that the banks were not able
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of March 6, 2023. Investing made easy Start today with any dollar amount Get Started Laying down the hammer. Amazon announced that it will suspend its second phase of construction on its headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. The first phase is on track to
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of February 27, 2023. Investing made easy Start today with any dollar amount Get Started ChatGPT snapped. Snapchat is launching a new tool called My AI, a chatbot using OpenAI ChatGPT technology, to its Snapchat+ subscribers. Those with access to the feature will
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of February 22, 2023. Investing made easy. Start today with any dollar amount. Get Started Surprise, surprise. Netflix removed its ‘Surprise Me’ feature from the platform last month. The feature, which provided randomized recommendations to viewers, was designed to decrease the time Netflix
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Get Started Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of February 6, 2023. Stranger things have happened. Netflix will reportedly start cracking down on password sharing “more broadly” after testing restrictions in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru. The new rules are designed to prevent people that don’t live in one
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Get Started Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of January 30, 2023. Bed Bath & Bankrupt? Home goods retailer Bed Bath & Beyond reported that it had received default notice from its loan agent, JPMorgan Chase. Bed Bath & Beyond reportedly doesn’t have enough funds to pay back the
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Get Started Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of January 23, 2023. Hastings hits the road. Netflix’s founder Reed Hastings announced last week that he will be stepping down as co-CEO of the streaming business. Hastings’ current counterpart Ted Sarandos will stay on, and chief operating officer Greg Peters
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of January 17, 2023. The clock is ticking. The Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issued a letter to Congress on Friday saying that the U.S. is expected to hit the debt statutory limit on January 19, 2023. Once the U.S. hits that limit, the
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of January 10, 2023. Turbulence settles. Last week, Southwest Airlines said it expects a loss of all fourth-quarter profits as a result of the holiday winter storm which severely disrupted its services. The airline reportedly canceled 16,700 flights between December 21 and December
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of December 12, 2022. When it snows, it blizzards. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing Microsoft over its attempted acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard, arguing that such a deal would hamper competition. The $69 billion proposed deal would make
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of December 5, 2022. Plus, our Certified Financial Planner Lauren Anastasio gives advice on how to respond to the news. Reverse, reverse. China, which has had some of the strictest Covid-19 restrictions, appeared to begin easing those rules last week in response to
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of November 14, 2022. Plus, our Certified Financial Planner Lauren Anastasio gives advice on how to respond to the news. Let’s rally. The stock market had its biggest rally since 2020 on Thursday, in response to a new report suggesting that inflation may
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Welcome to the Weekly Scan. Here’s what we’re following for the week of November 7, 2022. Job market stays strong. The U.S. added 261,000 jobs in October, indicating a solid job market, despite a decline from September’s addition of 315,000 jobs. Healthcare, professional and technical services, and manufacturing saw the biggest increases in jobs. Average
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