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☆ Our Merch, Ourselves
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Melissa Kirsch | More About Melissa Kirsch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Why do we buy merch, or shy away from it? What does the merch you wear say about who you are, what you believe in? Carrying the bag in your own city seemed too boosterish, too earnest for a New Yorker, whereas outside the city, the local merch telegraphs your hometown pride and N.Y.C. Once you leave the place, the merch becomes a souvenir, a nostalgic keepsake. Debating the laws of merch is a diversion, an amusing exercise in questioning our own pieties.

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☆ The new breed of long-haul, low-cost airlines: What you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( John Walton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —You’ve seen them on TikTok and on Instagram: people flying on the new generation of long-haul, low-cost airlines where the fares sound too good to be true. By and large, long-haul, low-cost airlines focus on four specific markets: transatlantic, transpacific, southeast Asia and Australia. With a home base at Narita international airport, Zipair Tokyo is Japan Airlines' low-cost arm. Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/ShutterstockHome base: Tokyo (Narita, the airport an hour away from the city)Notable routes: Honolulu, LA, SF, San Jose (CA)Flies: Boeing 787sWhat you need to know: This is Japan Airlines’ low-cost arm. Scoot is Singapore Airlines' low-cost arm.

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☆ Gail Collins on ‘The Most of Nora Ephron’ - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Gail Collins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Enter writers like Nora Ephron, a fighter for the cause who was a genius at using wit to handle any woe. “The Most of Nora Ephron” is a tome that includes so much of what she published, from current affairs journalism to food blogging to Broadway plays. “I hope that you choose not to be a lady,” she told the 1996 graduates at her alma mater, Wellesley. “I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. Pointing out how ridiculous the status quo is breaks its spell and gives us the freedom to dream up something better.

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☆ How to Fill Out a Form 1040
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +15 min

Form 1040 contains every figure the IRS needs to calculate your tax bill or refund. The form is identical to Form 1040, but with larger text that makes the form easier to read.) Filing status and personal informationAt the top of Form 1040, you’ll indicate your filing status and provide your basic personal information. If you make estimated tax payments throughout the year, you might want some of your overpayment applied to your estimated tax payments for the following year. Signatures on Form 8879 can be electronic or physical, and once the form is signed you can submit your return for e-filing.

☆ When Will Student Loan Payments Resume?
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

When will student loan payments resume? While student loan payments have been put on ice since March of 2020, you may have to start paying them back again this summer or fall. Student loan payments are set to resume 60 days after June 30, 2023, or 60 days after the Court’s decision, whichever comes first. We will notify borrowers before payments restart.”That means your federal student loan payments will be due at the end of August 2023 or sooner. Don’t expect your student loan payments to automatically debit from your account, though.

☆ How Can We Make Accounting Cool?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Joe Queenan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In the past two years, as The Wall Street Journal recently reported, 300,000 accountants and auditors have left the profession, many on the dead run. The situation is so dire that American firms are now desperately recruiting accountants from overseas. In other words, there is an accounting deficit. The reason for the mass exodus of “bean counters” from the profession may have a lot to do with the very existence of that derisive term. If you look up the definition of “bean counter” you’ll read that accountants are shy, persnickety fussbudgets who are obsessed with trivial details.

At 190 minutes, the running time of “Avatar: The Way of Water” is longer. Jake and Neytiri have had numerous children and adopted Kiri (Sigourney Weaver), the daughter of a human scientist’s avatar body. Rather than invaders exploring the land they’ve invaded, the second “Avatar” film is about the encounter of two different indigenous societies. But the human colonizers —preparing to strip-mine Pandora for its minerals and its biological resources (including space whale essence) — are the aliens. Rather than invaders exploring the land they’ve invaded, the second “Avatar” film is about the encounter between two different indigenous societies.

☆ Best credit cards for car rentals 2023: Coverage and benefits
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-16 | by ( Jennifer Yellin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Best credit cards for car rentals in 2023How does credit card car rental insurance work? Typically, your personal car rental insurance will cover you in these situations or you can purchase separate policies from the car rental company. Getty ImagesYou’ll also notice that there are two different types of credit card car rental coverage: primary and secondary. Best card for renting cars for small businessesChaseIf you’re looking for a credit card to cover you while traveling for business, the Ink Business Cash Credit Card is the perfect pick. Frequently asked questions about rental car credit cardsRenting a car with your credit card can cause some confusion.

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