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☆ Op-ed: Here’s how Taylor Swift’s lyrics can inspire a better budget
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Winnie Sun | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Even if she's not singing about money specifically, Swift's lyrics also inspire financial lessons we can learn from. But take inspiration from Swift — "It only hurts this much right now … Breathe in, breathe through, breathe deep, breathe out." As you're building your financial plan and reviewing your budget data, keep an eye out for common bad financial habits that you can correct or modify. And if you're looking for more to do, google "free fun things" in your area. Baby, we're the new romantics, the best people in life are free."

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☆ The Meaning of Trump’s Fighting Words - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Carlos Lozada | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Trump’s social-media posts and interviews since the shooting have stressed the need for national unity, but unity was not his first impulse. In the canon of Trump books and speeches, “fight” is a constant byword, but it has meant radically different things in different contexts. In scripted moments meant to convey suitably presidential sensibilities, Trump is fighting for others — whether the American people or those the nation has forgotten. In moments of political or legal crisis, when Trump feels besieged, his call to “fight” becomes personal. It is not a fight for others, but a battle for himself, one in which the people are enlisted in Trump’s wars, persuaded that his causes are their own.

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Prime Day TV dealsThis Prime Day, we're seeing some of the biggest price drops of the year on top TV models from our favorite brands. Prime Day laptop dealsLaptops go on sale year-round, but Prime Day is traditionally the best time of year to make a purchase. Prime Day mattress dealsMattresses go on sale several times a year, but few sales offer as lucrative mattress discounts as Prime Day. Prime Day Amazon device dealsDuring Prime Day, many of the best Amazon devices see their lowest prices ever. Prime Day travel dealsSummer travel is underway, and so are the best Prime Day deals on luggage and backpacks.

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The best Prime Day deals are the ones that let you fill a need in your life while saving a few bucks. Read on for our editor's personal picks from this year's sale, and catch the remaining sales in our main Prime Day deals hub. Amazon Prime Day deals our experts bought themselvesI'm moving from a huge home in Kansas to a tiny apartment in New York City. I used Prime Day as an opportunity to downsize to a smaller model that was recommended by our air fryer expert. Check out our roundup of all of the best Prime Day deals, or browse Amazon's website for more.

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☆ Giorgio Armani at 90: Celebrating his career in photos
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The power of a Giorgio Armani suit. In his nine decades, the formally untrained Giorgio Armani has worked his way up from humble window dresser to Italian fashion behemoth — and has collected a number of fabulous moments in between. Giorgio Armani, suited and booted, in 1942. Rosanna ArmaniAt the Golden Globe Awards in 1990, Julia Roberts decided to forgo a frock in favor of a Giorgio Armani mens suit. John Angelillo/UPI/ShutterstockIn 2011, Armani debuted a high-sheen, liquid satin material during his Spring-Summer haute couture show at Paris Fashion Week.

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“My cart looks ridiculous,” said Ms. Uhuru, 48, who supplements her hauls with vegetables grown in her garden. “People think I am a shift shopper.” Sylvia Jarrus for The New York Times, including previous image. Sawyer’s April Shopping Total shopping trips: 14 Impulse purchases: Castelvetrano olives ($5.99) and sparkling water (prices vary) Share of drinkable purchases: 70 percent What might a stranger notice if she peered into Sawyer Bonsib’s cart? “The old adage ‘Don’t go grocery shopping when you are hungry,’ applies triply during Ramadan,” he said. “Or my toddler will gnaw on a tortilla while I’m making dinner.” Jessica Attie for The New York Times, including previous image.

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☆ 'Shadow Stand-Ins': How Workers Secretly Outsource Their Jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Related storiesThough Remi recruited people she knew, shadow stand-ins are often sourced from a complex online web of faceless providers. Facebook Groups are a popular forum for recruiting shadow stand-ins, providing a two-sided marketplace where workers and providers can connect to one another. The dustup highlighted a key drawback to shadow stand-ins: While alluring, things can go horribly wrong. "It required a lot of micromanaging," said a backend engineer in Pennsylvania who hired shadow stand-ins to help him juggle multiple jobs. Pay rates for shadow stand-ins are "definitely more than what people earn in their regular payday, that's for sure," he said.

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“Hard to watch” is how multiple foreign diplomats described Thursday night’s debate between Biden and Trump to CNN. I had difficulties understanding what he was saying, and I understand English pretty well,” said a second European diplomat. Biden’s debate flop was front-page news across Europe, with left- and right-leaning newspapers excoriating the president – even in France, where the country has its own elections coming up this weekend. “There are many options that are discussed, but we don’t see, any that are self-evident,” the first European diplomat said. Moscow’s state TV station, Russia 1, lampooned Biden’s debate performance.

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CNN —The confrontation in Atlanta between Joe Biden and Donald Trump Thursday night has a good chance of becoming the most fateful presidential debate in US history. The momentous nature of this debate can only be fully understood against the backdrop of the unprecedented politics of the times. But the tension surrounding this year’s first debate in June, rather than in September or October as usual, is palpable. “The closer the election, the greater the chance that a debate could influence it,” said Aaron Kall, director of debate at the University of Michigan, who has conducted an in-depth study of every presidential debate. Biden has raised the stakes for himself heading into the debate higher than those any modern president faced.

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☆ Inside the New Job Stress Test Used From the NFL to the C-Suite
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Scott Nover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

In fact, I outperformed nearly all draft prospects in certain categories of this test, floundering on only one. Related storiesFor many years, the standard-bearer for evaluating the brains of NFL athletes was the Wonderlic, a short IQ test with a series of increasingly difficult questions. Stroud, then favored to be the first player selected in the NFL draft, over the Alabama quarterback Bryce Young. But then Stroud, the alleged dolt, went on to have one of the best rookie campaigns of any NFL quarterback, while Young struggled all year. Unfazed by the controversy over Stroud, S2 has begun selling its tests to other sectors.

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☆ Casa Susanna: How an upstate New York home became a safe haven for trans women in 1960s America
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Suyin Haynes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Her name is Susanna Valenti, and her home is Casa Susanna, located in the Catskills, in upstate New York. Pictured above, guests with Susanna Valenti (right) in her wife Marie Tonell's New York City apartment, circa 1960-63. Susanna (right) and two friends are pictured on a swing set at Casa Susanna, circa 1960. In discoveries of other Casa Susanna photographs, multiple copies of the same image have been found. I think people find it somewhere between charming and mind blowing.” Pictured above, guests at Casa Susanna circa 1964-68.

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☆ The Vexing Problem of the ‘Medium Friend’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Lisa Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

My friend R. once went a step further. Call them the “medium friends.”As an example, R. told me about a certain friend. R. simply did not feel as connected to this friend as he once did. And so, without malevolence or even conscious intent, he shuffled her down in his personal friend deck. But we’re just not that kind of friend.

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☆ Millennials and Gen Zers are 'quiet quitting' friendships, and it could backfire
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewSome millennials and Gen Zers are embracing "quiet quitting" as a means of ending friendships. "While losing enduring connections can lead to feelings of isolation or missing out, quiet quitting may also be a healthy way for millennials and Gen Zers to prune their social lives, allowing new, richer relationships to grow," he added. Quiet quitting can lead to regret, experts sayMark Vahrmeyer, a psychotherapist and cofounder of Brighton and Hove Psychotherapy, told BI that the consequences of quiet quitting depend on the circumstances. Sophie Mort, a clinical psychologist and mental health expert at Headspace, told BI that quiet quitting to avoid conflict will lead to feelings of regret, as unresolved feelings remain permanently unaddressed. AdvertisementMargaret Bankole, a friendship and relationships counselor, told BI that quiet quitting can be harmful for both sides, as it will ruin the opportunity to gain closure.

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☆ Frugal millionaire couple: 3 things we always do when we talk about money—and the No. 1 phrase we use
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Jonathan Sanchez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That can make it difficult to talk about even the most seemingly basic expenses. For example, my mom was a single parent and she never talked with me about our family's finances. It went a long way toward making me feel like my reaction was understandable, especially given my history, and that I wasn't alone. We revisited the idea in a low stakes, exploratory way until we both felt ready to pursue it. We never want to be in a situation where one person fails, and the other person's response is, 'I told you so.'

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☆ What’s next for the stock market? Here’s one thing you could do if shares start sinking
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The market has been on a tear in 2024, driven higher by robust corporate earnings and the artificial intelligence boom. Traders expect the Fed to begin easing rates in September at the earliest, according to the CME FedWatch Tool. If inflation is cooling down but the Fed is still expected to keep its key lending rate higher for longer, what does that mean for the stock market? The data will tell us that, but I think the big takeaway for us is [inflation] going in the right direction. Do you expect some of the cash that’s on the sidelines to enter the stock market?

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☆ Young men and women are diverging politically. That could shape the 2024 election.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

In 2013, the share of self-identified liberals among young women exceeded the share among young men by 5 percentage points; by 2023, that gap was nearly four times as large. (In that survey, young men were substantially more likely than young women to say they rely on YouTube as a major source of news.) (In the Harvard poll, one-fourth of young women identified in some way as LGBTQ, more than double the share of young men.) “He’s got to make up for the defection of young men by winning young women by more, and he’s got to get every young woman he can out to vote,” said Lake, the Democratic pollster. Biden’s best hope of avoiding a catastrophic decline in his youth support is that the number of young women Trump repels exceeds the number of young men he attracts.

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☆ I find it impossible to save money. A financial therapist helped me see the 3 reasons I can't stop spending.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I booked a session with Amanda Clayman, a financial therapist who hosts Fresh Produce Media's Audible series "Emotional Investment." Our appointment resembled a typical therapy session: I filled out an intake form beforehand, answering questions about my earliest experiences with money. AdvertisementThe session made me realize where most of my money is going, and what I can do to curb the spending. I'm overwhelmed by budget spreadsheetsAfter interviewing Clayman for a story on budgeting, I was inspired to start a budgeting spreadsheet. "When you communicate a new intention and ask for support, it's also creating a permission structure for that other person to change," Clayman said.

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☆ Interviewers keep giving Trump an off-ramp to his revenge tour. He isn’t taking it
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The open calls for revenge have effectively put retaliation on the ballot this November, and Trump allies have said as much. Trump launched his third campaign for president still seething over his 2020 defeat and signaling revenge against those who kept him from a second term. In March 2023, Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference: “I am your retribution.”At the urging of some advisers, Trump has at times stepped back from the harsh rhetoric. Trump told the same conservative gathering earlier this year, “Retribution is going to be through success.”It’s a sentiment Trump has repeated many times since — including in the days after his hush money trial ended — but it’s not one he appears fully committed to. After his interview with Trump, McGraw told CNN’s Abby Phillip that he tried to get the former president to understand that a “revenge tour” wouldn’t heal the country and bring people together.

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☆ Shoppers are hyper-focused on ‘value.’ That doesn’t mean buying the cheapest option
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Parija Bhatnagar | Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Bargain retailers like Walmart and Costco have benefitted, as shown by the retailing industry’s recent slew of first-quarter earnings releases. Sales at its stores open at least a year increased 3.8% in the quarter from the same time last year. Which means that Americans are still spending, but selectively, and that “value shopping” means different things to different people. “A sizable segment of them are focused on value, however, that doesn’t directly correlate to a low price. Shoppers are willing to spend if they see value in an on-trend, well-made dress from Abercrombie – or a healthy salad from Sweetgreen.”

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWhy spaving is bad for your wallet"Spaving," or spending more to save more, is a pitfall that could have lasting consequences on American consumers. Though inflation is cooling as of May 2024, prices remain high. Americans also have less in savings than a decade ago. As retailers entice shoppers with promotions and deals, consumers should be cautious about shopping on impulse if its an item they don't need.

☆ Internet addiction may harm the teen brain, MRI study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

A new study has possibly captured that objectively, finding that for teens diagnosed with internet addiction, signaling between brain regions important for controlling attention, working memory and more was disrupted. Specifically, internet ‘addiction,’ which was initially conjured up by (psychiatrist) Ivan K. Goldberg in 1995 as a joke. Das wasn’t involved in the study. “Overall, the mechanisms underlying internet addiction are more like an emerging pattern than a finished picture,” Chang said. “Similar to substance and gambling disorders, internet addiction rewires the brain, making it harder to resist internet related stimuli,” he added.

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☆ S&P 500 enters June near a record but with growing concerns about the market's narrow leadership
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Michael Santoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

The S & P 500 is a mere 1.2% from its all-time high, yet only 60% of its member stocks are up for the year and just over 40% last week were above their 50-day moving average. .SPX YTD mountain S & P 500, 1-year We seem to undergo one of these periods of decrying a lack of market breadth every few months in recent years. Bespoke Investment Group last week looked at the small number of past instances when the S & P 500 was so close to a record yet most stocks were beneath a 50-day average. The 100-day correlation between the S & P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has hit its lowest level since the dot-com bust of the early 2000s, according to CNBC's Data & Analytics group. The S & P 500 at the highs hit 21-times forward earnings, and we've spent very little time above that outside the pandemic melt-up and the tech boom/bust a quarter-century ago.

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☆ 'The one thing I really wish I did': 3 self-made millionaires who retired early share their biggest money regrets
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Early retirees often have plenty of reasons to gloat about their financial prowess. CNBC Make It spoke with three millionaire early retirees who have no second thoughts about the decision to live on their own financial terms, although there are some things they wish they had done differently. He eventually saved a large portion of his salary and invested it, but that wasn't necessarily the case early on. "The one thing I really wish I did more of was saving, and especially investing more aggressively," he says. Chasing maximum gainsAlex Trias left his job at age 41 and a few years later, moved to a popular destination for American early retirees: Portugal.

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☆ Do this once a month and extend your life by 10 years. No gym required
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Jessica Dulong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“Art is one of our oldest creations (humans invented paint long before the wheel), one of the earliest means of communication (we drew long, long, long, long before we could write), and one of our most universal urges,” she wrote. But when you watch artists making art, it is a physical experience. Different art forms affect the brain and body in different ways. Just as when we are prescribed medications, (it’s true that) types, doses and durations of art work differently for different people. And just one art experience per month can extend your life by 10 years.

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