I’m a working-from-home mom and my supervisors have no intentions of bringing me back to the office at this time. In order to actually get work done, I have pieced together childcare using the help of family and friends. I have one friend who has really gone above and beyond to adjust her own flexible…
Hello and welcome to Financial Face-off, a MarketWatch column where we help you weigh financial decisions. Our columnist will give her verdict. Tell us whether you think she’s right in the comments. And please share your suggestions for future Financial Face-off columns. Summer is here, and so is your chance to get away from it…
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HBO Max has an intriguing lineup of new comedy series in July 2022, to go with a spinoff of a fan-favorite teen drama and a slate of movie favorites. Master of awkward comedy Nathan Fielder (“Nathan for You”) is back with a new series, “The Rehearsal” (July 15), in which he’ll help people prepare for…
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Here’s all you need to know: Netflix’s “Stranger Things” is back July 1, with Part 2 of its fourth season. “Stranger Things” returned in late May with seven supersized episodes, and will conclude Season 4 with two super-duper sized episodes (1 hour and 25 minutes, and 2 hours and 30 minutes, respectively) as the teen…
Hulu is staying busy this summer, with a full slate of movie favorites and new series coming in July 2022, including a new season of one of the best comedies on TV. FX’s brilliant, Emmy-nominated vampire mocumentary “What We Do in the Shadows” (July 13) returns for its fourth season, picking up after the gang…
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Conventional wisdom says retirement should be a time of rest and relaxation. Yet there’s a reason so many seniors mentally regress quickly after they stop working. If we’re not mentally active, our brains tend to atrophy, inviting a greater chance of cognitive decline. Fortunately, there’s a remedy. By continuing to learn, we live longer, healthier…
Congratulations, you’ve made it, you’re a new college graduate. Now it’s time to head out into the working world. You will be earning money and getting a regular paycheck. Along with earning money comes responsibility. Here are 8 money lessons for the class of 2022. Live within your means Getting your first real paycheck can…
Walk into any bookstore and take a look at the books on retirement. Money and investments — usually, the lack of both — dominate. With good reason. The latest Schroders 2022 US Retirement Survey reports that working Americans say it will take on average $ 1.1 million to retire comfortably. Yet only one-quarter of those…
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Hugh Jackman and Billy Crystal are among the boldface names vying for acting honors this Sunday at the Tony Awards, the big Broadway awards show that will be televised starting 8 pm ET on CBS. But the true stars of the past season could be the people responsible for the plumbing. A number of Tony-nominated…
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A few weeks back, I had a delightful experience appearing on the “Redefining Retirement” episode of “The Big Middle” podcast hosted by British journalist Susan Flory. The best part: listening to Flory’s other guest, Deborah Gale, an Apple corporate treasury manager turned gerontologist researcher who’s now helping retirees find purpose at a UK-based social enterprise…
