It’s a cool breeze during a hot moment, but it’s not the summer weather. As record-breaking numbers of Americans pack their cars and travel to Fourth of July barbecues that will cost them more than last year, they’ll fill up at gas stations where they are likely to be paying just a little less at…
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Millions of Americans will be driving from sea to shining sea over the Fourth of July weekend, historically high gas prices be damned! That’s according to AAA’s Independence Day travel forecast, which expects a record 42 million people to hit the road during the holiday weekend spanning June 30 to July 4, even as national…
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More than 120 companies including Intel, Nvidia and Texas Instruments recently signed a letter urging Congress to accelerate negotiations to get a bill passed that would massively scale chipmaking in the US. The group of A-list companies, which also includes Amazon AMZN and Microsoft MSFT, design, manufacture or provide critical infrastructure to the semiconductor industry….
First came the pandemic, then came inflation. Americans already feel anxiety caused by rising prices. However, experts say that women are feeling it more acutely. A mix of factors – including a gender imbalance in household duties and pandemic-induced financial insecurity exacerbated by an increase in childcare costs – are all impacting women’s mental wellbeing….
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A little crustacean-flavored bourbon, anyone? It may sound like a crazed distiller’s idea of a joke – remember the SNL skit about wacky hard seltzers? – but it’s an actual thing. Specifically, it’s Crab Trapper, a green crab-flavored whiskey from New Hampshire’s adventuresome Tamworth Distilling. And guess what? It actually delivers on its crabby promise…
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This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet. A summer road trip used to be a cost-effective, easy getaway. This year, soaring gas prices and expensive rental cars might make you think twice about hitting the road. According to the American Automobile Association, a federation of motor clubs throughout North America, the average gas price…
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If you drive your cute, imported Nissan Figaro to a cars-and-coffee meetup, you’ll be mobbed with fans. Meanwhile, the rich guy across from you is all alone with his Ferrari RACE, -2.86% because everyone’s already seen that car. At least that’s what importer Gary Duncan says after selling these unique foreign cars, many of them…
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Corporate America is geared to the pursuit of green, but it’s been leaning increasingly red or blue over the past decade. That development may be unwelcome news for shareholders, even if the political beliefs of the company brass align with their own. That’s according to a study released Monday suggesting corporate C-suites have become as…
You’re tired of spending so much money on prescription drugs, and you’re perusing some very professional-looking websites of online pharmacies. The premises, and the promises, are enticing. Save money, free shipping, no prescriptions necessary, no doctor’s visits needed. Except that, if you don’t know what to look for, you could very well be purchasing fake…
US stocks closed higher Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell concluded a second day of congressional testimony with a vow to battle inflation, even if it risks a recession. What happened with stocks? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rose 194.23 points, or 0.6%, to end near session highs at 30,677.36, after flipping between…
