This story comes out of PubDAO, a decentralized news wire. Throughout the 50-year history of home video gaming, games have been a diversion, something to take your mind off a hard day’s work. But now,...
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Could Living Wages Help Solve Fashion’s Climate Crisis? New Research Says Yes
TOPSHOT – A demonstrator holds a banner as models present creations by Louis Vuitton during Paris … [+] Fashion Week at the Louvre in Paris, on October 5, 2021. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAM...
Kazakhstan’s Miners are Living out of Suitcases. Where to Now?
Kazakhstan’s miners: The political crisis has threatened the safety and performance of mining companies. These companies provide 18% of the global bitcoin hash rate. So what does this mean for the ind...
Value Gets Its Moment. Consider These Stocks and ETFs.
Buy the dip, wrote J.P. Morgan’s strategists early this past week. As calls to courage go, it wasn’t exactly Churchill during the Blitz. The dip in this case was a 2% decline, year to date, in the S&a...
How to buy a car from the factory and save money
With vehicles in short supply at the dealership, more shoppers are ordering cars from the factory. In return for a wait of a few weeks — or months — you get exactly what you want. In the current marke...
The No. 1 thing that can improve the retirement security of older workers
Ready for today’s retirement investing pop quiz? What’s the single most consequential thing you can do to improve your chances of not running out of money in retirement? I’ll try answering this questi...
I retired at 50, went back to work at 53, then had a major medical issue that left me unemployed – ‘There’s no such thing as a safe amount of money’ for retirement
I had always said I was going to retire when I was 50. I had worked and saved since I was 16. Retiring without Medicare and Social Security is a scary thing. I wound up retiring then going back to wor...
I’m 68, my husband is terminally ill, and his $3 million estate will go to his son. I want to spend the rest of my days traveling – will I have enough money?
Please help me. I am a 68-year-old woman married 17 years to the love of my life. Our finances have always been separate, and I signed a prenuptial acknowledging that his son will inherit his estate h...
Australian State Reinstates Pandemic Restrictions As Omicron Upends ‘Living With Covid’ Approach
Topline Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, on Friday unveiled a set of new pandemic restrictions and testing protocols as a record rise in new Covid-19 infections fueled by the omicron ...
Autonomy Network bringing the first-ever living, autonomous NFTs (aNFTs)
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have taken the cryptocurrency industry by storm. Although the concept has much more potential, it is an excellent tool to create and sell digital art or collectibles. Aut...
Australia Faces Deluge Of Omicron Cases And Hospitalizations As It Sticks To ‘Living With Covid’ Strategy
Topline Australia reported a record 47,816 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday as the highly infectious omicron variant continued to spread rapidly, putting a massive strain on the country’s testing regime ...
How to help your parents organize their finances
Like many baby boomers, my wife and I have watched our parents go from total independence to assisted living to death. We’ve been thankful that, at key moments, they made the difficult decisions thems...
Weekend reads: Your money and how to invest in 2022
Happy New Year! As 2021 ends, we once again hope for the new year will bring a pandemic recovery. Here are some looks ahead at what may affect financial markets, companies and even you in 2022. Turn a...
‘She has no life insurance, savings or money’: My brother died, leaving his wife with $20,000 in debt. How can I help her?
Dear Quentin, My sister’s husband died last week. They had both lived with us for the previous nine years before moving into an independent living facility. They were there for two and a half months b...