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4 Tips to Avoid Wasting a Bonus or Inheritance 11/01/2017 08:00pm • So you got great news at work -- you've earned a big raise and/or a hefty end-of-the year bonus. Or, you received a big family inheritance, a large legal settlement or maybe even cashed in a lucrative lottery ticket. Good for you -- now keep the good fortune flowing and make some judicious moves wi 2017 NFL Week 7 Wrap: Ravens offense is totally offensive 10/24/2017 05:13am • WASHINGTON — In a season chock-full of bad offenses, the Baltimore Ravens have perhaps the NFL’s worst. There were three shutouts on Sunday, which matched the total number of such games all of last season. Surprisingly, Baltimore has pitched one of this season’s five shutouts but hasn’t Craft brewers group wants $213B to buy out Anheuser-Busch 10/19/2017 11:43am • WASHINGTON — The Brewers Association, a trade group representing craft brewers, has kicked off a campaign it calls "Take Craft Back," and has set up a crowdsourcing fundraiser aimed at raising $213 billion to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev, the beer giant that's been acquiring small breweries across th The Fun Way to Get Americans to Save More 10/08/2017 08:00pm • If you would struggle to come up with $400 in an emergency, but you also buy hundreds of dollars in scratch-off and lottery tickets each year -- you're hardly alone. Despite the losing odds, it's the poorest Americans that are most likely to play the lottery, perhaps because they feel like they're A Small Investor's Path to Private Equity 08/24/2017 08:00pm • Investors no longer need to be wealthy or part of venture capital networks to get in on the action of backing risky startup companies in hopes of winning big. Thanks to new rules that took effect in May 2016, anyone can invest in non-public companies in exchange for equity. Previously, you couldn't Why You Should Avoid Cash Advances on Credit Cards 08/10/2017 08:00pm • It's possible to think of reasons for getting a cash advance with a credit card. Maybe your car is broken down in the dead of night, and you meet a tow truck driver who inexplicably won't accept credit cards. Maybe you owe a guy named Knuckles money, and he'll only accept cash. Or, more likely, you Shareholder Serfdom: Investors Are Losing Their Rights 07/30/2017 08:00pm • Warren Buffett likes to say that buying stock is equivalent to buying a piece of a business. If you own a business, shouldn't you expect to have some control over it? Evan Spiegel doesn't think so. The Snapchat CEO and co-founder who became a billionaire when Snap Inc. (ticker: SNAP) went public in Latin America Has a Homicide Problem 06/27/2017 08:00pm • By Robert Muggah In the 1990s, the capital of Colombia's mountainous Antioquia province Medellin had one of the world's highest-ever recorded murder rates: 380 homicides per 100,000 people. After national authorities wrested control of the city's poorest communities from paramilitaries, mayor Sergio How Debt May Be Affecting Your Kids 06/25/2017 08:00pm • Many borrowers might feel like they're bound to their debts for the rest of their lives. It turns out that the effects of carrying debt could last even longer than that -- potentially weighing on your descendants for generations to come. A 2016 study found that, on average, as parents take on more App links kids' chores, allowance to investing in stocks 06/07/2017 04:45am • WASHINGTON — Your children probably do chores to earn their allowance and now, there is a new app for that. In the BusyKid app, parents can assign chores and kids can check them off when done. (Courtesy BusyKid) Launched some five months ago, BusyKid is like your child's first job that has Getting married? Not so fast on merging those accounts 06/06/2017 10:52am • WASHINGTON — It is peak wedding season, and couples are anxious to merge their lives, but don't be in a big hurry to merge your financial lives right off the bat, especially if one of you has some blemishes on your record. "You want to make sure you're both protecting your credit ratings, and i Is there really such a thing as 'good' debt? 06/05/2017 08:00am • To some people, debt is a four-letter word that should be avoided at all costs. Rather than owe anyone a cent, proponents of a debt-free life espouse the use of cash for practically everything smaller than a house. However, some finance professionals say that view might be short-sighted. "Don't b 142nd Preakness Stakes preview, odds and predictions 05/19/2017 02:08am • WASHINGTON — If you want to make some money this Saturday betting on the Preakness, you're either really rich or just dreaming if you think it can be done picking Always Dreaming to win the second leg of the Triple Crown. At 4-5 odds, the Kentucky Derby winner won't net you much at all if you'r Tiny Virginia company gets huge payday in $3.1B Verizon deal 05/11/2017 01:00pm • WASHINGTON — Glen Allen, Virginia-based Straight Path Communications, which had a market capitalization value of around $400 million a month ago, will be acquired by Verizon Communications Inc. for $3.1 billion. The agreement caps a weekslong bidding war between Verizon and AT&T for Straigh Why Trump's Tax Cut Plan Will Fuel Stock Buybacks, Not Jobs 05/07/2017 08:00pm • President Donald Trump's recently proposed tax cut plan cuts corporate taxes from 35 percent to 15 percent, and also calls for a one-time tax break for corporations repatriating overseas from abroad. The latter measure is meant to incentivize U.S. companies to bring cash they're holding overseas ba