Seniors have embraced Medicare Advantage plans for their free or deeply discounted perks such as eyeglasses, dental coverage, gym memberships, and reimbursements for — not joking — golf clubs and pickleball paddles. While those plan perks are a pleasure to imagine using, many people never touch them. “Medicare Advantage enrollees often don’t know which supplemental … Read more
Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Black Friday shoppers looking forward to a pumpkin spice latte or caramel frappuccino break may be out of luck depending on where they live. A Nov. 28 Starbucks Workers United statement revealed that 2,500 Starbucks union baristas at 120 Starbucks in 85 U.S. cities joined … Read more
It was easy to live off investment income if you retired in the 1970s and early 1980s. After all, interest rates were in the high double digits back then, and pensions were the norm. Even CDs and Treasury bonds gave you a nice return. That’s not the case today. Interest rates are nowhere near that … Read more
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The holiday shopping season can be a time when Americans are more likely to overspend. Unplanned purchases can be costly, especially if put on a credit card. “Slow shopping,” in part, is a means to help counteract such spending. The slow shopping practice has grown in recent years, with a focus on being more intentional … Read more
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Advisers to the rich have rejected a Budget measure to limit the tax payable by former non-doms as “too little, too late”. In her Budget this week, chancellor Rachel Reeves included a measure to cap … Read more
An outage at exchange operator CME halted gold futures trading, with prices frozen at $4,221.30 a troy ounce. “Trading could be more volatile than usual today, as U.S. markets open for a half day and liquidity is likely to be thin,” Kathleen Brooks from XTB said. “Added to this, a disruption on the CME trading … Read more
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Former U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro exploded on Fox News Wednesday, eviscerating the left for mass-importing unvetted Third Worlders under Biden—labeling claims that vetting was robust as “nonsense.” Pirro blasted, “If you think there was a vetting, I have a BRIDGE to sell you!” Referring to the untold numbers of … Read more
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