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Here’s how long it takes to improve your credit score

David Young-Wolff | Getty Images Generally speaking, the higher your credit score, the better off you are when seeking a loan. But the recovery time from a missed payment or financial setback of any kind differs for everyone. As many consumers know, your credit score plays a big role in …

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Trusii hydrogen water left customers complaining of a scam, bad debt

As health hacks moved from the labs of Silicon Valley into mainstream America, more consumers started hydrating with hydrogen-infused water. Fans say it can help treat inflammation and a variety of diseases. Maybe it could even slow the process of aging. Trusii, based in southern Florida, is among a bevy …

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Tech IPO investing in 2019 tops S&P 500 even with Uber, Lyft plunge

Ethan Brown, founder and chief executive officer of Beyond Meat, center, celebrates with his wife Tracy Brown, center left, and guests during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, on Thursday, May 2, 2019. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Based on the …

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Intuit’s stock is up over 850% in the past decade

The homepage of Intuit Inc.’s TurboTax website is displayed on a computer monitor in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A software company created to help regular people navigate the complexities of the U.S. tax code just entered its 11th year of stock gains. Intuit, creator of …

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This investor has found a way to make money in volatile Latin America

Traders work at the Bolsa de Mercadorias e Futuros, Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM&F), in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Marcos Issas | Bloomberg | Getty Images Investing in Latin America’s equity markets can be scary, but Luiz Maria Ribiero has cracked a winning formula. Ribiero manages the DWS Latin America …

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10-year yield surges the most in a week since 2016

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was poised for its largest weekly rally since November 2016 as investors checked prior concerns that the U.S. was careening toward an economic downturn. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was higher to 1.84%, while the yield on the 30-year …

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Anne Rivers Siddons, Novelist Whose Muse Was the New South, Dies at 83

Anne Rivers Siddons, whose popular novels, set largely in the South, took female characters on emotional journeys that touched on the region’s racial and social attitudes, died on Wednesday at her home in Charleston, S.C. She was 83. Her stepson David Siddons said the cause was lung cancer. Ms. Siddons …

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Fire and thread: Bayeux-inspired ‘Game of Thrones’ tapestry unveiled in France

BAYEUX, France (Reuters) – The French town of Bayeux has been home for nearly a millennium to a tapestry depicting a bloody battle for power. Now it has another. An exhibition featuring a tapestry illustrating the events of hit HBO TV show “Game of Thrones” opened in Bayeux, Normandy, on …

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein will host a fundraiser for Joe Biden in October

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (L) participates in a reenacted swearing-in with her husband Richard C. Blum and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol January 3, 2013 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her husband will be …

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Why moving like Carl Icahn to a low-tax state may backfire for you

Carl Icahn at the 6th annual CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha Conference on September 13, 2016. Heidi Gutman | CNBC  If you’re thinking of following Carl Icahn from high-tax New York to sunny Miami, you’ll need to do more than just change your driver’s license to make it official. The …

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