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Germany’s housing market is ripe for a serious price correction, economists warn

The German housing market has been remarkably strong in the last couple of decades, but it faces a serious price correction in the next couple of years, according to some analysts. Tim Graham / Contributor / Getty Images The German housing market has been remarkably strong for decades, but it …

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Carl Pei’s Nothing plans to launch smartphone in US to take on iPhone

The Nothing Phone (1). Nothing U.K.-based consumer tech company Nothing is setting its sights on the U.S., with ambitions of taking on Apple’s iPhone. The startup, the hardware venture of Carl Pei — co-founder of Chinese mobile phone maker OnePlus — is in early conversations with American carriers about launching …

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Wall Street analysts say buy stocks like CrowdStrike & Analog Devices

VMware at the NYSE, Dec. 14, 2021. Source: NYSE Investors’ attention has returned to the Federal Reserve after a hot November jobs report last week. That’s because even though the central bank has pushed interest rates higher, the economy continues to add jobs and wages keep rising. Friday’s report on …

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Companies need to increase salary transparency or workers will quit

Maskot | Digitalvision | Getty Images Salary transparency laws are spreading across the U.S., requiring companies to list salary ranges on job applications. While that’s good news for job seekers, it’s also raising the chances of upheaval as existing employees quickly find out what colleagues are being paid. Roughly 1 …

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Tax strategy that may offset losses – but investors need to act now

Investors may get a wake-up call this winter when it comes to taxes, but it doesn’t have to be that way. According to BNY Mellon’s Ben Slavin, it’s a key time to sell losing investments in order to cut down on capital gains. He warns waiting until January or February …

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Michigan couple teaches people how to start lucrative side hustles

In 2020, Jamie and Sarah McCauley filmed themselves ripping, repainting and restoring thrifted furniture. They resold the items, made more than $1,000 in profit and posted the results on YouTube. Within a week, the video received 20,000 views. The McCauleys, who live off a variety of concurrently running side hustles, …

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Manufacturing orders from China down 40% in demand collapse

Aerial view of containers sitting stacked at the Qinzhou Port on August 15, 2022 in Qinzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. China News Service | Getty Images U.S. logistic managers are bracing for delays in the delivery of goods from China in early January as a result of canceled …

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Alef Aeronautics, startup backed by Tesla investor: Flying car by 2025

The promise of a future filled with flying cars is nothing new. For decades, futurists have touted the dream of your car lifting off and soaring above a traffic jam. So the most interesting part of a recent prototype announcement from Santa Clara, California-based Alef Aeronautics may not be the …

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These 10 cars have the greatest potential lifespan

New cars are getting increasingly expensive. But they’re also more durable than before, which means drivers have a better chance of getting their money’s worth. As the average transaction price for new cars reached an estimated $45,872 in November — the highest on record, according to a joint forecast from J.D. …

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Men participate less in 401(k) plans than women unless auto-enrolled

Marko Geber | Digitalvision | Getty Images Some men may need a bigger push than women when it comes to participating in their workplace retirement-savings plan, new research suggests. In 401(k) plans with automatic enrollment — meaning employees must opt out if they don’t want to participate — 93% of …

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