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Majority of Gen Z, millennials are willing to post how much they make online

Even as salary transparency discussions have picked up in recent years, a majority of people are hesitant to discuss money with others even though they think it would improve their lives. Some 62% of Americans say they don’t talk about money, even though 66% believe more open conversations around it …

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More retirement plans to offer annuities amid retirement security crisis

Some of the nation’s money management giants are tackling the growing concern that more Americans may begin to outlive their retirement savings. Starting in the fall, Fidelity will let plan participants convert some of their retirement savings into an immediate income annuity to provide pension-like payments throughout retirement. Fidelity Investments is …

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Blue-collar job openings have ‘gone gangbusters’—workers aren’t finding them on LinkedIn

Darren Rambo, a 47-year-old industrial mechanic, says he had built a name for himself in the Illinois construction industry and as a result, never had trouble finding work. Then, at the end of 2019, he moved to Florida and had to “start from scratch.” So, he got on LinkedIn.   …

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Nuclear fusion will not be regulated the same way nuclear fission is

Physicist Stephen Wukitch stands next to the partially disassembled now defunct fusion reactor core at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science & Fusion Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 25, 2023. – The lab is working with partners to build a new fusion reactor testing core. Joseph Prezioso | …

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How to use the IRS tax withholdings web tool to avoid a 2023 tax bill

Sergey Mironov | Moment | Getty Images If you had a surprise tax bill this season or your refund was smaller than expected, it may be a good time to review your paycheck withholdings. The IRS collects taxes throughout the year, typically through paycheck withholdings for W-2 employees or quarterly …

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Alphabet merges A.I.-focused groups DeepMind and Google Research

Jeff Dean, head of artificial intelligence at Google LLC, speaks during a Google AI event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet is merging its internal Google research team with DeepMind, a moved designed to bring two groups …

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5 ways to trick yourself into saving money

If you’re like most people, you find that saving money is harder than spending it — especially when impulse purchases are just a mouse-click away. To help you save money, financial planners recommend following some sort of a budget, like one that follows the 50-30-20 rule. But first making and …

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BuzzFeed will lay off 15% of staff, shutter its news unit

BuzzFeed will lay off 15% of staff and shut down its news unit, BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti wrote in an email to staff Thursday. The layoffs will affect BuzzFeed’s business, content, administration and tech teams. The layoffs amount to about 180 people. The company’s staff totaled about 1,200 people as …

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Taylor Swift avoided FTX lawsuit by asking a simple question

When it comes to making business decisions, Taylor Swift does her due diligence all too well. In 2021, the pop superstar was approached by the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX about a $100 million sponsorship deal that would have involved selling tickets as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to her fans, according to …

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Space Force chief on ‘new era’ of threats beyond Earth

US Space Force General B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, testifies about the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget request during a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 14, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty …

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