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Happy Wednesday MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories:
How to get up to 20% cash back from retailers like Home Depot, Macy’s and Amazon on Thursday
Everything you need to know about how to save big on Cash Back Day — and what to avoid.
Why buying and selling a house could soon be as simple as trading stocks
Artificial intelligence in housing won’t just eliminate Realtors. It could completely change the way we buy, sell and live.
Juul stopped selling fruit-flavored e-cigarettes — but another flavor is now proving as popular with teenagers
Research suggests fruity flavors are a prime driver in getting young people to try vaping.
Giving your time to help others, rather than your money, may help you live longer
New study reveals fresh insights into the benefits of giving.
My frugal 31-year-old daughter is living at home while she pays off her student loan — isn’t that the equivalent of a $2,500 monthly gift?
‘She disagreed, given that no cash is changing hands. Who is right?’
Speeding up podcasts saved these customers 2,849 years of listening since 2015 — why it won’t work for Netflix movies
Fasten your seat belt — it’s going to be a bumpy night. Imagine watching ‘Fast and Furious’ at 1.5X speed.
How I paid cash for health care instead of using my insurance plan — and saved money
Four years ago, Harry Sit paid a dermatologist $360 using insurance. This time, he paid cash for the same exam and it was $161.
Fewer homeowners are burdened by housing costs — but there’s a big catch
Owning a home doesn’t eat up as much of Americans’ income as it once did.
Airbnb bans ‘party houses’ after fatal shooting — other guests have dealt with racism, spy cameras and white nationalism
The company announced new efforts to address unauthorized parties after a shooting tragedy in California.
My stepdaughter blew through an inheritance and was mysteriously fired from her job — what should we do with our $1.6M estate?
‘How do we provide something to keep her out of homeless shelters without having it thrown away for drugs?’
Elsewhere on MarketWatch
Here’s what U.S. diplomat William Taylor told Trump impeachment investigators about a Ukraine quid pro quo
House impeachment investigators released testimony from the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, who said it was his “clear understanding” that aid was withheld from the country in exchange for a pledge to investigate President Donald Trump’s political opponents.
Do you double dip your chips? New report reveals surprising trans-Atlantic cultural differences
Almost a fifth of Brits think it’s OK to double dip chips at dinner parties, with 16% of people in the north-west of Britain likely to take a packet of snacks with them to a dinner party in case they get hungry later, the Waitrose & Partners seventh annual Food and Drink Report shows.
25 bathrooms? Former Clinton labor secretary says Bezos’s mansion helps make case for soaking the rich
Robert Reich served as labor secretary in the Clinton administration, where he was named by Time Magazine as one of the 10 most effective cabinet secretaries of the 20th century. He’s a Rhodes scholar, a best-selling author, a documentarian and a professor of public policy at UC Berkeley. What he’s not, apparently, is a fan of billionaires clinging to their riches.
Majority expect Trump to win re-election, poll finds
In a new poll released Wednesday, voters were asked to put aside how they plan to vote in 2020 and focus instead on whether they thought Donald Trump will be re-elected president. A combined 56% said Trump is heading for a second term.
Democrats shouldn’t read too much into their win in the Kentucky governor’s race, analysts say
While Democrats around the country are celebrating Andy Beshear’s narrow win Tuesday in the gubernatorial race in Kentucky, some analysts are playing down what his victory over Republican incumbent Matt Bevin could mean for the 2020 election.
U.S. productivity falls for the first time since 2015. Another victim of China trade war?
The productivity of American workers fell in the third quarter for the first time in almost four years, reflecting a cutback in production as the U.S. economy slowed toward the end of summer. Productivity declined 0.3%.
