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This is the holiday gift for people who work in an open plan office
This product could bring you peace and quiet — and it’s on sale.
Is holiday overeating slowly killing us?
Obesity is an epidemic, the CDC says, but this research suggests holiday overeating and overdrinking is a contributing factor.
These 13 cities, states, and countries will pay you to move there
Topeka is the latest on the list of places including a Greek island, Vermont, Maine, Alaska, Chile and Candela, Italy that reward new residents with cash, free land and other perks.
‘Even wealthy Americans have no qualms about re-gifting’ — but when is it NOT cool to re-gift your unwanted swag?
‘Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.’
I discovered through 23andMe that my daughter is not mine — can I claim back child support from the biological father?
‘I was forced to marry, thinking the baby was mine.’
The No. 1 highest paid, most in-demand jobs in every U.S. state for 2019
There’s probably never been a better time since the Great Recession to start looking for a new job.
Every year, my sisters spend $2 on my ‘hostile’ Christmas gifts
‘I give them thoughtful presents,’ this woman writes, ‘but they give me hostile and trivial ones’
I discovered through Ancestry.com that my biological father is someone else — can I claim an inheritance as his heir?
‘The secret was never revealed to me either by him or by my mother.’
The ‘best job in America’ that pays $100,000 for job satisfaction and new college graduates
These figures are based on salary, job satisfaction and openings, and the amount of experience required.
Those ‘safe’ autopilot features are turning us into more distracted drivers, AAA warns
Drivers who regularly use driver assistance systems are almost twice as likely to drive distracted
Elsewhere on MarketWatch
Trump blasts impeachment effort in fiery letter to Pelosi
President Donald Trump ripped Democrats in a strongly worded letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday, a day ahead of an expected vote that could make him the third president in U.S. history to be impeached.
Fed’s Rosengren says he isn’t worried about a recession
Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren on Tuesday said he isn’t worried about a recession and backed a ‘patient’ stance on interest-rate policy.
House approves $1.4 trillion spending package that prevents U.S. government shutdown
The House of Representatives approved a $1.4 trillion spending package on Tuesday, sending the measure to the Senate just days ahead of another government shutdown.
Boeing’s decision to halt 737 Max production set to reduce first-quarter GDP growth
Boeing’s decision to temporarily halt 737 Max production will hit the economy hard in the first quarter, said Ellen Zentner, economist at Morgan Stanley.
The real bias in cable news isn’t what you think
Social-media amplification gives cable news greater influence than they deserve, says Paul Brandus.
Gun-toting, Wrangler-wearing, truck-driving red stater has a message for liberals, and it’s not what you might think
DumpsterFire45 says he’s just like the typical Trump supporter he sees every day around his town… except for one thing — he’s a fiscally conservative, socially liberal Democrat.
Trump administration says proposed rules could spark another 5,000 organ transplants a year
The U.S. government is overhauling parts of the nation’s transplant system to make sure organs from the dead no longer go to waste — and to make it easier for the living to donate.
The next ‘Big One’ will eventually rattle the market, but investors could miss out on a decade of gains preparing for it
Four times the market lost a decade and four times the market came roaring back.
How to unwind the ghosts of your investment mistakes
Follow this 5-step plan and take control of your future.
Here’s how Wall Street’s favorite stock picks turned out in 2019
Their small-cap selections fared best.
Want to invest in Saudi Aramco? There’s an ETF for that.
One of the easiest ways to get in on the Aramco action is to invest in the iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF, which is the only single-country exchange-traded fund for Saudi stocks.
