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Small Fixes Can Pay Off When You Sell Home
You want to sell your home, but the kids have scuffed up the floors and chipped the paint. The kitchen could use a face-lift and the lawn has seen better days. Every seller has to decide whether to sink money into their house before listing it, and how much. Lately, the stakes have grown as the cost of construction and materials has skyrocketed. Borrowing to pay for those repairs has gotten more expensive, too.
Firebrand Carried Torch For Far Right
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the French firebrand who rekindled far-right politics in the heart of Europe, has died at the age of 96.
Bank Wants Workers In Office All Five Days
Senior executives at JPMorgan Chase are discussing a plan to require all of the bank's roughly 300,000 employees to return to the office five days a week, people familiar with the matter said.
Getty and Shutterstock Set Agreement to Merge
Getty Images Holdings and stock-photo rival Shutterstock are merging to form a company valued at about $3.7 billion to meet booming demand for licensed images and videos, as artificial intelligence disrupts the business of content creation.
GFL Environmental to Sell Services Business In $5.6 Billion Deal
GFL Environmental Inc. reached an agreement to sell its environmental services business in a deal valued at $5.6 billion Canadian dollars, equivalent to $4.2 billion U.S. dollars.
Left and Right Alike Are Blind to Trade-Offs
Economics is stingy about offering up free lunches. Yet politicians on both left and right love to try to serve them.
Judge Bars Release of Report on Trump
A separate bid to delay his coming criminal sentencing in New York is denied
Debt-Ceiling Battle This Time Around Offers New Twists
Here we go again. The U.S. government is hitting the debt limit, triggering a familiar cycle of brinkmanship, bipartisan negotiation and possible crisis. This round, however, has a few twists.
After Tragedy, New Orleans Grapples With Tourists' Fears
City follows path of others that have kept visitors coming: A mix of new messaging, more security
The NFL's Hottest New Offense Is the Oldest Trick in the Book
Heading into the playoffs, old-school smash-mouth football saw a dramatic resurgence this season-taking advantage of shifts that emphasize defending against the passing game
If You Want to Buy a House, First Figure Out Hidden Costs
Besides the mortgage, count on having money for taxes, insurance, maintenance and more
AI Bots Get Autonomy For Some Work Tasks
Artificial-intelligence agents have emerged as one of the most exciting aspects of generative AI for business because they take chatbots to the next level, performing complex tasks without help from humans.
Healthcare Stocks Offer Opportunities
The entire space has been struggling, from pharmaceutical companies to hospitals
Baldwin Lee's Empathetic Eye
A museum highlights the photographer's detailed, compassionate pictures of hardscrabble lives
CONFRONTING THE CHALLENGES FACING THE U.S.RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Many still lack access to a workplace retirement plan.
MEDICARE PART B PREMIUMS TO RISE 6% IN 2025
But out-of-pocket costs for Part D prescription drugs will be capped at $2,000.
CALENDAR FEBRUARY 2025
Today is Valentine's Day.
ESTATE PLANNING - Protect Your Wishes and Your Legacy
NO one likes to imagine getting seriously ill, injured or worse, but these occurrences are a reality of life.
Surviving Deadliest Plane Crashes Takes Luck
When Jeju Air Flight 2216 crash-landed at a South Korean airport, skidded into an embankment beyond the runway and burst into flames, it seemed impossible that any of its 181 occupants could have survived. Miraculously, two did but how?
Netanyahu's Gift to Joe Biden
The greatest gift from Benjamin Netanyahu to Joe Biden was making the departing American president's Middle East legacy seem much better than it is. And he did it by ignoring Mr. Biden's advice.
Storm Keeps Grip On Nation
A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies in its frigid grip.
CASH IN ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE - BUILDING BOOM
Consider these stocks and funds to make the most of the U.S industrial renaissance.
Ulta Names Steelman CEO, Seeks to Counter Slowdown
Ulta Beauty said Kecia Steelman will succeed David Kimbell as chief executive, as the company aims to reaccelerate its sales amid a global slowdown in the beauty market.
I'm Still Not Sure Anyone Can Beat Kansas City
I'm going to get to the NFL in a moment, but as I write this column Sunday night, my delighted children are skipping around the house, as their schools have declared a snow day. Keep in mind: Not a flake of snow has fallen from the sky, there's merely a forecast of incoming snow, and yet school officials are increasingly conscientious about weather safety, and also eager to suck up to the all-powerful sled industry.
Siemens Says Data Centers Need New Energy Source
Executive cautions that green options can't meet AI's power demands
Steelmakers Sue Over U.S. Rejection of Deal
U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel filed a pair of lawsuits Monday accusing President Biden, the president of the steelworkers union and the chief executive of a rival company of conspiring to scuttle their $14.1 billion tie-up.
Oxford Revisited
It is impossible not to be impressed by Christ Church, the grandest of all of the Oxford colleges. There is its signature bell tower (“Tom Tower,” as it is called), designed by Christopher Wren in the 17th century.
FREE (OR CHEAP) COLLEGE COURSES FOR RETIREES
Across the country, retirees can take advantage of free (or close to it) college courses for older residents at various public and private institutions.
WATCH OUT FOR NUDGES THAT STEER YOU TO TRADE TOO MUCH
ANYONE who has shopped for groceries with a toddler knows to be on high alert for the impulse items the store has thoughtfully placed at a child's eye height.
CHECK YOUR COLLEGE'S FINANCIAL HEALTH
Declining enrollment has forced a growing number of small colleges to shut down.