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A “Now Hiring” sign at a Cookout fast-food restaurant in Durham, North Carolina, Nov. 25, 2025. Al Drago | Getty Images The U.S. labor market likely showed modest improvement in December, providing some encouragement for the year ahead but nothing to get too excited about. Nonfarm payrolls likely rose by 73,000 last month while the…
Damircudic | E+ | Getty Images As more older Americans near retirement, many are eager to boost 401(k) savings to combat the rising cost of health care and other day-to-day expenses. And for 2026, there are key 401(k) changes that investors need to know, financial experts say. This year, “small 401(k) details matter more than…
U.S. President Donald Trump (right) and C.C. Wei, chief executive officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (left), shake hands during an announcement of an additional $100 billion into TSMC’s U.S. manufacturing at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., on March 3, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Buoyed by yet another blockbuster earnings…
Imagine this: Your friends get together to sit on the couch with their laptops glowing, sipping their favourite drink, and a candle lighting in the background for ambiance. No loud music, no bars to hop – just friends tackling life’s boring paperwork – like paying bills, booking doctor’s appointments, cancelling subscriptions, etc – together. Welcome…
President Trump stopped Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba, and experts say disaster looms. Oil fuels its electric grid and without alternative supplies the country will plunge into extended darkness. Source link
Anita Nkonge,BBC Africaand Lucy Fleming Getty Images Bobi Wine, President Museveni’s main rival, has questioned the credibility of the results Police in Uganda have denied allegations that presidential candidate Bobi Wine was abducted on Friday evening as vote counting continues in the East African nation amid an internet blackout. Wine’s party said a helicopter landed…
Germany has officially scrapped its fast-track citizenship program, a move that has stirred debate across Europe and gone viral on social media. Introduced in 2024 to attract highly skilled professionals, the program allowed qualified foreign nationals to apply for citizenship after just three years of residency—instead of the usual five. But after drawing fewer than…
Giancarlo RinaldiSouth Scotland reporter Queen of the South Dan Armstrong signed for Queen of the South as a teenager Dan Armstrong joined Queen of the South as a 16-year-old goalkeeper with dreams of a playing career. Twelve years later, he is the chief executive of the Scottish League 1 side – one of the youngest…
The biggest U.S. banks show no sign of capitulating to President Donald Trump’s mandate to slash credit card interest rates, setting up a confrontation just as the president is expected to take the world stage next week at Davos. Executives at JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup warned this week that rather than offering cards at a…