The retirement expense you may be missing

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By CHRISTINE BENZ of Morningstar

People often underestimate some expenses when planning for retirement. In my conversations with older adults about their in-retirement finances, they’ve repeatedly mentioned the cost of dental care. The reasons are straightforward: Our teeth get worse as we age, and yet dental care isn’t covered by Medicare (except for […]

Nvidia and other AI chip stocks keep falling, while oil prices claw back some of their losses

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NEW YORK (AP) — More drops for AI chip stocks are dragging the U.S. market lower on Thursday, even as the majority of Wall Street rises following strong profit reports from AppLovin, Tapestry and other companies.

The S&P 500 fell 1.2% in early trading, coming off its best day in three months. The […]

Wendy’s rejects buyout bid from activist investor and adopts ‘poison pill’ plan

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By DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Business Writer

Wendy’s rejected a $1.4 billion buyout offer from an activist investor, saying Thursday that the bid was too low, and it adopted a “poison pill” plan that would make it more difficult to engineer a hostile takeover of the company.

Noted investor Nelson Peltz made an offer […]

Six dead in massive Brooklyn, New York, house fire

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Six people were killed when a massive fire tore through a Brooklyn home early Thursday, officials said.

A lithium ion battery was found at the scene, but it is not yet clear if it sparked the blaze that broke out on the top floor of the two-story house in Sunset Park at 1:39 […]

Unemployment claims drop to 189,000, the fewest since mid-July

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By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain scarce and most workers enjoy job security.

The Labor Department reported Thursday that 189,000 people sought jobless aid last week, the fewest since mid-July and down from 195,000 the week before. The four-week […]

AI is supercharging cybercrime. Are we prepared for what’s coming?

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In the past two weeks, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange was hacked, and the FBI warned that newly discovered flaws in the coding language behind 70% of the world’s websites left the agency vulnerable to attack.

As more of daily life goes digital, are we more vulnerable than ever to criminals seeking to […]

Home Chef is whipping up new meal kit recipes to keep millennials cooking

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Home Chef, a Chicago-based meal kit company that saw its subscription service fall off in the wake of the pandemic, is growing again with a plethora of front door-to-table options to keep its target millennial customers cooking.

In addition to classic meal kits that make everything from umami tortellini in truffle butter sauce […]