Seniors report spending $22 billion from savings to cover health-care costs

Many seniors can't afford to pay for their prescription drugs or visits to doctors.

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After China turned it into a cheap snack, caviar is at risk of losing its status as a luxury good

American farms can't produce caviar cheaply enough to compete with China, and a deluge of cheap imported fish eggs are threatening its status as a luxury good.

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Taxpayer spending on U.S. disaster fund explodes amid climate change, population trends

Taxpayer spending on the federal disaster relief fund is almost 10 times higher than it was three decades ago, even after adjusting for inflation.

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What ‘Junk’ tells us about America’s relationship with debt

The junk bond masters taught Americans to embrace the inevitability of debt. Like the locusts that devour companies, American consumers often take on loads of debt to the detriment of their financial health.

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Saving for retirement is hard. Knowing how to spend it down is harder.

A million bucks sounds like a lot, but is it really?

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What eight presidents who weren’t elected can teach us about leadership

The founder and CEO of a unit of Google parent Alphabet has written a book about the eight men who became president after a predecessor died -- and the lessons it has about succession and the vice presidency.

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