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More than $1 billion could be forfeited in health-care flexible spending accounts this year

More than $1 billion could be forfeited in health-care flexible spending accounts this year

At companies that offer a 2.5-month grace period to spend the previous year's unused funds, the deadline is March 15.

4 years ago
Joint vs. separate accounts: How couples choose to handle finances could impact their financial success

Joint vs. separate accounts: How couples choose to handle finances could impact their financial success

About 43% of couples who are married, in a civil partnership or living together only have joint accounts, according to a new survey.

4 years ago
Hold onto your wallets, gas prices are heading to an all-time record high. Here are a few ways to protect yourself

Hold onto your wallets, gas prices are heading to an all-time record high. Here are a few ways to protect yourself

With gas prices at a 14-year high, it's hard to imagine paying even more at the pump. And yet, prices are heading higher, experts say.

4 years ago
Lethbridge College heading into metaverse with online campus

Lethbridge College heading into metaverse with online campus

BridgeCityNews | Micah Quinn | March 3, 2022 Lethbridge College has partnered up with Liquid Avatar Technologies to give students 9,000 plots of land within its Aftermath Islands Metaverse. It has been named Lethbridge College Island. The metaverse is a virtual reality world where participants can interact and experience things as they would in the


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4 years ago
Legendary DeFi Builders, Andre Cronje and Anton Nell, are Exiting Crypto

Legendary DeFi Builders, Andre Cronje and Anton Nell, are Exiting Crypto

Crpyto Briefing | Chris Williams | March 6, 2022 Andre Cronje is bowing out from DeFi. Cronje’s close partner Anton Nell announced that the pair would be leaving the space in a tweet early Sunday. The DeFi space is losing two of its most talented developers.  Cronje was widely regarded as the “Godfather of DeFi”


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4 years ago
Hold onto your wallets, gas prices are heading to an all-time record high

Hold onto your wallets, gas prices are heading to an all-time record high

With gas prices at a 14-year high, it's hard to imagine paying even more at the pump. And yet, prices are heading higher, experts say.

4 years ago
Visa, Mastercard suspend business; Russian banks turn to China

Visa, Mastercard suspend business; Russian banks turn to China

Fortune | Bloomberg | March 6, 2022 Sberbank PJSC said it’s looking at the possibility of issuing cards using Russian payments system Mir and China’s UnionPay after Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. suspended operations following the invasion of Ukraine. The move could allow Russians to make some payments overseas, with UnionPay operating in 180 countries


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4 years ago
Remarrying? Here are financial considerations to keep in mind before saying ‘I do’

Remarrying? Here are financial considerations to keep in mind before saying ‘I do’

When it comes to remarriage, advisors recommend engaged couples look at their financial pasts, presents and futures before tying the knot again.

4 years ago
Deepak Chopra: Here’s how to land the right job during the ‘Great Reshuffle’

Deepak Chopra: Here’s how to land the right job during the ‘Great Reshuffle’

If you want to quit your job, first make sure that you don't go from one unhappy situation to another.

4 years ago
Cathie Wood says she still expects to see 'spectacular returns' over the next 5 years

Cathie Wood says she still expects to see 'spectacular returns' over the next 5 years

"Given our expectations for growth in these new technologies, I think we're going to see some spectacular returns," the Ark Invest CEO told CNBC's "Capital Connection."

4 years ago
Target date retirement funds work up to a point. Here’s when you may want to reconsider

Target date retirement funds work up to a point. Here’s when you may want to reconsider

When you start accumulating assets elsewhere or are approaching retirement, it may be worth examining whether you should part ways with your target date fund.

4 years ago
Top Wall Street analysts says these stocks are well positioned for long-term growth

Top Wall Street analysts says these stocks are well positioned for long-term growth

TipRanks analyst ranking service pinpoints Wall Street's best-performing stocks, like Apple and Airbnb.

4 years ago
Student loan delinquencies could return to pre-pandemic rate when payments resume. What borrowers can do now

Student loan delinquencies could return to pre-pandemic rate when payments resume. What borrowers can do now

"Serious delinquency rates for student debt could snap back from historic lows," wrote Lowell Ricketts of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

4 years ago
Already claimed Social Security? There are still ways you may be able to increase your retirement benefits

Already claimed Social Security? There are still ways you may be able to increase your retirement benefits

The age you claim Social Security largely determines the size of your monthly checks. But there are still ways you can boost that benefit payout.

4 years ago
Next to the last steel mill in town, a robotic farm grows backed by Pritzker billions

Next to the last steel mill in town, a robotic farm grows backed by Pritzker billions

Fifth Season, a vertical farming upstart in the heart of steel country is hoping that it can come to play a big role in a new era of urban-based agriculture.

4 years ago