Snap Inc. has never been an investor-friendly company — as long as those investors weren’t its founders, at least — and the parent company of the Snapchat app made that Read more
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A new type of service dog is helping people with dementia
An incident on his bike was the catalyst for John Wood getting a service dog. Diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s at 46, Wood, a longtime teacher, artist and avid biker, was Read more
Here’s how many people could face higher health-insurance premiums next year if Congress doesn’t make a deal
Congressional Democrats’ ambitions for a major climate and social spending bill may dwindle to a measure to reform drug prices and extend health-insurance subsidies past the end of this year. Read more
I told friends I was moving to France for a year. It’s now 4 years later, and I’m building a house in this village of 1,200 people.
After Lynne Garell’s husband died of cancer, she told friends she was moving to France for a year. She needed a new adventure, she told them. She arrived in south-central Read more
People are giving up family dogs they adopted long before the pandemic, mostly due to inflation and builders cut home prices and slow construction as buyers pull back, survey shows
Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. ‘Scary times’: Builders cut home prices and slow construction as buyers pull back, survey shows A proprietary survey by John Burns Real Estate Read more
‘They’ve owned these pets for years’: People are giving up family dogs they adopted long before the pandemic, mostly due to inflation, shelters say
Renters aren’t the only ones frantically searching for homes in New York City — pets are falling victim to the city’s housing wars, too. Animal Care Centers of NYC’s three Read more
‘Inflation is going to be stickier than most people imagine’: Inside the obscure market where traders have mostly been right about price increases.
Inflation trader Gang Hu of WinShore Capital Partners in New York is shown. Source: WinShore Capital Partners For the past 20 years, Gang Hu has traded Treasury inflation protected securities Read more
Tech support fraud is the biggest scam for people over 60—red flags to watch for
On a busy day last year, 61-year-old Neil (not his real name) got a call from a man who called himself “John” and said he was from Apple AAPL, +1.89% Read more
Fourth of July travel: 42 million people to hit the road, despite gas prices
Millions of Americans will be driving from sea to shining sea over the Fourth of July weekend, historically high gas prices be damned! That’s according to AAA’s Independence Day travel Read more
Who are the 50 people influencing markets most this year? Tell us what you think.
This is a year in financial markets that will be remembered. Stocks had their worst start to a year since the Great Depression and quickly entered a bear market. Bitcoin Read more