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A real-estate giant wants sellers to list their homes privately. Will homeowners benefit?
Selling a home has been tough in a sluggish market, but now some real-estate agents want sellers to keep their for-sale ...
Oil prices sink as OPEC+ hikes output, U.S. stock futures dip ahead of Fed meeting
Oil prices sank Sunday while U.S. stock futures declined after the S&P 500 notched its longest winning streak in more than 20 ...
Investing legend Warren Buffett to step down as head of Berkshire Hathaway after 6 momentous decades
Warren Buffett shocked investors and a global audience Saturday, saying that he intends to step down as CEO of Berkshire ...
Elon Musk gets a win as SpaceX’s Texas launch site is approved as the new city of Starbase
The South Texas home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is now an official city with a galactic name: Starbase.
Trump says he doesn’t know if everyone in U.S. deserves the right to due process
President Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution, saying in a ...
Marvel’s malaise continues with lukewarm opening weekend for ‘Thunderbolts’
Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” opened with $76 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, ...
‘I try to think ahead’: My boyfriend earns more than me, but I refuse to marry him without a prenup. Is that wise?
He has a new house with probably $650,000 on the mortgage. I cannot afford that alone, nor would I want to. I don’t want to ...
‘We are the most privileged’: My husband and I are tired of paying for our friends. How do we get them to pay their way?
When we vacation with friends and go out, my husband almost always ends up paying for everyone or picks up the entire bill. I ...
‘I’m very cynical’: My stepmother, 85, makes bizarre requests for money from my father’s $10M trust. Should I be concerned?
My father left a life estate for my 85-year-old stepmother. The current market value is about $10 million. He used a crappy ...
Reliance Worldwide Says Actively Seeking to Mitigate US Tariffs Impact
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My ailing father’s house burned down in the California fires. Will our brother, who took care of them, lose his inheritance?
My parents set up a trust. Their house was supposed to go to one sibling, “Bob.” The cash in their checking account was to be ...
Westpac Positive on Asset Quality as 1H Profit Slips Slightly -- Update
Excluding one-off items, net profit slipped 1.4% to A$3.36 billion. Westpac is in the midst of a costly technology overhaul initiated by King. Operating expenses rose 5.6% on year to A$5.70 billion, ...