Most of us know the basics when it comes to saving money while shopping. We look for sales of any kind. We take advantage of loyalty-program discounts. And we use a credit card that offers cash back or points good for travel, gift cards or merchandise.I’ve done all that for…
Yahoo, an early trailblazer of the Internet boom, is “very profitable,” and ready to return to public markets via an initial public offering. That’s according to Chief Executive Jim Lanzone, who made the comment in an interview with the Financial Times published Tuesday. Yahoo soared to prominence in the 1990s,…
Elon Musk is limiting the daily number of tweets users can read, he announced Saturday after thousands of users reported problems trying to access the social-media app. In a tweet Saturday afternoon, Musk said that verified accounts are limited to reading 6,000 posts a day. For unverified accounts, the number drops drastically…
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Competitive eating champ Joey Chestnut hasn’t only been putting away hot dogs for almost two decades — he’s also put a few million dollars under his belt, including more than $500,000 last year alone. In fact, Chestnut, 39, who’s favored to win the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney…
Dear MarketWatch, We are thinking of moving from New Jersey to somewhere in the south, such as Florida or North Carolina. I’m 45 years old, and I have kids who will be going to school for another 10 to 15 years. We also want to live in warmer weather. One…
Shopping online has just gotten safer. The INFORM Consumers Act, which went into effect last week, aims to limit the sales of stolen and counterfeit products on e-commerce platforms. The measure, which requires e-commerce sites to verify and disclose information about their high-volume third-party sellers, was passed into law following…
It may sound too good to be true, but it’s not. At least, not according to careers website Glassdoor. For those looking for remote jobs that pay six figures, there are numerous options. But there’s a catch: Many of these high-paying roles require advanced degrees, such as in computer science,…
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When investigators went into the vault where Robert Higgins claimed he kept half a million of his customers’ silver coins, all they say they found were empty boxes filled with IOUs. Investigators with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission say the empty vault was the result of a complex coin-leasing scam…