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P.F. Chang’s 34-year-old CEO on what he learned from billionaire John Paulson
Damola Adamolekun is far from your typical CEO. As head of the Asian fusion restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s, the 34-year-old Adamolekun is one of the youngest chief executives in the corporate world. He’s also one of a small number of Black CEOs in the country. The son of a neurologist and pharmacist, Adamolekun was born…
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Do smoky skies have you shopping for an air purifier? 5 things to know before you buy one
As a good portion of the U.S. battles with poor air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, many people are looking to purchase an air purifier. Google searches related to the subject, such as “where to buy air purifiers” and “air purifier pick up today,” spiked by more than 5,000% in recent days. And…
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More baby boomers are becoming homeless: ‘It takes just one crisis’ to push someone onto the streets
People aged 65 and older are the fastest-growing group of people who are homeless and their ranks will peak by 2030. This daunting forecast comes amid escalating rents nationally, stubborn inflation and a potential recession that compounds woes for baby boomers who have minimal savings for retirement. It also comes as traditional workplace pensions are…
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You’re probably brushing your teeth wrong, this dentist says — which has tongues wagging
A British dentist has gone viral for suggesting that wetting your toothbrush before applying toothpaste is a big no-no, which has got plenty of tongues wagging on social media. It also led Google searches about “tooth brushing” and “how to properly brush your teeth” to spike this week, which coincidentally happens to be the beginning…
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‘I worry about outliving my money’: I’m a 65-year-old widow in good health. Should I wait until 70 to collect my pension?
I am a 65-year-old widow in good health, and just started collecting my late husband’s Social Security benefit of $4,000 per month. When I turn 70, I will switch to my benefit since it appears it will be around $100 higher every month at that time. My current expenses are running high at about $10,000…
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What Google, Martha Stewart, Amazon and others have gotten so wrong about the remote-work debate
When most couples split up, sleep in separate bedrooms or spend time apart and then decide to get back together, they might go to couple’s counseling or air their grievances in a backstreet coffee shop as a last-ditch effort to repair a once fruitful and happy relationship. Successful conscious re-couplings typically have one thing in…
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A family earning $75,000 can afford 23% of homes for sale. Five years ago, they could afford 50% of listings.
[]American households earning the median wage are seeing the pool of homes they can afford shrink, according to a new report by the National Association of Realtors and Realtor.com, published on Wednesday. []A family earning an annual income of $75,000 per year or less — about 51% of households — can afford to buy a home…
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We are a diverse couple looking for the stars and good libraries in Florida. Where should we retire?
We are a multiethnic couple with cats who live in Miami but we would like to move farther north in Florida for at least part of the year, (sort of reverse snowbirds!). We have a few weird preferences in that my husband is an astronomer and therefore we would like to be near an observatory,…
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Should you try a concierge doctor? Here are the pros, the cons and the costs.
My primary care doctor recently left her practice and invited me to join her at her new gig — a concierge medicine group. There, for a membership fee, I’d have better and more personal access to her services: same-day appointments and long conversations! Concierge medicine — a model in which patients pay a membership fee…
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