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Flying with Thanksgiving food? TSA dishes rules for traveling with foodstuffs
As millions of Americans box up their leftovers after the Memorial Day holiday, they may be wondering what they should do with all that food. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently put out guidelines on what items — specifically foodstuffs — can and cannot be brought through its checkpoints. “ “If you can spill it,…
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Wall Street tech darling Nvidia unveils more AI products — including a new supercomputer
Wall Street clearly hasn’t seen anything yet. Nvidia Corp., the chip manufacturer that investors can’t seem to get enough of, announced a flurry of dazzling AI-related products over the weekend, including a new supercomputer, alongside plans to make online gaming figures come alive. “We’re now at the tipping point of a new computing era with…
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Nvidia and Best Buy suggested a pandemic-era tech bottleneck is ending. Now we see for sure
Best Buy Co. BBY, +4.28% Chief Executive Corie Barry said last week she expected the downtrend in tech-product demand to bottom out soon, with a rebound in the second half of the year. Executives for chip maker Nvidia Corp. NVDA, +2.54% said their logjam of products that could not find buyers after a pandemic surge…
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Vitamins can make your brain 3 years younger, study says
If you’re getting more forgetful as you age — and who among us isn’t? — there are two things you can do about it this Memorial Day weekend. Take a multivitamin. And go for a 30-minute walk. Then keep both of those practices up. So reports a peer-reviewed scientific study out last week, which found…
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Zooey Deschanel on her new show — and the $15 grocery-store price tag she couldn’t stomach
Zooey Deschanel wants to make sure you’re not mentally checked out the next time you fill up a shopping cart, whether in a store or online. “The New Girl” star’s latest gig is an unscripted series that just dropped on the Warner Bros.–owned WBD, +3.16% streaming service formerly known as HBO Max (now Max) called…
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Is a Disney cruise cheaper than a trip to Disney World? Sometimes, it is. Here’s a breakdown.
A Disney Cruise certainly isn’t cheap, especially compared with other cruise operators. But what about compared with other types of Disney vacations? For many travelers, a Disney DIS, +0.17% cruise actually comes out cheaper than a trip to Walt Disney World. To better understand Disney Cruise Line versus Disney World costs, NerdWallet analyzed prices for…
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Generation Z’s favorite investment may be a cause for concern. Here’s why.
[]Generation Z is getting smarter about their money, with some starting to invest even before they turn 18, according to a new report. []The survey by FINRA Investor Education Foundation and the CFA Institute, which defines Generation Z as those aged between 18 to 25, concluded that 6 in 10 owned at least some investments.…
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One of the most expensive real-estate markets in America just got pricier
The Big Apple is living up to its name as one of the most expensive places to live, with rents at record heights. As government officials and companies try to bring more workers back into the city, a new report by real-estate company Douglas Elliman and appraiser Miller Samuel found that rents were up in…
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The riskier side of buy now, pay later services: ‘It is kind of a recipe for disaster if not managed carefully’
Although they are marketed as having no fees and no interest, some buy now, pay later products do include such charges — but it can be hard for consumers to know what they are getting into. That’s according to new research by Consumer Reports, which looked at major companies’ lending, privacy and consumer-protection policies. The…
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I took over my mom’s finances and now I’m worried I’m screwing things up
Since I took over my mother’s finances as her power of attorney a few months ago, I’ve been doing something she might not approve of, and it’s weighing on me. We had a big talk about managing her finances during a recent visit, but even though we put a lot of cards on the table,…