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The top free apps that can help your New Year's resolutions stickWant to read more books, learn a new language, or get organized in 2017? There's an app for that.
How and why to stop wasting your time banking offlineHere鈥檚 why banking offline is costing you way too much time and what you should do to optimize your online banking experience.
Tesla delivered 76,230 cars in 2016, missing its goalTesla delivered fewer cars last year than聽the low end of its guidance to financial analysts, which was 80,000 units.
Are Trump tweets changing plans for US automakers' factories?The president-elect went after General Motors on Twitter hours before Ford, a frequent target of criticism by Trump, announced it would scrap its plans for a new plant in Mexico.聽
Dos and don'ts of refinancing credit card debtThere are many potential perils and considerations consumers need to navigate when they decide to consolidate their card debt. In this guide, we go over some of the most common ones.
Why are Chicago homeowners leaving money on the table?The city gave 155,000 middle- and low-income homeowners a one-time chance to significantly soften the blow of a property tax hike. But few聽have taken the opportunity. Why?- Stifling smog shows China's struggle to balance economic needs with public healthWith 24 cities on 'red alert' due to serious air pollution amid a surge in industrial production, China wrestles with the environmental challenges of a boom and bust economy.
Seven things to buy in January and where to buy themNow is the time to update your bed linens and towels. But if you're looking to get an Amazon Echo, you might be out of luck.
How to spend more mindfully in the new yearSome money experts say awareness tools such as mindfulness and meditation can help people avoid impulse purchases and create a spending plan聽that reflects their values.- Californians can now legally break into cars to rescue animalsA new California law went into effect on January 1 allowing residents to rescue animals from cars 'by any reasonable means.'
Less than one month left for 鈥極bamacare鈥� shoppersThe deadline to buy a plan under the Affordable Care Act聽mandate is January 31.聽If you don鈥檛 choose a plan by the deadline and pay the first payment when it鈥檚 due, you won鈥檛 be able to get coverage this year, with few exceptions.
Electric-car market share in 2020: estimates vary widelyOf the new cars sold globally in 2020, what percentage will be electric?聽It's a simple question, but at the moment there doesn't appear to be a clear answer.
First LookFrance enshrines workers' right to ignore bosses' emailsWith the turn of the new year, France has rolled out a law that gives workers the 'right to disconnect' from after-work digital correspondence. Can the protection help them to relax at home?
Next frontier in recycling: foodAs Americans generate unprecedented volumes of garbage, much of it food and yard scraps, large-scale composting is slowly gaining traction.
Credit card tips for January 2017When it comes to credit cards, NerdWallet has some tips on how can you make 2017 better than 2016.
2017 money resolutions: Small steps now for big gains later.If fixing your finances is among your resolutions for 2017, try these聽simple, do-it-now strategies聽that can accelerate your progress toward personal finance victories throughout the year.- Futuristic Chinese traffic-straddling bus abandoned, blocking trafficLast summer, a seemingly cool 'straddling bus' project in China made headlines.聽Well, after a whole lot of hoopla and promotion it's been scrapped.
The economy in 2017? The trend is up, but not for everyone.The new administration is taking over a growing economy, which is likely to continue to expand into next year.
Minimum wage set to rise in 19 states in 2017: Dulling of a partisan edge?More than 4 million workers across the United States will see their pay go up as minimum wage increases take hold. Has the idea of boosting low wages become less of a controversial idea?
Five things we learned about the stock market in 2016Markets, we thought we knew you. But now that we鈥檝e hit the seven-year (bull market) mark in our relationship, we鈥檝e noticed that you鈥檝e grown increasingly moody.
