Americans have a long tradition of packing up and moving to find better opportunities. Covered wagons streamed west in the early 1800s, packed with people willing to brave the hazards …
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The Group of Eight (G8) forum, a coalition of the eight leading industrialized countries, is now the Group of Eight-minus-One. Russia, the last nation to join the former G7 in …
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If you’re under 50, or if you’re over 50 and have little sense of history, you might be under the impression that the Democratic Party is the long-term champion of …
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If you don’t like the way Wall Street behaves — and, as an American, you have a lot of really good reasons not to like them — the very best …
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The United States’ central banking system will continue to “taper” its bond-buying program, and intends to end the program this fall, Janet Yellen told reporters today in her first press …
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See more Living in… posts by Bruce Haring. You’re off on the sealanes to the Canary Islands. Where is it? It’s just south of Spain. Hope and Crosby headed west to Morocco, …
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The United States of America — the plucky little democracy that survived a brutal civil war, and is today the world’s technology leader, with the fastest Internet speeds on Earth. …
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If you’re getting older and don’t use credit much, or if you’re just one of those pay-as-you-go types who believes in paying cash, you may want to consider freezing your …
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It wasn’t that long ago that the parents of young people who eloped would be disappointed they didn’t get to attend the wedding. These days they might still feign disappointment, …
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Another week — and another Bitcoin exchange announces it got robbed, and ceases operations. Flexcoin shut down after revealing that a hacker stole all 896 Bitcoins in its online vault. …