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Pete Bowen landed in Thailand in 2009 with a suitcase and a guitar, looking for a spot to retire. He knew no one in the country. Nearly 12 years later, he says his life in a beach town on the western side of Thailand’s Phuket Island is “living in paradise.” …

Dear Quentin, I am married and have been in the same relationship for a number of years. We have both been single parents from prior relationships. Considering our age gap, he is much more successful in life as a sole proprietor. He is more than a decade older than me. …

A specter stalks Democrats on Capitol Hill: the possibility of a two-year, effectively 730-day presidency for Joe Biden should Republicans win the House in 2022 and gain the power to block major legislation afterwards. Republicans have only heightened that worry early in the 117th Congress by engaging in a series …

The numbers: The initial reading of consumer sentiment jumped to 83 in early March, according to an index produced by the University of Michigan. That is the highest level in a year. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal had forecast the index would rise to 78.9. What happened: The …

Flower shows and soccer matches are set to become among the first major outdoor events to return this summer, as the U.K. emerges from months of lockdown restrictions imposed to limit the spread of the coronavirus causing the disease COVID-19. The Royal Horticultural Society has announced that summer shows at …

The Big Number: U.S. households parked a record $ 2.67 trillion in the bank and in money-market funds during 2020, according to the financial accounts of the U.S., released on Thursday by the Federal Reserve. What happened: The COVID-19 pandemic hit the economy hard, but the pain wasn’t felt by …

A woman suffering from probable COVID-19 symptoms is transported to a hospital in Houston, Texas last August. Medics with the Houston Fire Department wear protective masks on all medical calls, whether patients have been tested for COVID-19 or not. John Moore/Getty Images Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, officially ended …

What happens when Robinhood traders walk out of the stock market? That’s not the start of a joke. It’s the premise of a new study looking at how young investors on the high-profile trading app with $ 0 commissions were generating market volatility and “noise” long before the GameStop stock-trading …

Another week, another case of something being falsely reported as “canceled.” So when Disney+ launched in 2019, the Walt Disney Co. DIS, +0.28% made headlines for putting disclaimers in front of some of its iconic family films that hadn’t aged well. These movies included “Dumbo,” “Peter Pan” and “The Aristocats,” …