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Dairy milk got a bad reception at Sunday’s Academy Awards. Joaquin Phoenix took aim at dairy farming in his Oscars speech for Best Actor in a Leading Role for “Joker.” “We go into the natural world and we plunder it for its resources. We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a …

Gold futures on Monday headed modestly higher as investors fretted about the economic impact on China of the fast-moving outbreak of the coronavirus. The death toll for the novel strain of coronavirus climbed to more than 900 in mainland China, exceeding that of the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, …

Volkswagen AG said Saturday that it has postponed production at some of its plants in China as the deadly coronavirus continues to spread. Saic Volkswagen — a joint venture between the German car maker VOW, -0.15%  and SAIC Motor Corp. 600104, +0.71%  — has postponed the production at its factories …

Fifty years from now, Mitt Romney’s speech will ultimately emerge as the most important thing to come out of the impeachment of Donald Trump, according to Eliot A. Cohen, dean of the Johns Hopkins University SAIS and former State Department counselor under Condoleezza Rice. ‘From our grandchildren’s point of view, …

The most fortunate young Americans are ahead of where their older peers were when they were the same age. A sizable number have seen a savings bump in recent years. One quarter of millennials have $ 100,000 or more in savings, up from 16% two years ago, according to Bank …

James Carville’s famed Clinton-era catch phrase “It’s the economy, stupid,” was meant to serve as a constant reminder to the 1992 presidential campaign he managed to center its appeal to voters on the premise that widespread economic dissatisfaction would be remedied under the leadership of Bill Clinton. Twenty-eight years later, …

Dear Moneyist, My son told me that I’ve amounted to nothing and he doesn’t want anything to do with me. He has nothing to do with me or my side of the family. Do I have to leave my son anything when I die? Should I cut him out of …

Dear Moneyist, On May 30, 2018 my mother moved out all her belongings and informed my father that she was leaving him after 30 years of marriage, and that she would be seeking a divorce.  No papers had been filed at that point. The next day my father went to …

Getty Images Pete Buttigieg participates in the Democratic presidential primary debate at St. Anselm College on February 07, 2020 in Manchester, New Hampshire. MANCHESTER, N.H. — Americans won’t hear much about stock-market performance and the economy in the same breath if Pete Buttigieg becomes president. “When I’m president, we’re going …