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The social-media company Facebook said on Tuesday that it would restore Australian news on its platform, after striking a deal with the Canberra government on a new law that will force big technology companies to pay for news. Facebook last week had blocked Australian users from sharing and using news …

Dear Quentin, I’ve been flip-flopping back and forth between buying a new car or putting a down payment on my first home. With my parents being very money-minded and keeping a careful eye on my finances (still), I’m caught in a predicament. The original plan was to save up 20% …

Hulu has a handful of new additions on tap for March, including a time-loop shoot-em-up and Season 2 of one of its more popular animated offerings. “Boss Level” (March 5), an original movie directed by Joe Carnahan, is a tongue-in-cheek, action-packed spin on the “Groundhog Day”-like time-loop trope, with a …

There are advantages to being old. We seniors can leverage the widespread perception that we’re all poor, incapable of decision-making and inept at using technology. I have fun with this. We recently went car shopping. As we left the house, my wife turned and said, “You’re going dressed like that?” “What’s wrong …

Over the past few weeks the question of whether the Biden administration will achieve a campaign promise to reopen the majority of schools in its first 100 days — and what that goal even means — has occupied the airwaves and the minds of students, parents and teachers.  After the …

The post-recession tech boom in San Francisco appears to be reaching some form of an ending. Thank goodness. Amid much discussion about a potential tech exodus, recent data shows that, writ large, people are not moving away from Silicon Valley and the Bay Area. They are moving out of San …

How high is high, when it comes to dividend yields? For investors who need income, standards have changed. Long gone are the days when you could enjoy a 5% yield on a tax-exempt bond with a high credit rating. All is not lost. Investors holding stocks can make use of …

Much has been made about the hefty sum that Tesla Inc. has invested in bitcoin, a speculative asset that has only been around since 2009. Read: Why did Tesla buy bitcoin? However, early estimates from prominent technology analyst Dan Ives sees the investment by the electric-vehicle maker, headed by outspoken …

Annuities are neither good nor bad. But you wouldn’t know that given how most people, including financial planners, react when the product is discussed as a potential part of a retirement plan. Such products, critics say, are nothing but a way for salespersons, some of whom have engaged in unethical …