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MarketWatch photo illustration/Getty Images|iStockphoto Elon Musk, who’s got your vote in November? “ ‘Let’s just see how the debates go… I think that’s going to be the thing that decides things for America.’ ” That’s his cagey answer when Kara Swisher posed the question in Monday’s episode of her “Sway” …
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President Donald Trump on Friday evening signaled he is close to issuing executive orders to make an end run around a stalled stimulus package with Congressional Democrats but stopped short of issuing them. Trump said the orders might be issued before next week. “They are being drawn by the lawyers …
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“ ‘I think definitely you’re looking at a very strong third quarter, a very strong fourth quarter and probably a great next year. So I guess I disagree that it’s going to take all the way through the end of 2021.’ ” That’s White House senior adviser Kevin Hassett taking …
Read More »The Moneyist: ‘My father has lived a life of crime and drugs. He threw away every opportunity we gave him.’ Now that he’s on disability, doesn’t he owe his kids something?
Dear Moneyist, For most of his life, my father has lived a life of crime and drugs. He threw away every opportunity we gave him, financial or otherwise. He was never really around besides the odd note written on yellow legal paper that I would get from time to time, …
Read More »The Moneyist: My son told me that I’ve amounted to nothing and he doesn’t want anything to do with me. Should I cut him out of my will?
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 …
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