Dear Quentin, I was with my significant other for almost 7 years. While he was separated from his wife, they never divorced. It was due to financial reasons. Because of his difficult relationship with his wife I was made his health-care surrogate. Last September, he underwent cancer surgery, and realized …
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COMO, Italy — The death rate is on the rise. In the last 24 hours in Italy, there have been 25,735 new cases of COVID-19, with the rate of infection stable at 7%, as half of Italy’s regions are once again in strict lockdown as designated red zones, one year …
Read More »The Margin: SWAT team part of police response as Boulder, Colo., off-campus party devolves into violence and property damage
An off-campus party at the University of Colorado in Boulder lasted from the daytime hours well into Saturday evening, resulting in a police response reportedly including a municipal SWAT team, before a crowd estimated as high as 800 people was dispersed. Local media accounts noted that the crowd, believed to …
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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 …
Read More »The Moneyist: I got into debt helping my mother financially. I even bought her a home and car. Don’t I have a right to put my husband first?
Dear Moneyist, I was raised by a single mother who sacrificed and worked very hard to give me and my siblings everything we needed growing up. Throughout my life I have tried to take care of my mom as best as I can, I give her money twice a month. …
Read More »The Moneyist: My partner, 70, refuses to put his bank accounts into both our names. Do I have the right to be offended?
Dear Moneyist, I am 62 and my partner is 70. We have been together for 16 years, living together for 12 of those. We have always had separate bank accounts. ‘In 2008, we lost virtually everything in the Great Recession, and have rebuilt our assets into a reasonable position.’ We …
Read More »: This fund is betting millions on Kentucky whiskey and turning it into crypto assets. Here’s why
A California-based digital asset specialist purchased 2,500 barrels of new Kentucky whiskey by the end of 2020, betting that the barrels will increase in value by three to five times over the course of five years through the aging process. Wave Financial’s Kentucky Whiskey 2020 Digital Fund is both a …
Read More »NewsWatch: Here’s why the Georgia runoff elections for the U.S. Senate could turn into a ‘big deal’ for markets
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE The looming Georgia runoff elections next Tuesday could inject volatility in a high-flying stock market that has mostly looked past politics in favor of the brighter economic outlook next year. See full story. Yes, it’s possible to save too much for retirement You may miss out on …
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MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Tesla shares have exploded for a gain of nearly 700% this year, having gotten a recent boost from joining the S&P 500. But a blockbuster 2020 is merely another chapter in the stock’s volatile journey to eye-popping returns. See full story. My husband and I are planning …
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