Mary Canrobert Avast yes! I’m going to talk about a pirate. I’ve never written about one before. The subject hasn’t been one that charmed me … until now. My disinterest with those daring rogues of the sea has changed thanks to two Lincolnton authors, Ashley Oliphant and her mother Beth Yarbrough, who wrote “Jean Laffite …
My boss gave me my performance review and said that I was doing a good job but only gave me a 4% raise. With inflation twice that, how can I be doing a good job but still only get a raise that’s half the cost of living? I hear this all the time. Many employees …
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The stock market has gotten crushed in 2022. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index has plunged 28% year to date, even after the largely positive week of trading on July 20-24. This drop has brought shares of a few companies down to extremely appealing levels. Apple (AAPL 2.45%), Coupang (CPNG 3.61%)and Airbnb (ABNB 8.14%) have all …
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Fear is a powerful emotion. And when it gets involved with your finances, it can end up costing you. Instead of “trusting your gut,” set a long-term strategy and stick to it. Working with a professional can help. A mindfulness practice can also help you separate fear and anxiety from your money decisions. Loading Something …
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Three news items that say a lot about the retirement crisis facing Americans and what we can do about it—if we want to. The first is a survey of 1,000 working Americans conducted recently showing much, or little, they have saved for retirement. And the picture isn’t so much bleak as devastating. Less than half …
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Dear Amy: This year several people from my past have contacted me to ask for forgiveness. I am writing because I believe my decision will offer a different perspective to your readers. The first letter was from two dorm mates writing jointly to apologize for their rude, hurtful behaviour. I went to these two women …
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Mateusz Gamrot and Arman Tsarukyan put on the kind of fight Saturday at Apex in Las Vegas that is a primer for everything great about mixed martial arts. It was fast with wild scrambles, great striking, high-level wrestling and grappling and an intensity one rarely sees for 25 full minutes. Gamrot won an unanimous decision …
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Vanguard guns are completely overpowered in the current Warzone Season 4 meta, and fans want a return to Modern Warfare. When Warzone first launched in March 2020, it was a fresh and fun experience, full of new guns to try out and a meta to discover. For a while there, players just used whatever they …
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Sometimes, even as a tech reporter, you can be caught out by how quickly technology improves. Case in point: it was only today that I learned that my iPhone has been offering a feature I’ve long desired — the ability to identify plants and flowers from just a photo. It’s true that various third-party apps …
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A delay in track work between Tampere and Toijala caused havoc on Sunday, one of the busiest travel days of the year. Due to track work, train services between Tampere and Toijala were replaced by buses. A Jyväskylä-bound train at Pasila station on Sunday. Image: Tiina Forsberg / Yle Track work in south-central Finland that …
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