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  • Blank checks run through a printer at the U.S. Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia in 2011. 
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    An estimated 67 million Americans receiving the benefits will see a 2.8 percent cost-of-living boost to their checks.

  • What's with the 9/10?
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    …and everything else you've ever wondered about gas stations.

  • “In my mind, it's always, this could end tomorrow. So don't ever sleep,” Questlove says.
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    “I’m amazed that no one’s kicked me out of the pool yet.”

  • The low-fee wars have no end in sight
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    Management fees race to the bottom as investors embrace passive index funds.

  • Here’s how the Federal Reserve determines the inflation rate
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    The Consumer Price Index tracks the average price change over time for a “basket”  of goods and services. The CPI takes into account things like food, transportation and health care. If the CPI goes up, that’s considered an indication that the inflation rate is rising. But when the Federal Reserve calculates the inflation rate, it […]

  • A pollster loads paper into a primary registration machine at the Travis County Courthouse in 2008 in Austin, Texas.
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    This campaign season, millions of dollars are being spent to convince young voters to register and vote in the midterm elections.

  • Some sensitive industries — everything from technology to defense firms — will face tougher federal scrutiny under new regulations formalized Wednesday. The Committee of Foreign Investment in the U.S., or CFIUS, announced its pilot program will take effect in 30 days. The announcement has some innovation, defense and tech companies scrambling to comply so they […]

  • Customers shop at Chicago's last remaining Sears store on May 3, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.
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    The company is more than $5.6 billion in debt.

  • Why rock is still king on the concert circuit
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    Hip-hop/R&B is America's most popular genre, according to Nielsen, but rock concerts still rake in revenue.

  • An employee counts 100-yuan notes at a bank in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province on July 23, 2018.
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    One U.S. dollar today is worth about 9.92 Chinese yuan. That’s down nearly 10 percent from where it was last spring. That drop has the attention of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who said Wednesday he wants to make sure China is not doing “competitive devaluations.” That’s when a country seeks an advantage by making its […]

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