Key House Republicans want to slash Medicare and Social Security so badly that they’re willing to risk a global financial crisis over it. Their weapon? The debt ceiling, an arbitrary, purely political limit on federal borrowing that bears no meaningful relationship to the ...

The consumer electronics industry is getting new life from an old product: laptops.Although the changes are evolutionary rather than revolutionary, they’re substantial enough to make the laptop sector more competitive with the desktop PC sector of the market. This is especially ...

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Recently I had a conversation with Sue, an acquaintance who started receiving her Social Security benefit at age 62. Sue’s now 63, and she told me that she thinks she might have made a mistake. The problem is that she has realized that starting Social Security early reduced the benefit ...

Most people are still new to investing in I-bonds, and so it’s not surprising that they have a lot of questions about the basics. As a new year begins, the situation is even more complicated by strategy. Should you buy now? Should you wait? Should you cash in I-bonds you ...

China’s central bank on Friday kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged as the Chinese economy recovered from the country’s COVID reopening quicker than expected. The People’s Bank of China kept the one-year loan prime rate at 3.65% and five-year LPR at 4.3%, both unchanged from ...

T-Mobile TMUS -0.52% US Inc. said hackers accessed data, including birth dates and billing addresses, for about 37 million of its customers, the second major security lapse at the wireless company in two years. ...

With talks of company layoffs and a possible recession, it’s prudent for older Americans who aren’t quite ready to retire to have a backup plan.  Retirement Tip of the Week: Look over your resume, go through your list of contacts, brush up on any skills you need for your ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday warned top U.S. lawmakers that the federal government is expected to hit its ceiling for borrowing next week and urged them to “act in a timely manner to increase or suspend the debt limit.” “I am writing to inform you that ...

U.S. securities regulators on Thursday charged Genesis Global Capital and crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co. with offering and selling of unregistered securities to retail investors, bypassing disclosures and other requirements aimed at protecting market participants. ...