Earlier this year, a government report found that the cost of Social Security would exceed its income in 2020 for the first time since 1982. The program’s reserve fund is projected to be depleted in 16 years, at which time recipients would get smaller payments than they are scheduled to receive, if Congress does not […]
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U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose this week but remained at historically low levels. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the rate on the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage increased to 3.56 percent from 3.49 percent last week. Average rates on the benchmark loan have remained below 3.6 percent for four straight weeks — the first time that’s happened
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Wednesday’s tentative $12 billion settlement by some state, local and tribal governments with Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin, and the company’s owners could shape efforts to reach a global settlement with other manufacturers, drug distributors and retailers in lawsuits consolidated before a federal judge in Cleveland. The lawsuits aim to find help for communities
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Matty Healy and The 1975 were previously nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2016 “Cup of tea? Cup of tea? Sugar?” Seconds after springing through the studio door, Matty Healy is asking the engineers, producers and assistants if they fancy a cuppa. He’s polite and fidgety in scruffy skate
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Image copyright Getty Images Sir Philip Green’s Topshop and Topman fashion chains suffered an almost £500m net loss last year, amid tumbling sales and a raft of one-off charges. Its latest accounts showed a loss of £498.5m loss for 2018, compared with a loss of £15.6m in 2017. The results also showed that sales fell
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Facebook is trying to coax “news deserts” into bloom with the second major expansion of a tool that exposes people to more local news and information. But the social network confesses that it still has a lot to learn. The social media giant said Thursday it is expanding its “Today In” service to 6,000 cities
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USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo said Thursday that when the time comes to start assembling the 2020 Tokyo Olympics roster, he won’t forget those who backed out of commitments to play in the World Cup this summer. Of the 35 players originally selected for the U.S. player pool, only four are in China for
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And then there’s immigration. Our colleague Zolan Kanno-Youngs had a story on Wednesday looking at the immigration plans — or lack thereof — of the Democratic hopefuls. The story began: One Democratic candidate would post asylum officers at the border to decide immigration cases on the spot. Others would create an entirely new court system
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Getting ahead is overrated as a goal. In fact, it might even be just plain stupid. The problem with getting ahead is that it’s a zero-sum game. There’s only one winner. And in this game, it’s possible that even the winners are losers. How many of us want to be remembered merely as the person
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Image copyright Getty Images Cancer survival in the UK is on the up, but is still lagging behind other high-income countries, analysis suggests. Five-year survival rates for rectal and colon cancer improved the most since 1995, and pancreatic cancer the least. Advances in treatment and surgery are thought to be behind the UK’s progress. But
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