My partner had a goal: He wanted to be a homeowner by 30. A natural at saving, he built up a down payment throughout his mid-20s. I, on the other hand, always struggled to save. That put us in very different financial positions when it came time to buy a house. We were committed to […]
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Image copyright Crown Prosecution Service Image caption Vincent Dyer tried to pass off a portrait of Francis Bacon as genuine A fraudster tried to sell a fake version of a Lucian Freud work “worth millions” on eBay for just £3,000. Vincent Dyer attempted to sell a counterfeit portrait of artist Francis Bacon. The Crown Prosecution
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Russia’s leading internet company says it’s committed to data privacy as it responds to reports that the national intelligence agency is pressuring it into handing over encryption keys. Yandex, which runs Russia‘s most popular search engine and email service, among other things, on Tuesday did not refute or deny the reports of pressure from Russian
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There’s a bit of choreography on clay whenever a player disagrees with a line call at the French Open. The ball lands. The aggrieved player winces and squints at the spot, then scrapes the clay with a racket to underline the mark. The player stands in place, hands on hips, waiting. The chair umpire clambers
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LONDON — When Queen Elizabeth II welcomed the president on Monday for his first state visit to Britain, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner watched from a Buckingham Palace balcony. Later, at a state banquet, Eric Trump posed for photographs. During dinner, Donald Trump Jr. tucked into a menu including lamb and halibut as Tiffany Trump
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CHICAGO — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell said on Tuesday that the central bank is prepared to act to sustain the economic expansion should fallout from President Trump’s trade actions on China and Mexico threaten the United States economy. “We do not know how or when these issues will be resolved,” Mr. Powell said
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The dominance of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon will be investigated The US government is to take a fresh look at how the four tech giants Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon wield their power. It comes in the wake of criticism about privacy breaches, disinformation and anti-competitive practices. It
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The Latest on the sunken tour boat in Hungary’s capital (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Hungarian rescuers say the death toll from the Danube River tour boat that collided with a large cruise ship grew to 10 after they recovered another body. Divers discovered the body brought to the surface Tuesday in the sunken boat,
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A new Manhattan pop-experience, “Ocean Cube,” takes visitors underwater in a technical simulation filled with bioluminescent sea creatures. The exhibition, on view this week through Aug. 18 at 60 Grand Street on the Lower East Side, features five different deep-sea rooms, leading from a coral tunnel flowing with hundreds of fiber strands to a sea
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The Latest on the French Open (all times local): ——— 3:20 p.m. Johanna Konta has reached the French Open semifinals for the first time after beating last year’s runner-up Sloane Stephens 6-1, 6-4. It was the 26th-seeded Briton’s third win in three meetings against the 2017 U.S. Open champion, all of them this year. Konta
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