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Families feel the pinch of higher children's shoe prices as kids head back to school
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NEW YORK (AP) — When Jonah Seidenberg found out about Nike Minds, a futuristic-looking sneaker that claims to improve concentration by stimulating the soles of the feet, he had to have them.
On a recent Saturday, the 12-year-old from the Chicago suburb of Northbrook and his mother searched StockX, an online sneaker marketp ... (full story)
A surprise credit after an overseas purchase: The tariff refunds now flowing through shippers
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NEW YORK (AP) — If you bought something from an overseas vendor last year, it might be time to check your bank account.
Shippers including FedEx and UPS that acted as customs brokers for imported packages and received tariff refunds from the U.S. government have started to pass on those refunds to the customers that origin ... (full story)
What's a Dividend?
Q. What's a dividend? -- D.S., Rochester, Minnesota
A. It's a portion of a company's earnings that's paid to shareholders. Imagine that each year Scruffy's Chicken Shack (ticker: BUKBUK) earns $6 per share and pays out $2 per share -- or $0.50 per quarter. So someone owning, say, 100 shares will receive $50 each quarter, totalin ... (full story)
Zuckerberg manifesto sketches out Meta's ambitions for world-changing AI technology
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Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out a vision Aug. 10 of what he said artificial intelligence can do for the world, imagining a future where everyone has their own, all-knowing AI agent that strives to improve all aspects of their lives.
Zuckerberg detailed his ambitions for the technology in a 6,500-word essay published ... (full story)
3 big questions to ask your aging parents
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One of the toughest things to go through as an adult is helping your parents as they get older. Life is finite, and both you and your parents might be reluctant to talk about what type of support they might need. But as difficult as these conversations can be, it’s important to make time for them. Eldercare attorney Harry Marg ... (full story)