'Tip creep' is pushing some customers to leave smaller tips, and driving others to avoid businesses that ask for them

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Tip requests have popped up at a wide array of businesses.

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They've been retired for 2 decades — and have learned to make the most of their golden years

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Bernita Clark, 82, makes costumes for her daughter's 12-foot-tall skeleton.

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Sitting at her sewing machine, Bernita Clark, 82, guides a piece of blue fabric as the needle bobs up and down. To her side sit scissors, measuring tape, thread, and a skull.

Steve Madden calls out the Trump administration on tariffs: 'They fundamentally don't know what they're doing'

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Steve Madden, the design head of his namesake brand, says the Trump Administration is wrong about tariffs.

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21 vintage photos show how desperate and desolate America looked during the Great Depression

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Thousands of unemployed people waited in lines for food during the Great Depression.

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A Tesla investor and fund manager explains why the volatility from Trump's tariffs hasn't changed his stock picks

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"I think it's too soon to tell if the tariffs will lead the world into a recession," investor Christopher Tsai said of President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs.

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I grew my investment portfolio to over $1 million in 10 years. Even during a recession, these 3 tactics worked for me.

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Financial educator Bola Sokunbi said it's really important, even if you're working full time, to have other sources of income.

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20 CEOs who make a typical worker's yearly pay in less than a day

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Accenture CEO Julie Sweet, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Disney CEO Bob Iger.

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I forgot a form on my tax returns. It was the beginning of a nightmare.

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A man being chased by a large sum of tax forms

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There are moments in life when your own stupidity dumbfounds you. The letter I got from the IRS — on my birthday, no less — was one of those moments.

A wine importer, pipe-maker, and fishing gear shop want to take down Trump's tariffs

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U.S. President Donald Trump holds a chart next to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick as Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C.
President Donald Trump announce his "Liberation Day" tariffs alongside Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on April 2.

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Married student-loan borrowers' monthly payments could surge next month under a new move by Trump's administration

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Trump's administration suggests married student-loan borrowers could see higher monthly payments.

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