I grew up poor and now make $150K in tech. Prioritizing myself allowed me to give back to my parents and family.

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Viviana Vazquez, middle, and her family.

Viviana Vazquez

Sorry, rich New Yorkers — there's no more legal black market for restaurant reservations

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Ardesia, a wine bar in NYC, photographed in 2022.
A new crackdown on third-party reservation vendors is an effort to democratize New York's restaurant scene.

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Cryptic clues at the scene of the UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder have people talking about a 2010 book scrutinizing the insurance industry. Here's what it says.

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Police are searching for the man who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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Brian Thompson didn't seem to have a bodyguard, and that surprises corporate security consultants

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Police inspect the scene where insurance executive Brian Thompson was killed in Manhattan in November 2024.

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Police found cryptic notes on the shell casings from UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing

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Police inspect the Brian Thompson murder scene
Police inspecting the scene of the insurance executive Brian Thompson's killing in Manhattan.

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The 10 most fun cities in the US, ranked

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San Francisco was ranked the seventh most fun city in the US.

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I bought a $3.25 million home as a single woman. Homeownership is an investment in my future.

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In 2022, NYC real estate agent Jessica Chestler purchased this $3.25 million condo in Williamsburg.

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I moved my family out of the US 8 years ago. In Switzerland, the difference in our quality of life is astounding.

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An aerial view of Zurich.
My family moved from Connecticut to Switzerland.

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A man who paid $200.57 for a night at a famous NYC hotel and then lived there rent-free for years is unfit to stand trial, court says

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Doctors say a man charged with fraud for freely living inside the New Yorker Hotel does not understand the charges against him.

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I toured Rolls Royce's new NYC 'Private Office' where wealthy buyers can customize their $500,000+ cars — see inside

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Rolls-Royce opened its first US Private Office in New York City where clients can turn their recent purchase into their dream car worth millions of dollars.

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