New Zealand carves out a luxury housing loophole to woo golden visa millionaires

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General view of the Auckland City skyline in 2023.
New Zealand is easing housing rules for wealthy foreign investors.

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I'm 90 and work at a convenience store. I make $14.90 an hour and money is tight, but I hope to retire.

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Vince Scidone, 90, works at a convenience store chain in Oklahoma.

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These are the 10 best banks for startups, according to founders and VCs

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Morgan Stanley's New York City headquarters.
Morgan Stanley's New York City headquarters.

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Russia's maker of T-series tanks is using hundreds of Western and foreign equipment pieces: Ukrainian intelligence

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Russian T-90M tanks travel through central Moscow during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade.
Russia's tanks, such as the T-90Ms pictured here, are manufactured by Uralvagonzavod, which Ukraine says uses 260 pieces of Western and foreign-made equipment to make the armored platforms.

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Europe's top central banker is the latest leading financial voice to issue a warning about Trump's battle with the Fed

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Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, speaks to the media following a meeting of the ECB governing board
Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, speaks to the media following a meeting of the ECB governing board

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America's richest generation got much richer in recent decades as everyone else fell behind

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Older women walking and talking on a golf course.
Americans over 75 have gotten richer in recent decades as younger generations have seen their household wealth fall or stagnate.

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There's a worrying glut of new homes languishing on the market

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Newly-built houses in Charlotte, North Carolina.
There were 121,000 new unsold homes in July 2025, according to recent data from the US Census and US Department of Housing and Urban Development

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It's now harder to qualify for SNAP benefits. That could be good for retail giants like Walmart.

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Walmart shoppers
Walmart could be among the companies that benefit from the Trump administration's cuts to SNAP benefits.

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The CDC is calling workers back to the office 5 weeks after the shooting at its Atlanta headquarters

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CDC headquarters in Atlanta
The CDC is asking Atlanta staff to return to the office by September 15.

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The 10 hardest-working states in the US — and the 10 states that work the least

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A new WalletHub report ranked every US state from most to least hardworking.

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