I thought I needed to hit a magic number to retire comfortably. Getting laid off at 58 changed my thinking.

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The author was laid off at age 58.

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Davos attendees are getting scammed by 'fake VIP passes' for the USA House

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Scammers are selling fake VIP passes to the USA House.

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Veteran investor Jeremy Grantham says AI is 'obviously a bubble' — and it could tank the stock market when it bursts

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Legendary investor and co-founder of Grantham, Mayo & van Otterloo, Jeremy Grantham

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Trump is dominating the Davos agenda and casting a chill over the global elite

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PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump walks off Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on December 20, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump traveled to his Mar-a-Lago club after holding a rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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DeepMind and Anthropic CEOs: AI is already coming for junior roles at our companies

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Dario Amodei warned last year that AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs.

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BlackRock CEO says capitalism isn't spreading the wealth — and AI might not either

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Larry Fink, the CEO and chairman of Blackrock, and co-chair of the World Economic Forum

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Nearly half of gig workers sell or share accounts for driving and making deliveries — highlighting a big security risk

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Some gig workers are selling or renting their accounts to others, a new TransUnion survey found.

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7 charts show how the economy looked in Donald Trump's first year of his second presidency

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The economy has changed a lot in the first year of Trump's second term.

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Wall Street's latest gold rush has found its new target: your retirement

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Vinod Khosla is looking at this metric to gauge if we're in an AI bubble

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Vinod Khosla says stock prices aren't the way to evaluate AI bubbles.

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