Insurance companies have discovered devious new ways to rip you off

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Insurance is supposed to make you feel secure from tragedies — but companies are eager to make dealing with them a nightmare.

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The auto industry overestimated EV demand this year. Now companies are scrambling.

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An EV charging cord turning into a plateauing trend line

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People are grieving the 'death' of their AI companions after a chatbot app abruptly shut down

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A digitized face is encased in the shape of a coffin, surrounded by red roses. The casket lid slowly closes, obscuring the hazy figure with it's brown wooden door emblazoned with a cross

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Mike Hepp was shocked when he learned that Sam had only one week left to live.

Nationwide Pet Insurance Review 2023

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Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant

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Peter Thiel became an FBI informant in the summer of 2021, Insider has learned.

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Peter Thiel has worn many hats over the years: Silicon Valley founder, Trump megadonor, cryptocurrency booster, democracy skeptic.

The marketing failure that's going to kill us all

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Amid the rising tide of the ocean's waves are floating ephemera of environmental marketing: A large orange billboard that says
Campaigns to help the environment aren't working. We need better messaging.

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Judge in Sam Bankman-Fried trial reams out lawyers for having witnesses 'hauled up here' from across the country without much to say

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Redneck Bank Review 2023

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Best Private Student Loans of October 2023

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Our experts answer readers' student loan questions and write unbiased product reviews (here's how we assess student loans). In some cases, we receive a commission from our partners; however, our opinions are our own.

Millennials and Gen Z are banking on an inheritance from their boomer parents. That's a big mistake.

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A dollar cake is being cut up by old and wealthy people.
Boomers are rolling in financial assets. But they are probably going to spend all their savings before they can pass anything down to their children.

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