Young Chinese are looking for dupes and cheaper substitutes for everything from Hermès to travel

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Hermes bags and education books being copy and pasted over and over again.

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A dockworker strike is set to begin Tuesday. It could disrupt everything from medicine to holiday gifts.

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A longshoremen's strike on shipping docks along the East and Gulf Coasts is set to begin Tuesday, which could cause import and export delays across industries and prompt price hikes.

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Xi Jinping just fired his giant money cannon at the wrong target

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Xi Jinping holding a sparkler, preparing to launch a large cannon-fired Chinese Yuan Currency cash ball

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Sure, Wall Street. Go ahead. Ride the dragon.

When a millennial moved to Detroit from SF, he bought a home and opened a coffee shop. He said that would have been impossible on the West Coast.

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David Valdez, 35, moved to Detroit from San Francisco and opened Alba, a coffee shop.

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This House Democrat is backing Trump's 10% tariff plan — and he even has a bill to get it done

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Rep. Jared Golden
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine introduced a bill to enact a 10% tariff on all imported goods.

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The 10 happiest states in the US, ranked

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Hawaii was ranked the happiest state in the US.

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A retired boomer splits his time between Nebraska and Mexico. He says life is affordable in Puerto Vallarta and there's a lively LGBTQ+ community.

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Photo shows Bill MacKenzie and his husband Darin Templeton at their home in Puerto Vallarta.
Bill MacKenzie, 67, (left), lives between Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and Omaha, Nebraska with his husband Darin Templeton.

Photo courtesy of Bill MacKenzie

Universal basic income pros and cons —according to experts

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Universal basic income provides recurring cash payments, no strings attached.

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A millennial woman who made nearly $250k secretly working 2 jobs says it helped her enter a relationship for the 'right reasons' — not financial security

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A millennial woman said that secretly working two jobs helped her pay off her student debt, but that homeownership is still out of reach for her in California. The source of the story isn't pictured.

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More countries are openly flaunting their ties with Putin. They say it's just business.

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Mongolia's President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh shake hands. Mongolian men on horses nin background.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin met Mongolia's President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh recently. Mongolia did not arrest Putin even though the country is a ICC member.

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