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To get in on the hot housing market, you may have to raise your credit score. Here's how

Your credit score determines your mortgage rate, and whether you can even get one at all.

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Women could add $260 billion to Southeast Asia's e-commerce market by 2030, says gender expert

Women entrepreneurs could add more than $260 billion to Southeast Asia's e-commerce market by 2030, according to a new report from the IFC.

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Savvy mom leveraged 529 savings plans to give her son a debt-free college education

Author and parent Patricia Roberts started saving in 529 plans for her son's college education when he was a baby. Now, he'll be graduating debt-free.

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Why income inequality is growing at the fastest rate among Asian Americans

The income gap within the Asian American community is growing at a faster rate than any other ethnic group. Here's why, and what's being done about it.

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Billionaire Ray Dalio says he owns bitcoin, and its ‘greatest risk is its success’

CNBC | Taylor Locke | May 24, 2021 Though billionaire investor Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, has previously expressed concern about the future of bitcoin, he has also noted that the cryptocurrency earned his respect. Now, he reveals, “I have some bitcoin,” Dalio told CoinDesk during its 2021 Consensus


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Cathie Wood’s space exploration ETF sells its last few shares of Virgin Galactic

Ark Invest's space exploration ETF sold its last remaining shares of Virgin Galactic on Tuesday.

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Keeping the expanded child tax credit would help 65.6 million American kids

Ninety percent of U.S. kids would benefit from the expanded tax child tax credit proposed in President Biden's American Families Plan, a study finds.

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Guy Fieri is on a mission to help save restaurants hit by pandemic

Food Network star and restaurateur Guy Fieri raised $21 million for restaurant workers. Now he's distributing $300,000 in grants to owners.

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Fighting inflation with a reverse mortgage. What retirees need to know

Retirees worried about rising costs may consider a reverse mortgage to take pressure off their investment portfolio and fight inflation.

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Lockheed Martin and GM partner to develop new moon buggy for NASA astronauts and cargo

Lockheed Martin and General Motors are partnering to develop a new lunar vehicle for NASA's upcoming astronaut missions to the moon.

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Older Americans are not delaying their retirement despite Covid-19, research shows

The pandemic caused an unprecedented spike in unemployment among older workers. Still, many don't plan to push their retirement dates further out.

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Yellen skips House small business hearing, defying legal requirement and angering both parties

Treasury Secretary Yellen is under fire from Democrats and Republicans alike for skipping an appearance before Congress required by law.

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Monthly child tax credit may arrive as states end $300 unemployment boost

The IRS will start sending payments of the child tax credit July 15, around the time when two dozen states are withdrawing from federal unemployment programs.

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New round of $1,400 stimulus checks brings total sent to about $391 billion

The government has deployed a new set of stimulus checks of up to $1,400 apiece. Most of those payments were prompted by recently processed tax returns.

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Earn less than $75,000? You may pay nothing in federal income taxes for 2021

A recent report shows that on average, taxpayers with income under $75,000 will have no 2021 tax liability after deductions and credits.

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