You may want to rethink that second walk down the aisle if you are approaching retirement, and counting on income from Social Security. If you’re eligible to collect benefits on your ex-spouse’s record, you will no longer be eligible for those benefits if you remarry. That rule, plus others, is […]
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We took a road trip to visit Tesla’s first Supercharging station with a lounge
Tesla owners driving between San Francisco and Los Angeles can now take a break while recharging their cars. CNBC took a drive down to Kettleman City, California, to check out Tesla‘s first charging station with a lounge. The Kettleman City location has 40 high-speed chargers and the rest area is […]
These 10 countries have the best quality of life
For the third consecutive year, Canada is the No. 1 country to live in for the best quality of life, according to the U.S. News & World Report 2018 Best Countries list. In order to help people understand how nations are perceived on a global scale, over 21,000 respondents were […]
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is released from captivity, maintains innocence
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was released from detention on Saturday, family sources said, more than two months after he was taken into custody in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption. His release came hours after he told Reuters in an interview at Riyadh’s opulent Ritz-Carlton hotel that […]
Detained Saudi billionaire Alwaleed predicts his troubles will end soon
Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption, said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and released from custody within days, with his vast assets intact. Prince Alwaleed was speaking in an exclusive interview with Reuters at his […]
Wynn shares tumble 10% on reports of ‘decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct’ by CEO Steve Wynn
Wynn Resorts stock plunged more than 10 percent Friday after The Wall Street Journal reported allegations that billionaire CEO Steve Wynn engaged in sexual misconduct over many years. The Journal said dozen current and former employees “told of behavior that cumulatively would amount to a decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct.” […]
Japan wary of US push for fewer curbs on beef, auto shipments, sources say
Japan’s government has expressed reluctance to meet U.S. demands for fewer restrictions on shipments of beef and cars into the Asian nation during preparations for an economic dialogue between the two countries, sources said. Japanese government officials made their position known during meetings with U.S. counterparts in Tokyo on Jan. […]
Mattis: Diplomacy should impose reason on North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stressed diplomacy as the way to deal with the North Korean crisis on Friday during talks with his South Korean counterpart in Hawaii, a day after Seoul’s top diplomat said a military solution would be unacceptable. “Diplomacy should (impose) reason on Kim’s reckless rhetoric and […]
Google Home couldn’t tell users who Jesus Christ is — here’s why it matters
A recent Google Home blunder highlights one of the search giant’s next big challenges with its smart speaker device. Anger broke out on social media Thursday afternoon when people started creating videos that showed that Google’s smart speaker, Home, couldn’t answer the question “Who is Jesus?” but could provide responses […]
Big week for markets up next, with Fed meeting, earnings tsunami and Trump State of the Union
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s farewell meeting and a tsunami of earnings reports from tech’s heaviest hitters are some of the big events for markets in the week ahead. The stock market could continue its record-setting run as month end approaches, and the […]