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A wedding is an expensive proposition, and not just for the bride and groom. Between possible travel expenses, hotel stay, special-occasion attire and, of course, the wedding gift itself, guests often shell out hundreds, if not thousands, to attend — not to mention the shower and bachelor or bachelorette parties […]

If the first clay tablet incised with a stylus recorded grain deliveries, the second tablet undoubtedly spun the numbers to the reigning king’s advantage. Spin and its sibling, sensationalism, have always been with us, from Homer spinning barbaric Greeks as the good guys in The Iliad, to Suetonius giving the […]

President Donald Trump is not a fan of Amazon. Axios is reporting Trump wants to “go after” the e-commerce giant, according to five sources who’ve talked about Amazon with him. “He’s obsessed with Amazon,” a source told the media outlet. “Obsessed.” Trump has discussed altering the company’s tax treatment because […]

After decreasing for the first time this year, interest rates rose again last week – but that didn’t stop mortgage application volume from rising. Applications for mortgages jumped 4.8 percent last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted report. Volume remained unchanged from one […]

Facbeook unveiled a raft of measures Wednesday aimed at making it easier for users to see and access the data the social network holds on them and make changes where needed. The move comes after the explosive reports last week that a quiz app harvested 50 million Facebook profiles for […]

Playboy has decided to suspend all activity on Facebook in response to the data sharing scandal engulfing the social media giant. The adult publication said Wednesday that it would be exiting the social network and deactivating each of its accounts. “The recent news about Facebook’s alleged mismanagement of users’ data […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is finalizing details for a summit with President Donald Trump on April 18 to discuss strategy before a proposed meeting between North Korean and U.S. leaders, a ruling party official told Reuters on Wednesday. Abe will also likely ask Trump to exempt Japan from his […]

Asian stocks posted declines on Wednesday trade after U.S. stocks fell sharply on the back of declines in technology names. That cut short a rally seen in Europe and Asia’s Tuesday session linked to an apparent easing in trade-related tensions. The Nikkei 225 fell 1.7 percent in Tokyo, paring steeper […]

After more than a decade in the dust-bin, Lincoln is resurrecting the mid-sized Aviator sport utility vehicle in a totally new form and aiming it squarely at well-to-do millennials starting families. Ford’s luxury brand gave reporters a preview of the new Aviator in Manhattan on Monday, days before the New […]

Saudi Arabia and Japanese telecom giant-turned-tech investor SoftBank expanded their partnership on Tuesday, announcing the world’s biggest solar power generation project at a press conference in New York. The project was projected to cost $200 billion through 2030. That’s about how long it’s anticipated it will take to build out […]