Living as a solo senior can have different implications than spending your days as a couple. You may still have many personal connections and relationships. However, the way you schedule your time, manage your finances and make decisions as a single senior is up to you. Whether you’ve always been on your own, went through…
Money / Live Richer Podcast Visual artists are finding their space to gain popularity on social media and turn their art into lucrative businesses. Viral TikTok and YouTube star Simji is doing just that with her creative business of tufted rugs. She fell in love with making rugs after scrolling through social media and seeing…
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People enjoy the sunshine on the pier at Granville Island in Vancouver on May 8.Jesse Winter / The Globe and Mail On a sunny spring weekend, the plaza in front of the market on Vancouver’s Granville Island is lively. A crowd has gathered around Quinn Beasley on his unicycle, watching him teeter precariously while he…
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WASHINGTON – Facing the worst inflation levels in decades, US consumers this year have seen record gas prices and can also expect to pay more for food at both the grocery store and while dining at restaurants, according to predictions from the US Department of Agriculture. The Food Price Outlook 2022, a Consumer Price Index…
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lawcain / Getty Images When you pull up to your favorite fast-food restaurant these days, it’s not uncommon to pay prices that are significantly higher than they were 20 years ago. For example, in 2002, you could purchase a Big Mac at McDonald’s for a mere $ 2.39. Food Stamps: Can You Use Your SNAP…
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blue / Getty Images / iStockphoto Money has never been a tighter, and people are looking for ways to earn more outside of their regular jobs. Money-making hobbies that can be started from home can improve your mental health, reduce stress, build valuable skills and, most importantly, pay you for something you already enjoy. See:…
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Romer collaborated with the Honduran government at first, but they parted ways following disagreements about how his idea was being implemented. (Romer didn’t respond to a request for comment.) Próspera, which broke ground in 2020, plans to implement ultra-low taxes, outsource services typically managed by the public sector, establish an “arbitration center” in place of…
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Other companies followed SportPesa’s lead. Hempstone Ngare, a former radio reporter hired in 2017 to manage social media for one of the company’s competitors, recalls a period of especially aggressive marketing: billboards placed across the country, “good-looking ladies” offering T-shirts in exchange for sign- ups, unsolicited text messages, and Ngare’s own posts on Facebook, Instagram,…
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London CNN Business – When people took to the streets in Egypt in 2011, protesters chanted about freedom and social justice – but also bread. The cost of pantry staples had jumped because of the skyrocketing price of goods like wheat, stoking fury with President Hosni Mubarak. Now, more than a decade after the Arab…
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To Karin Bright, the Athens County Food Pantry is a labor of love. “We truly believe we’re serving our neighbors. These are not clients to us, ”Bright said recently. “These are our neighbors that we know in our community and we want to serve them.” Bright has served on the food pantry’s board of directors…
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