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Dear Moneyist, This is my second marriage and my wife’s fourth. I came into the second marriage with a few assets whereas she has brought little. I am 14 years her senior and my position at work was eliminated a year ago. We have been married for eight months. She has told me some things…

Credit checks during the hiring process can exacerbate already tenuous financial situations. Credit screenings are a common part of the hiring process. Nearly one in three employers will perform one on a job candidate during the hiring process, according to a recent study from job search site CareerBuilder. From the employers’ point of view, it…

This holiday season, parents may want to throw a few extra toys in their carts. The U.S. government’s recently announced tariffs on Chinese goods spell trouble for the toy business — and shoppers. The industry might be prepared for this coming winter, because products are mostly finished and prices are set, but next year could…

Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday warned that Brexit talks had hit an impasse and called on European leaders to present new proposals as negotiations between the two sides turn increasingly acrimonious. Following a tense meeting with her EU counterparts earlier this week in Salzburg, where her post-Brexit plans were rejected as being…

On a mixed day for U.S. stocks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit another new closing record Friday. The Dow was up 0.3% on Friday and 2.3% for the week to close at 27,743.50 points. The S&P 500 Index SPX, -0.04%  was little changed Friday and up 3.4% for the week. The Nasdaq Composite Index…

Bitcoin and major digital currencies were trading higher Friday, putting most coins on track for back-to-back winning weeks. After trending lower for most of the week, bitcoin the world’s largest digital currency has jumped out of its recent short-term trading range, making a two-week high at $6,776.75. In Friday trading, a single bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.05%…

Watch: We test the new GoPro Hero7 Black Driving full speed into a turn at the Sonoma Raceway, GoPro VP Rick Loughery flipped his go kart and crashed spectacularly, grinding to an upside-down halt on the side of the track. His co-workers let out a chorus of “ooohs!” before one quietly said what they all…

A federal agency is suing Walmart for discriminating against pregnant employees. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said on Friday that it had filed a class action lawsuit alleging that Walmart violated the law when it refused to accommodate pregnant employees’ requests for a lighter work load. According to the EEOC, Alyssa Gilliam and…

5 stunning stats on Amazon The world’s most popular service for live-streaming video games may have just lost a big potential market. Twitch, which is owned by Amazon (AMZN), is no longer accessible to users inside China. It has also disappeared from Apple’s (AAPL) iOS App Store in China. A spokesman for Twitch confirmed Friday…

New Age Beverages The 11 pointers I recently gave to investors to carefully make money in marijuana stocks have generated a lot of interest. To read about the 11 pointers, please see “How to potentially become a marijuana millionaire, albeit carefully.” In addition to the bigger cannabis stocks such as Canopy Growth CGC, -5.00% Cronos…