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Why Grocery Prices Could Rise after a Summer of Extreme Weather

Why Grocery Prices Could Rise after a Summer of Extreme Weather

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Remember those scorching summer heat waves? Grocery shoppers may soon feel their impact at checkout. Record-setting heat and extreme weather battered farms across the United States this year, damaging critical crops, stressing livestock and squeezing financially stretched farmers. Blistering July…

Chip Recall Hits 5 States

Chip Recall Hits 5 States

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If you recently picked up a bag of J. HIGGS potato chips at Save A Lot, check the label before you take a bite. An Indiana food manufacturer has recalled certain bags of J. HIGGS Loaded Bacon and Cheddar Potato Chips sold in five states after discovering the product contains soy that wasn’t…

What the Great Iced Coffee Debate says about job hunting in 2026

What the Great Iced Coffee Debate says about job hunting in 2026

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To avoid getting iced out by hiring managers, you might want to leave your iced coffee at home. In a viral TikTok video, recruiter Caitlin Wehniainen discussed Gen Z candidates arriving at interviews with iced coffees and lattes. She thinks this comes across too casually, as though the interview is…

Your Will Doesn’t Control Your 401(k). This Form Does.

Your Will Doesn’t Control Your 401(k). This Form Does.

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I’ve been a CPA since 1981, and I spent more than a decade advising clients at major Wall Street firms. In all that time I’ve watched people spend months getting a will exactly right — the attorney, the witnesses, the signatures, the safe deposit box — and then never spend five minutes on the single