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Costco Got $184 Million in Tariff Refunds. Here’s What Got Cheaper
Recently, I asked a simple question: Costco shoppers paid billions in tariffs, so who gets the refund? Now we have the first real answer. On its Sept. 24 earnings call, Costco said it collected $184 million in tariff refunds during its fiscal fourth quarter: $174 million in refunds plus $10 million…
I go to a tuition-free college where every student works part-time. I’m very busy, but I’ll graduate nearly debt-free.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Grace Mullins, a rising senior and sociology major from Indiana at Berea College, a private liberal arts work college in Kentucky. This story has been edited for length and clarity. I wouldn’t have been able to afford college without taking out…
Yes, you are waiting longer for Uber rides, a new study says
You might be waiting longer for your Uber ride to arrive — and paying more for it. The time between when Uber matched a driver with a rider and when the car arrived grew 19% between the first quarter of 2023 and the same period this year, according to a new analysis by Len Sherman,
We raised our family in a 7,500-square-foot home. Then, we retired early and sold almost everything to travel the world.
For more than 15 years, our 7,500-square-foot home in Arizona was the center of our family’s life. It’s where we raised four daughters, celebrated birthdays, hosted big family Thanksgivings, and somehow managed to fill every room with memories. My husband and I had good careers, a family we adored…
Millions of student-loan accounts are being transferred to the Treasury — and the first phase is launching
The Trump administration is moving forward with its transfer of federal student-loan accounts to the Treasury Department. The Treasury and Education Departments announced on Wednesday, first reported by Business Insider, that they are launching the “Defaulted Loans Support Center.” The new online…
FIRE Makes Taking On New Debt A Non-Starter
I recently shared that I’m 49 and out of cash because a venture capital fund called capital much faster than I expected. I assumed a conservative 30% of my commitment would be called in year one. Instead, 46% was called in just six months. On a $1 million commitment, that’s $460,000 out the door…
7 Urgent Money Moves to Protect Your Retirement From Economic Shocks
Global conflicts are driving up energy costs and sending inflation surging once again. The economic climate in 2026 is uniquely volatile, and the rules that worked for building wealth in your earlier years are not the same rules that protect it now. Tariffs are shaking international markets…
A flight between Dubai and Tel Aviv dropped 17,000 feet, then sent a hijack warning. Here’s what we know.
A flight to Tel Aviv was forced to divert on Wednesday morning after suddenly dropping more than 15,000 feet. FlyDubai Flight 1073 took off from Dubai just after 7 a.m. local time and was scheduled to land at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport about three hours later. Around two hours into the flight, the…
Personal agents are AI companies’ best shot at keeping you faithful
Allow OpenAI to reintroduce itself. After watching an upstart (Instinct) and tech giant’s (Meta) AI agents grab the spotlight, OpenAI has responded. Dots, OpenAI’s “always on” AI agent, got the big reveal at the startup’s annual DevDay conference in San Francisco. It’s the third major AI agent…
What Makes a Metal Precious? And Does That Make It a Good Investment?
Humans have prized precious metals for thousands of years, as money, as jewelry, as a store of wealth and more recently as industrial inputs. Precious metals have had a remarkable run, with gold, silver and platinum all hitting record highs in 2026. Palladium has yet to return to its 2022 peak. Are…