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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wendy Sheridan, a full-time intuitive psychic and artist who loves to thrift. It has been edited for length and clarity.I began thrifting and antiquing at the age of 12. I’ve always had an interest in reusing and recycling things.Thrifting was my…

Americans may want to pay closer attention to where they’re shopping online this holiday season.With tariffs hitting foreign goods shipped to the US, consumers could end up with surprise bills tucked in their packages. Some customers have received unexpected charges when international deliveries arrive at their doorsteps, for example.To avoid…

Warren Buffett hired Todd Combs in 2010 to help, and ultimately succeed, him and Charlie Munger in managing Berkshire Hathaway’s vast investment portfolio.But their handpicked heir to the stockpickers’ throne has quit to join JPMorgan. The announcement comes just as Buffett is preparing to step down as CEO after six…