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Why air travel is so cheap

Airfares are close to their lowest prices ever, with a roundtrip ticket from New York to London costing $350, almost a tenth of the price it would have been in the 1970s. Since fares and routes are no longer regulated by the government, fierce competition has led airlines to generate new revenue streams, which often inflate the base fares greatly.

How to invest in real estate with property tax liens

Tax lien investing offers an alternative to direct property ownership.

The most accurate S&P 500 predictions of the year, so far

MarketWatch ranks Wall Street strategists based on the accuracy of their year-end 2019 S&P 500 index targets

How to Shave Up to 90 Percent Off Your Holiday Spending This Year

Don’t just survive the holiday-shopping season. Emerge victorious—with a lot more money left in your bank account. The post How to Shave Up to 90 Percent Off Your Holiday Spending This Year appeared first on Reader's Digest.

Oprah buys Jeff Bridges' ranch for $6.85M — take a look inside

In addition to her new ranch, billionaire Oprah Winfrey already owns two properties in the Montecito, California area: She purchased the first, nicknamed the "Promised Land," for $50 million in 2001, and the other, nicknamed "Seamair Farm," for $29 million in 2015.

Man loses house over $8.41 in unpaid property taxes

He miscalculated the interest on an old bill — the county treasurer foreclosed, sold the house and pocketed the proceeds

Young homebuyers are vanishing from the US market

Faced with higher property prices and piles of student debt, Americans are getting older and older before they buy a home.

Economic picture dims in states key to Trump reelection bid

A closer look at key battleground states could spell trouble for the candidate, whose populist economic proposals have been central to his campaign.

Precious metals get crushed as end-of-the-world trade implodes

As investors fretted for most of the year that the trade war and slowing growth would end in a global recession, assets like gold and sovereign bonds provided protection. That ended spectacularly Thursday.

Stocks open little changed as Wall Street closes out a big week

Stocks opened little changed on Friday as investors wrapped up a week in which trade optimism sparked a massive rotation out of bonds and lifted equities to record levels.

Ex-billionaire dragged to court for $680 million unpaid loan

Three Chinese banks are suing the brother of Asia’s richest man in a London court for failing to pay back $680 million in defaulted loans.

Hollywood talent giant buys speaking agency of Obamas, Clintons

Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. is buying Harry Walker Agency, bringing the speaking agency of former U.S. presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton under the control of the owner of one of Hollywood’s biggest talent representatives.

Sears says it secured a $250 million lifeline, will close 96 stores

Sears told Reuters on Thursday it had won a $250 million lifeline from lenders that include billionaire owner Eddie Lampert, and will close additional stores, as mounting losses strain the beleaguered U.S. department store chain's finances.

GM sells its Lordstown Assembly plant to electric truck start-up

GM sold its idled Lordstown Assembly plant in Ohio to Lordstown Motors for an undisclosed amount.