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Confused about what you’re supposed to be looking for when you’re tasting wine? Well, in this week’s video Sommelier Gerald Morgan Jr. of Simplified Wine gives viewers easy tips on what you should be doing when the waiter pours that small sample in your glass for you to savor. If you...

Habits interview: Jennifer Senior.

I’ve long been a big fan of Jennifer Senior’s writing in New York magazine — for instance, she recently published a fascinating piece, To the Office, With Love: What Do We Give Up When We All Become Freedom-Seeking, Self-Determining, Autonomous...

Planning to pop the question? You'll need a ring before you get down on bended knee, and when it comes to buying jewelry, it's easy to make costly mistakes (especially if you don't know what you're doing). (See also: This One Wedding Trick Will Save You Thousands)

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Wise Bread is growing, and we're expanding our team to help bring our message of financial wisdom to an even larger audience. Help us welcome our new Senior Editor of Personal Finance, Janet Al-Saad. She'll use her extensive background in financial journalism to direct all investing and...
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When Group of 20 finance ministers this week urged the Federal Reserve to “minimize negative spillovers” from potential interest-rate increases, they omitted a key figure: $9 trillion.

Don’t count on President Barack Obama to end the biggest U.S. oil workers’ strike since 1980, say labor attorneys, including a former member of the federal board that protects employees’ rights to organize.

When it comes to getting a bill, no news isn't always good news. While most of us would prefer to get fewer bills, not getting one for something you do indeed owe can be costly. It can also be very damaging to your credit.

After years of false starts, mobile payments are beginning to live up to the hype. They accounted for $52 billion worth of U.S. transactions last year, up from $32 billion in 2013, and are expected to rise to $67 billion this year, according...