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Young couples face wedding vs. house dilemma amid skyrocketing costs
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For couples ready to take that next step together, there’s nothing like planning a wedding -- then going into sticker shock after discovering just how much it’s going...
Jul 26, 2023
Fed raises interest rates 0.25%, intensifying inflation fight despite cooling prices
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate another 0.25% on Wednesday, reviving its inflation fight despite a significant cooldown of pr...
Jul 26, 2023
High-stakes economic releases to test hope of averting recession
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Alarm over a possible recession has blared for well over a year, but in recent months a cooldown of inflation alongside resilient job gains has quieted the din....
Jul 26, 2023
Expert tips to save big on holiday travel now by booking this summer
Greg Bajor/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- If you travel often, you've probably heard the rule of thumb, to book during the opposite season -- sort of like Christmas in July or buying a winter coat at a dee...
Jul 26, 2023
UPS and Teamsters union reach agreement, avert strike
400tmax/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union representing about 330,000 UPS employees in the U.S., have reached a tentative collective bargaining ...
Jul 25, 2023
Free milkshakes, new picnic baskets from Shake Shack for summer
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Picnics are synonymous with summertime, and while it can be fun to curate the perfect combination of snacks and foods at home, Shake...
Jul 25, 2023
Trader Joe's recalls cookies that may contain rocks
Trader Joe's(NEW YORK) -- Trader Joe's shoppers should check their pantries for two kinds of the company's cookie products that were recently recalled because they "may contain rocks." The retailer an...
Jul 25, 2023
School supply sales tax holidays starting in several states
Stella/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Books, binders, pens and pencils are just a few of the necessities students across the country will need as the upcoming school year awaits. But a lengthy list of scho...
Jul 25, 2023
TikTok adds text-only posts as social media landscape shifts with Facebook, Twitter
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- TikTok has added a new feature that allows users to create text-only posts with the change coming just a day after Twitter rebranded itself and less...
Jul 25, 2023
Why did "Barbie" set records at the box office? Experts weigh in.
Hanna Lassen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Greta Gerwig’s Barbie defied a sluggish pandemic recovery at movie theaters to rake in $155 million domestically over its opening weekend. The haul made it...
Jul 25, 2023
