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3 days ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Victoria Vesovski
Martha’s Vineyard may be best known as a summer escape — coffee shops with handwritten menus, boutiques selling $80 sun hats, summer romances and lobster rolls treated like currency. But for 23-year-old Tyla Packish, it’s not a vacation destination, it’s home. She lives year-round in Oak Bluffs, her hometown on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. • I'm 49 years old and have nothing saved for retirement — what should I do? Don't panic.
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3 days ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Victoria Vesovski
Sometimes, making billions is just a matter of doing one thing — and doing it really well. That’s the playbook Todd Graves, founder and CEO of Raising Cane’s, has followed. With a menu that barely breaks five items — chicken fingers, fries, coleslaw, Texas toast and a cult-favorite sauce — the chain still managed to pull in $5.1 billion in revenue in 2024, according to financial records reported by Forbes.
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3 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Victoria Vesovski
It’s not every day a stranger insists on handing you a $20 bill you didn’t drop. But for Sarah — whose last name has been withheld, as reported by Fox LA — that’s exactly what happened on an ordinary Wednesday afternoon at a Ralphs grocery store in Van Nuys. "He came much closer to me and was kind of pushing the $20 into my wallet," Sarah recalled.
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3 days ago | 
moneywise.com | Victoria Vesovski
Be on the lookout don’t come with flashing red lights, they come with kindness and confusion. These types of scams are built on flustering you just enough to make you vulnerable. This involves a stranger creating a diversion — like insisting you dropped a $20 bill — while an accomplice steals something like your wallet or debit card. According to the Federal Trade Commission, Americans lost over $12.5 billion to fraud in 2024, a 25% increase from the year before.
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3 days ago | 
moneywise.com | Victoria Vesovski
Invest in yourself Before Raising Cane’s became a billion-dollar brand, Graves was just another scrappy dreamer with a chicken-finger vision and no one willing to fund it. Banks said no. Investors passed. A college professor gave his business plan the lowest grade in class. But Graves didn’t let a few Fs and financial gatekeepers deep-fry his dream. To fund his vision, he rolled up his sleeves and got to work.
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5 days ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Victoria Vesovski
Musk wants more Americans to have more kids, but DOGE is cutting $1.8B from maternal health careElon Musk, father of 14, warns America needs more babies — and that ‘civilization will disappear’ unless birth rates improve. But DOGE just cut billions for maternal healthcare. What gives? It’s the last thing maternal advocates want to hear, but Senior Advisor to the President Elon Musk — the father of 14 — has repeatedly warned that declining birth rates around the world threaten civilization.
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1 week ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Victoria Vesovski
‘Spend Z’: A staggering 40% of Gen Zers plan to splurge more on non-essentials this year compared to last — despite mounting credit card and student loan debt. Is it time for a reality check? As Trump’s trade policies continue to send shockwaves through the economy — creating fears of rising prices, layoffs and a potential recession — investors are bracing for impact. With markets in flux and uncertainty in the air, financial anxiety is mounting.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Victoria Vesovski
The federal government has already frozen $400 million in funding to Columbia University as part of a campaign targeting elite academic institutions. Now, the Trump administration is setting its sights on Harvard. After the university recently rejected a series of demands from the Trump administration — arguing they would effectively hand control of the school over to a conservative government — federal officials announced they were freezing $2.3 billion in funding to Harvard.
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1 week ago | 
moneywise.com | Victoria Vesovski
What’s really going on? On April 3, the U.S. Department of Education placed Harvard University under administrative review, signaling heightened federal scrutiny over the institution’s core operations.
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1 week ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Victoria Vesovski
When a loved one is in need, lending a helping hand can feel like second nature — even with a price tag. On a recent episode of his new Netflix talk show, Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney, the comedian explores what it really means to help someone — and the consequences that can follow. • None I'm 49 years old and have nothing saved for retirement — what should I do? Don't panic. Here are 5 of the easiest ways you can catch up (and fast)• None Nervous about the stock market in 2025?
