How to Make the Most of a 3.9% Social Security COLA Bump for 2027
We’re only three months away from October, the month when Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) for the following…
Ryanair Sacked Captain Who Used Legal Authority to Extend Rest Period For Cabin Crew After Long Day at Work
The European low-cost behemoth, Ryanair, allegedly sacked a Captain based at the airline’s Barcelona hub who used his…
BBC expert flags ‘£3,000 rule’ to anyone gifting money to children as change coming
Changes to the law around inheritance tax which will come in now Andy Burnham is Prime Minister next…
Videos shot by Cork-based ‘prankster’ linked to promotion of unlicensed gambling operator
During one of his many recent filming excursions, Cork-based Vladyslav Morhulets, better known online as prankster Rendy Vlad,…
Puzzles in the world economy
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Irish tourists visiting Benidorm warned over new scam with couples
A woman who has lived in Benidorm for 42 years has issued a warning about a reported new…
The ‘rockets and feathers’ effect: Inflation eases but grocery bills do not
Economics has a term for what U.S. grocery prices have done in recent years: rockets and feathers. Rockets,…
OpenAI and Anthropic lure Big Tech workers with bumper salaries to build Irish bases
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How Americans Spend Every Hour of the Day
Ranked: America’s Most Dangerous Cities for Driving See visuals like this from many other data creators on our…
My honest review of the hotel room that costs more than I earn in a month
Originally built as a bank in the Roaring 20s, Sofitel London St James stands tall in one of…
Price of parenting: the household maths giving China’s consumers pause
Qiu Huiying, a human resources manager in Guangdong, worries in numerical terms when she looks ahead to the…
After watching how Boomers retired ‘forward,’ Gen X is retiring ‘backward’
Most Baby Boomers have been retired for years now, while Gen Xers are just approaching their retirement era.…