I Was About to Give My Niece and Nephew $70,000 Each When My Brother Told Me That He Had Other Plans for That Money
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My always told me my brother and I would split his estate evenly. Once he died, that’s not what happened.
Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Have a question? Send it to Kristin and Ilyce here. (It’s…
Nov. 15 is ‘Put Down the Phone Day’ in Marion County, Florida
On Nov. 15, the Marion County Children’s Alliance and its community partners are asking Marion County residents to…
Founder of $100 million company says she quit her day job to rebuild her father’s Cape Cod chip empire—and there ‘wasn’t time’ to worry about nepotism
Serial entrepreneur Nicole Bernard Dawes seemed destined to build million-dollar food brands. As a kid, she grew up…
The Spatial Agency Gap: Rethinking Public Space through Co-Designing with Foreign Domestic Workers
Foreign Domestic Workers occupying the ground floor public space of HSBC building in Hong Kong. Image © Mk2010…
Community, compassion at the heart of Calgary couples start-up psychology clinic
Ontario-born and raised Jessy Roos came to Calgary with plans to earn a psychology degree. But after two…
Florida Palestinian-American teen in Israeli prison as family seeks release
A Florida family already grieving the beating death of a 20-year-old relative is now pleading with U.S. leaders…
My sister and I disagree about our dad’s estate. Dad said he always split things 50-50, but she insists he gave me more—and that I owe her.
Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years—so we’re diving into the Pay Dirt archives to…
Wedding costs place unexpected financial strain on guests nationwide
Weddings are meant to be celebrations of love. They may also require invited guests to make a financial…
The Other Girl by Annie Ernaux review – grief’s rippling effects
Annie Ernaux’s The Other Girl might be the latest of the Nobel Prize-winning author’s works to be published…
Jennifer Aniston Had a ‘Similar Mom’ to Jennette McCurdy
Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Jennifer Aniston, who will star as a fictionalized version of Jennette McCurdy’s mother in…
Wealth Advisor and Financial Therapist: How to Talk About Inheritance
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ashley Agnew, senior wealth advisor and director of financial…