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Financially independent couple Josette Chang and Alexander Nathanson.
  • Individuals and couples pursuing early retirement use different strategies and tactics.
  • A popular one is to focus on cutting the 'big three' expenses: housing, transportation, and food.
  • Two couples share how they managed their housing costs to accelerate their early retirements.

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New York City's Bleecker Trading is a hot spot for Pokémon collectors of all ages looking to build portfolios. With card values on the rise, Pokémon cards have become an alternative asset class.

In the back corner of hobby shop Bleecker Trading on Manhattan's Upper West Side, three teenagers were huddled around a table. It was spring break, and they were spending their afternoon


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Amazon is playing a major role in Bath & Body Works' new online strategy, CEO Daniel Heaf said.
  • Bath & Body Works is turning to Amazon as part of its turnaround effort, CEO Daniel Heaf said.
  • The e-commerce giant is helping the mall staple reach new customers.
  • Growing market share is "difficult" without Amazon's reach, he said.

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Alyssa Bolaños says her lifestyle is affordable, but with a caveat.
  • Alyssa Bolaños moved from Florida to Colombia with her husband and two kids last year.
  • She's enjoying Colombia's family-oriented culture and emphasis on celebrating life.
  • While the lack of urgency in Colombia can stress her out, she has no plans of moving.

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Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is expecting her first baby in July.
  • US track and field star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is pregnant with her first child, due in July.
  • The mom-to-be has "dialed back" her fitness training, saying that the unborn baby "comes first."
  • She wants to inspire the child by returning to athletics and winning more titles

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.
  • AI is helping employees create new apps and tools faster.
  • That creative explosion comes with downsides. Some are calling this "AI sprawl."
  • Amazon has seen a surge in duplicate internal tools and data. Its solution: More AI.

Amazon's AI boom is creating a new kind of mess: a growing bloat of internal tools and duplicated data.

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Carol Foster, 82, said she wanted to travel the world after trying Mynd Immersive's VR headset.

Carol Foster inched her walker toward the front of a senior living meeting room and paused while a virtual reality headset was strapped onto her face.

For a moment, the 82-year-old could only see a mostly black screen. "We can take you to any place imaginable," said Chris Brickler, chief


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Citadel Chief People Officer Alexander DiLeonardo
  • Citadel Chief People Officer Alexander DiLeonardo says in a way he's looking for managers "from day one."
  • In an agentic AI world, he wants employees who understand how to delegate work to humans and tech.
  • His comments show how AI is continuing to revolutionize the workforce.

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Most New York City renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing.

When Massiel Lugo's parents moved to Jackson Heights, Queens, from the Dominican Republic nearly 50 years ago, the working-class neighborhood was an affordable place to raise a family.

Now that Lugo is in her early 30s and raising her own two kids in the same neighborhood, that's increasingly not the case. Though she took over her aunt's lease and the landlord hasn't raised the rent to


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