Three-quarters of Americans say they plan to trade down, forgoing more extravagant purchases in the future. For decades, the markers of success in America followed ... Read moreThe post The ...

Ever noticed those tiny numbers and symbols on Costco price tags and wondered what they actually mean? Those cryptic codes ...

PARIS—Brigitte Bardot, the French actress whose sultry performances seduced viewers and who became an emblem of women’s sexual liberation in the 1950s and ’60s, has died. She was 91 years old. The ...

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We are once again litigating whether a colonial-era flag is actually a hate symbol, thanks to our friends in the esteemed Fourth Estate. The flag, which depicts a green pine tree against a white ...

It’s the ultimate holiday status symbol: A white chocolate coconut bundt cake gifted by Tom Cruise. Each year, the 63-year-old sends the $130 treats from Doan’s Bakery in Woodland Hills, Calif., to ...

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Anthropic is launching Claude Code in Slack, allowing developers to delegate coding tasks directly from chat threads. The beta feature, available Monday as a research preview, builds on Anthropic’s ...

The difference between wealthy people today and the upper middle class in the 90s is the wealth gap. In the 90s, more people could afford some of the basic status symbols they sought out in their ...

Labubu dolls and Stanley cups are replacing luxury cars and designer clothes as status symbols, and that says something about the attention economy. “A lot of Gen Z is not spending money on luxury ...

ANCHOR rebate checks and IRS tax refunds are still on the way. Wondering if you can still apply for the ANCHOR relief payment or the track the status of your tax refund or stimulus check? Here's what ...