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Weekend roundup: Readers debate the value of a $350,000 salary | Hope for cutting real estate commissions | A big change for Apple
Also, cloud stocks and President Trump’s interest-rate policy ideas.
The iPhone 11 Pro Max is the heaviest iPhone yet at a whopping half pound
Data shows recent generations of iPhones have gotten heftier.
Andrew Yang says he’ll give $1,000 a month to 10 families — here’s what 2020 Democrats have said about universal basic income
The businessman has centered his campaign around a $1,000-a-month UBI.
Why buying and selling a house could soon be as simple as trading stocks
Artificial intelligence in housing won’t just eliminate Realtors. It could completely change the way we buy, sell and live.
Some older Americans say millennials’ student debt is their own fault
One young graduate disagrees: ‘People don’t realize that everybody is living paycheck to paycheck and they are not doing that by choice.’
Felicity Huffman’s letter to the judge contains one glaring omission about her role in the college-admissions scandal
The ‘Desperate Housewives’ actress was sentenced Friday to 14 days in prison for paying to improve her daughter’s SAT scores.
Why the best person to turn to for money advice may be a psychotherapist
Starting this year, it will be possible to be officially certified as a financial therapist.
Silicon Valley’s final frontier for mobile payments — ‘the neoliberal takeover of the human body’
Ditching credit cards for facial recognition removes the last physical barrier between our bodies and Corporate America.
45% of workers break this office taboo to boost their salary
This survey by staffing firm Robert Half found that nearly half of employees believe they are underpaid.
This is America’s No. 1 college major for salary and job availability
This new ranking takes account of pay, unemployment rate and the need for advanced degrees.
Elsewhere on MarketWatch
Killing off the filibuster would end the Senate’s undemocratic pretensions
This rule allows a 41-vote minority in the Senate to block legislation.
Workers would get dividends and voting power under this radical profit sharing idea
Dividend-paying ‘inclusive ownership fund’ offers employees a leg up as the pay gap widens.
Nikki Haley blasts government’s budget deficit: ‘We don’t have an endless bank account’
Count Republican Nikki Haley among those saying they’re worried about runaway spending in Washington, D.C.
Democratic presidential hopefuls say they wouldn’t toss Trump’s China tariffs right away
Democratic presidential candidates vowed to roll back several of President Trump’s policies at their Thursday-night debate but held off on immediately rescinding his tariffs.
U.S. consumer sentiment rebounds modestly in September
The University of Michigan said its consumer-sentiment index rebounded in September to a reading of 92 from a three-year low of 89.8 in August.
#BoycottABC trending after the network aired an ad showing AOC’s photo on fire during the Democratic debate
Critics are likening the advert to a death threat against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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