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Airlines offer fee waivers for Dominican Republic flights after 9 tourist deaths
Consumers wary about upcoming trips to the Caribbean island should rebook sooner rather than later, experts say.
Wealthy parents spend up to $10,000 on SAT prep for their kids
One-on-one tutoring sessions from Princeton Review runs as high as $2,600 for 10 hours of private instruction.
Pepsi will start selling canned water — but is it more environmentally friendly than plastic water bottles?
As Americans drink more bottled water than ever before, environmental advocates are pushing companies to put water in aluminum cans instead.
People are paying to play online games that encourage them to save
These apps charge people to play savings games, but do they instill better personal-finance habits?
This is what borrowers really think about home equity lines of credit
Rate-conscious consumers have many options to tap equity in their house, writes Sanjiv Das.
How one person’s excessive drinking can create financial havoc for others
Women were twice as likely as men to cite family and financial harm from someone else’s drinking, a new study found.
Elsewhere on MarketWatch:
Old age doesn’t kill economic expansions — and the usual culprits are nowhere in sight
The idea that economic expansions have some kind of natural lifespan and then die of old age has neither empirical nor theoretical support, writes Anatole Kaletsky.
To defeat Trump in 2020, Democrats must stop playing his game
Hold this non-transparent president accountable for his actions, writes Chris Edelson.
The U.S. economic expansion just marked a history-setting 11th year
You’ve come a long way, baby: The U.S. economy has now entered a record 11th year of expansion.
Pete Buttigieg reveals $24.8 million haul as candidates start to post second-quarter fundraising totals
In the coming days, campaigns are likely to be disclosing their fundraising totals ahead of a July 15 deadline when the figures must be reported — especially those that are pleased with their hauls.
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