Personal Finance

California was slated to give a long-awaited raise to health facilities that help quadriplegics and others with serious medical needs, but the passage of Prop. 35 unraveled those plans.

Alicia Munnell started the Boston College Center for Retirement Research in 1998. As she prepares to leave, she says fixing Social Security should be a priority now.

The National Retail Federation reported last week that spending between Nov. 1 and Dec. 31 is “clearly on track” to reach a record, between $979.5 billion and $989 billion.

The 1p challenge, backed by financial journalist Martin Lewis, has been running for a number of years and aims to save a good chunk of money throughout the year by saving small amounts each day.

FT writers and readers confess their money blunders, bad investments and inane purchases

Growing up in a single-parent household, we didn't have much. We always lived frugally and well below our means.  When I was in my twenties and single, I only cared about building my career. I didn't think about my own financial future, in part because the idea of retirement felt so far away.

No part of our body is as perishable as the brain. Within minutes of losing its supply of blood and oxygen, our delicate neurological machinery begins to suffer irreversible damage. The brain is our most energy-greedy organ, and in the hours after death, its enzymes typically devour it from within.

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here.

The China that President-elect Donald Trump will face in 2025 is fundamentally different than the one he encountered when his first administration began in 2017, or even the one with which he negotiated a trade deal near the end of his term.

Once upon a time, long, long ago, Brooklyn wasn’t considered hip, or interesting, or even, for those who lived and dined and died in Manhattan, a socially appropriate place to go out to eat.