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By Mark Miller (Reuters) – If you need help filing for Social Security, Medicare or disability benefits, I have good news and bad news. The good news: The sprawling network of more than 1,200 Social Security field offices around the United States will reopen to the public in early April after a two-year COVID-19 shutdown. …

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By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – When it comes to passing money smarts to children, many parents know where to start. In the beginning, they introduce kids to the concept, giving them small amounts of money like allowances or tooth-fairy gifts to handle. The end goal is a fully-functioning financially responsible grownup – earning …

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By Iain Withers and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – While the West’s big investors have ditched Russia in recent weeks, one small group of armchair investors sees a bargain and is shrugging off any ethical qualms. At a time when many in Britain are pouring cash into charities to support relief efforts in Ukraine after …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Investment funds that market themselves as sustainable under European rules get similar levels of “green revenues” through the companies they invest in as traditional funds, according to a new study published on Thursday. So-called “green revenue” is the percentage of sales generated from products that benefit the environment such as with cleaner …

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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) – Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) on Monday recommended that Huntsman Corp investors elect two of activist investment firm Starboard Value’s four director nominees to the chemical maker’s 10-member board. ISS said two Starboard director candidates should be elected to better oversee management after the board for several years …

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By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Staff turnover on Wall Street is set to surge in coming weeks as investment bankers who held off job-hunting during the pandemic cash in their record bonus checks and leave for new opportunities in the red-hot labor market, said recruiters. Bonuses are up 20% to 25% on …

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By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -AT&T Inc expects to invest about $48 billion through the end of 2023 to expand its fiber internet and 5G wireless services, the U.S. wireless carrier said on Friday, as it detailed the vision for the business after unwinding its media assets. After facing skepticism from shareholders over its expensive quest …

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By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cash savers are between a rock and a hard place right now. Interest rates on typical places to stash money, like savings accounts, are near all-time lows. Meanwhile, inflation rates are the highest they have been in decades – consumer prices in the United States surged in February …

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