A woman and a child walk past Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles displayed at Azadi Square in Tehran on July 24, 2026. Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump has warned that the latest round of negotiations with Iran is the “last chance” to bring an end to the five-month conflict. Trump told reporters in the Oval…
If there’s one thing we learned from combing through interiors for Archive Dive: Splashes of Yellow All Over, it’s that even a small jolt of yellow can perk up a whole room. Case in point: these sunny little stools in A Young Couple’s New Live/Work Quarters in Old City, Philadelphia—specifically the second-floor art studio. Read…
The Euro (EUR) trades with caution at around Monday’s low of 1.1500 against the US Dollar (USD) during the European trading session on Tuesday. The major currency pair is expected to remain volatile as investors await key United States (US) economic release this week to get meaningful cues regarding the interest rate outlook. At press…
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Via Reuters Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pushed forward with her plan to slash the consumption tax on food, which reportedly would be the first time the tax…
For many public artworks, permanence is the exception rather than the rule. Jen Lewin’s The Ursas, however, has made the uncommon leap from the ephemeral landscape of Burning Man to a permanent installation along Brooklyn’s evolving Gowanus waterfront, where the monumental sculptures now anchor a newly accessible stretch of the canal. ‘The Ursas’ were installed…
For decades, you’ve saved in tax-deferred retirement accounts, watching your balance compound untaxed. Then you turn 73, and the IRS comes calling. Required minimum distributions (RMDs) force you to begin withdrawing and paying taxes on those savings — whether you need the money or not. What many retirees don’t realize until it’s too late is…
The past few years gave many investors exactly what they hoped for — and also set them up for some major risks. If you bought the right stocks and held them through the volatility of the past few years, your positions have grown substantially. The problem is that “substantial” and “safe” are not the same…
There are certain Social Security rules most people know about going into retirement. For example, you may be aware that you need to wait until full retirement age to collect your monthly checks in full. You may also know that age 62 is the earliest age to claim Social Security, and that filing at that…
Three U.S. regulators announced separate financial penalties Monday against UBS Financial Services for anti-money laundering violations involving foreign currency wire monitoring and customer due diligence failures that persisted from January 2019 through June 2023. UBS Financial will pay $125 million for penalties levied by the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Financial…
By Michael Koeplin, Guest Writer <!– Choosing a medical specialty is one of the most consequential financial decisions most physicians ever make. It determines not only the type of medicine we practice, but also the length of our training, the timing of our income, and the trajectory of our long-term financial life. Many physicians spend…
