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Bath and Body Works has body care on sale for $4.95 today.  This includes all the body cream, body mists, lotions, foaming bath, body scrubs etc…  This is for sure the lowest price of the season on these so now is a great time to stock up.   These are also inexpensive items that will take up a lot of space in a stocking.  There are a bunch of items for men in the sale.   The limit is 24 and at checkout use code SCORE. Click here to shop.

In This Article This article is presented by Range. If you’re a high earner juggling rentals, RSUs, a W-2, maybe some freelance income, and a growing investment portfolio, your financial life might be costing you more in taxes than it should. All these different streams of income can end up being too complicated for any one professional to track properly. Companies like Range see this firsthand across thousands of clients. As your income rises and your wealth grows, the tax code actually gives you more opportunities to optimize. This means more deductions, timing strategies, and ways to offset gains. The…

Published: Dec. 12, 2025 at 2:47 p.m. ETWealthfront picked a tough day to kick off its life on Wall Street.Early indications showed strong investor demand for Wealthfront’s WLTH initial public offering. The provider of “robo-adviser” services, or automated investment portfolios, which bills itself as a wealth-accumulation platform for digital natives said late Thursday that its IPO of 34.62 million shares had priced at $14 a share, which was at the top of the expected range of between $12 and $14 a share.

There is another sale on Hearth & Hand items today from Target.  This looks like a lot of the fall collection and a little of the holiday collection included that they are probably trying to move out.  You can pick up throw rugs, pillows, candles, serving pieces, furniture, bathroom decor and more.   Some of the items- especially the holiday stuff- overlaps with the spend $40 get $10 off home items promotion.  That could be a really fantastic deal and you can mix and match outside of this sale to hit that $40.  Click here to take a look.    

In This Article This article is presented by Baselane. If you own or plan to own a short-term rental, there is one phrase you will eventually hear: the short-term rental tax loophole. It sounds like something accountants whisper about at conferences, but it is actually one of the most powerful legal tax strategies real estate investors can use. This rule allows many Airbnb and vacation rental owners to use their property’s paper losses to offset W-2 or business income, potentially saving thousands of dollars in taxes. Let’s look at what it means, how it works, what qualifies, and how Baselane…

Feature China | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesCoinbase is gearing up to launch an in-house prediction market, powered by Kalshi, a source close to the matter told CNBC — a strategic play to expand the number of asset classes available on the cryptocurrency exchange at a time some investors are shying away from digital assets.The source said Coinbase and Kalshi will “soon” formally announce the prediction market, with news on the matter potentially coming as early as next week.Rumblings of the prediction market launch have swirled for nearly a month. An alleged screenshot of Coinbase’s prediction markets dashboard shared by…

The Loft has $20 sweaters today that I wanted to mention.  If you have some holiday events to attend, you might be looking at a few new pieces.  I literally don’t own sweaters or jackets really for that matter but this winter has been absolutely freezing in California.  I am planning to pick up a sweater because I have had nothing at all to wear other than hoodies and tshirts. There is free shipping and 55% off basically everything else.   You can click here to see the sweaters on sale. 

Opinions are mixed but concerns abound over a Warner Bros. merger with either Netflix or Paramount.After Netflix announced last week that it’s reached a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to acquire the Warner Bros. studios and streaming assets, Paramount, days later, announced a hostile bid (direct to shareholders) for Warner Bros. Discovery in its entirety — studios and streaming assets plus cable channels, which include CNN. “To buy something like Warner Bros. Discovery, holy cow, that’s a big library, and it raises all kinds of interesting future strategy questions,” says Kathryn Harrigan, Henry R. Kravis Professor of Business Leadership at…

Outside the BoxBlock the Warner Bros. Discovery sale, break up ‘Big Streaming’ and give subscribers lower pricesPublished: Dec. 12, 2025 at 12:48 p.m. ETNetflix NFLX stunned the media world on Dec. 5 by making a deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery WBD for $83 billion. Iconic Warner Bros. brands, shows and characters — HBO, “Game of Thrones,” Batman and Harry Potter, to name a few — could soon be controlled by the world’s largest streaming platform. Days later, Paramount Skydance PSKY went directly to Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders with a sweetened $108 billion takeover bid.

Retirement marks the beginning of a new chapter, one that you have worked decades to achieve. As you transition into this phase, securing reliable healthcare becomes a top priority. Many seniors find themselves at a crossroads, deciding between keeping their employer-sponsored retiree health coverage or transitioning to a private Medicare Supplement (Medigap) plan.Find Medicare Plans in 3 Easy StepsLet us help you navigate your Medicare journey While retaining coverage from a former employer might seem like the comfortable choice, it is not always the most secure or cost-effective option in the long run. Understanding the differences between these two types…