Route to Air Travel Discomfort Starts on Wall Street

Investors’ relentless emphasis on the bottom line is fueling consumer frustration, and even episodes of air rage.

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Eyeglass Vendor, Imprisoned for Terrorizing Consumers, Is Accused of Fraud

Federal prosecutors charged Vitaly Borker, who spent over three years in prison for threatening customers of his previous online business, with wire and mail fraud.

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Your Money: When Colleges Dangle Money to Lure Students Who Ignored Them

There is a May 1 deadline for students to choose a college and place a deposit, but increasingly, the negotiations continue well beyond that.

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Have a Day Off? Tackle Your Financial To-Do List

Suggestions from The Times’s personal finance columnist on how to spent part of your start-of-summer holiday.

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Economic View: The Question Isn’t Why Wage Growth Is So Low. It’s Why It’s So High.

Worker pay isn’t rising as fast as low unemployment rates would suggest. That reflects low productivity growth, a major challenge for the economy.

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Wealth Matters: To Invest in Your Child’s Theater Dreams, First Invest in the Theater

Some parents find that backing a Broadway production helps give them, and their children, a practical sense of the business.

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Your Money Adviser: Graduating? Here’s What to Know About Your Student Loans

Keep in touch with your servicer, the company that manages your loans, and life will be much easier.

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Obama’s Fiduciary Rule, After a Delay, Will Go Into Effect

New protections requiring financial advisers to put customers’ interests first will take effect in June, even as regulators continue to review them.

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Sketch Guy: A New Reader Service: Ask the Sketch Guy Anything

Carl Richards, our Sketch Guy columnist, will take selected questions about money and life, sketch out a reply and write a column explaining the answers.

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Opinion: If Every Day Is a Rainy Day, What Am I Saving For?

I grew up without money. My financial plan includes all the lipstick I want.

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Retiring: Baby Boomers Look to Senior Concierge Services to Raise Income

The concierges help their customers complete the relatively mundane activities of everyday life, a way for the semi- and fully retired to continue to work.

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Strategies: In the Stock Market, International Is Actually First

The Trump administration’s slogan is “America First,” but in the stock market, companies with big international operations are outperforming.

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Your Money: Do Not Drain Your 401(k), or Let a Former Employer Do It

Cashing out a retirement plan when switching jobs is generally bad — and risky. Better to roll it over yourself into an individual retirement account.

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Wealth Matters: How the Wealthy Talk to Their Children About Money

Some children don’t want to hear about it, and others want to know more than their parents would like to divulge.

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Your Money Adviser: Steer Clear of This ‘Bad Idea’: Cash Advances on Credit Cards

Cash advances come with high interest rates and are difficult to pay off, so it’s best to look for other options to cover an unexpected expense.

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Your Money Adviser: As Hurricane Season Approaches, Review Your Insurance

Make sure you know what your deductible is, insurance experts say — and learn what you can do to lower it.

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Wealth Matters: When Your Home Is a Castle

Thinking of buying a castle? Here’s what you need to know.

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How to Buy a New Home When You Don’t Have a Lot of Cash

Our best guidance for first-time home buyers looking to save money.

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Sketch Guy: Want to Be Creative on Purpose? Schedule It

Don’t expect a lightning strike of inspiration. Make like the artist Chuck Close and just show up for work.

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Your Money: This Year’s College-Bound Essayists and Their ‘Beautiful Contradictions’

College admissions directors weigh in on the teenagers whose college application essays about money, work and social class rose above the crowd.

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Your Money: 4 Standout College Application Essays on Work, Money and Class

Each year, we issue a call to high school seniors who dare to address money, work or social class in their college application essays. Here are the standouts.

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Inside Wealth: Washington Welcomes the Wealthiest

Sales of extravagant homes, cars and goods are up, as not only the Trump people but also many others discover the city’s new luxuries.

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Retiring: Senior Discounts Aren’t Just for Seniors Anymore

People as young as 50 can qualify for special offers at some retailers, and apps and websites are making them easier to find.

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Strategies: Hot Stocks Can Make You Rich. But They Probably Won’t.

The overall market has done well over the long run, but individual stocks have behaved like lottery numbers: Most go nowhere, while a handful win big.

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Corner Office: Autumn Manning on the Importance of Self-Awareness

The chief executive of YouEarnedIt.com says she goes out of her way to communicate her intentions to her employees about why she asks questions.

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