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The Thorniest Question for Parents of New Grads: Is Your Wallet Still Open? The Wall Street Journal asked a group of economists and personal finance authors about financially supporting adult children—including their own.

A Famous Math Problem Stumped Humans for 80 Years. AI Just Cracked It. The math world is losing its mind over the new solution to an Erdős problem. This is what AI found, how we missed it—and why it matters.

High Prices Force Buyers to Stretch Out Car Loans Taking out loans with long repayment periods of six or seven years might help someone qualify to buy a more expensive car, but it also pushes up the cost of ownership over time.

Cruise Lines Are Sold Out and Airlines Are Adding Capacity. The Market Isn’t Paying Attention Americans are traveling in record numbers as cruise lines sell out and airlines add capacity, even as fuel prices rise and global demand reshapes the summer travel outlook.

AI Is Rewriting What Makes Workers Valuable — Take This 3-Part Test That Defines What Matters Now As AI agents master ex*****on, the real divide in the workplace is no longer between managers and employees — but between people who merely follow instructions and those who can navigate ambiguity, exercise judgment and own outcomes.

SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI’s Sprint to Go Public Defines the AI Boom’s Big Day Silicon Valley’s hottest startups are competing fiercely as big tech companies contend with fickle investors and hard choices.

AI Is Distorting Practically Everything About the Economy AI is making growth look better and the job market look worse.

What Is Value Investing? Value investing was defined more than 75 years ago, but it's still a fundamental concept to pursue investment goals.

Divorced Spouse Social Security Benefits: Eligibility and How to Claim A divorced person may be eligible to collect Social Security benefits based on the former spouse's work record. The marriage must have lasted for at least 10 years before ending in divorce, and you must be unmarried and at least 62 years old.