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FINANCE

The equity-tapping advantage of 2026

The national average home equity line of credit interest rate continues to fall. For 2026, the year will begin with the lowest HELOC rates in

MARKET

U.S. stock futures flat as investors hope to start 2026 on a roll

U.S. stock futures were little changed on Sunday as investors look to end the year on a high note. Source link

MONEY

The Most Expensive Mistake a Retiree Can Make

Kues / Shutterstock.com If you’re retired, you probably spend less time thinking about the return on your money and more thinking about the return of

GADGET

Apple escalates its appeal of a $2 billion fine from a UK antitrust lawsuit

Apple isn’t ready to pay a several billion-dollar fine to UK App Store users and is filing an appeal over a major antitrust lawsuit. As

MOBILE

Top phones of 2025: Battery life

One of the major battlegrounds in the smartphone world this year was battery. The wider adoption of Si/C (silicon-carbon) batteries this year was particularly noticeable,

SCIENCE

Why Active Rest Is Important During the Holidays

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The holiday season is often painted as an

ARTS & THEATER

The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays Volume II Virtual Launch Party

By . Hear directly from the creators about what inspired them to write the plays, the creative process in bringing them to life, how they

GAMING

Avatar 4 without James Cameron? Only person could take over.

Avatar: Fire and Ash left me thinking about Shakespeare. Not because James Cameron’s dialogue is up there with the Bard’s (sorry, Spider), but because it

MOVIE

It’s a Wrap: 2025 in Film

Emily Maskell Five personal favourite films of 2025 Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier) Sorry, Baby (Eva Victor) April (Dea Kulumbegashvili) Flow (Gints Zilbalodis) On Falling (Laura Carreira)

MUSIC

Brigitte Bardot Dies at 91

Brigitte Bardot, the French icon who glamorously embodied the postwar pop zeitgeist, has died. Her animal rights foundation announced the news in a statement sent