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Half of Americans Believe This Falsehood About Their Insurance

Photo by fizkes / Shutterstock.com Half of American adults mistakenly believe they can write off their insurance premiums when they file a tax return, according to a recent ValuePenguin survey. The notion that you can deduct home, health, auto or life insurance premiums is wishful thinking for most people. But …

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Suntec Lays Off Half Its Workforce – How Long Can The Industry Cope With No Events In S’pore?

Nearly half the workforce of Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre (SICEC) will be retrenched. Suntec Singapore jointly announced the news with the Building Construction And Timber Industries Employees’ Union (BATU) yesterday (28 August). The convention centre currently employs 178 staff. After the retrenchment exercise, 85 jobs will be lost …

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Nvidia CEO: We are expecting a really large second half for gaming

GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in an analyst call that the graphics and AI chip company is “expecting a really large second half for gaming.” Huang said that the pandemic has accelerated interest in gaming, making it …

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Coronavirus Live Updates: Global Death Toll Surpasses Half a Million

Here’s what you need to know: Half a million people are dead as confirmed virus cases top 10 million. Paranoid hallucinations plague many virus patients who end up in the I.C.U. At a Houston hospital bracing for a virus peak, new patients are often young. Most affluent countries are keeping …

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Why Half of Retirees Now Pay Taxes on Their Social Security

Photo by rayjunk / Shutterstock.com Having Social Security taxes taken from your paycheck is bad enough. But for millions of Americans, the obligations don’t end there. Half of retirees say they paid income taxes on their Social Security benefit income during the 2019 tax year, according to a survey by …

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Half of Us Face Obesity, Dire Projections Show

Climate change is not the only source of dire projections for the coming decade. Perhaps just as terrifying from both a health and an economic perspective is a predicted continued rise in obesity, including severe obesity, among American adults. A prestigious team of medical scientists has projected that by 2030, …

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