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With school closed and graduation canceled, the principal of a high school in suburban Dallas set out on April 17 with his wife, a bag of Snickers bars and a mission: visiting each of the 612 seniors at their homes. Virdie Montgomery, the principal of Wylie High School in Wylie, …

Photo by T.Den_Team / Shutterstock.com In uncertain times, you can still count on Social Security to provide the foundation for your retirement. Through thick and thin, our national retirement safety net is always there. But that does not make Social Security immune to the ravages of the novel coronavirus. Following …

During a workshop hosted at the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2020, which took place on the web this week, panelists discussed how AI and machine learning might be — and already has been — applied to agricultural challenges. As several pointed out, countries around the world face a …

If you have reached the grand old age of 50, you’ve probably had a moment of clarity about your financial future. Perhaps you’ve taken stock of your retirement nest egg and found it a bit wanting. The recent stock market plunge and fears about the coronavirus pandemic also may leave …

SMEs employ over 66% of the total working population in Malaysia. They help to drive our economy, and if they suffer, the effects will be heavy and far-ranging. The government acknowledged the importance of SMEs and announced assistance to SMEs in Malaysia to help tide them over this period.  Besides …

In conversations with friends and family recently, one theme I’ve heard again and again is how struck people are by how dependent they are on the availability of so many services and products. Many of them simply needed to go to stores or other places simply because they simply didn’t …

Over the coming weeks and months, most Americans will receive a stimulus check from the federal government. This check is intended to help people struggling financially as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, either to directly make ends meet or to shore up their finances for difficult times to come. …

Photo by Andrey_Popov / Shutterstock.com If you don’t already know your credit score, now is the time to find out. FICO, a major provider of credit scores, has unveiled a new formula that might negatively impact some consumer scores. As COVID-19 plunges the country into what is almost surely going …

Photo by pixinoo / Shutterstock.com Shopping on Amazon can be convenient, especially when you are stuck at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. You can get anything from frozen pizza to light bulbs delivered to your door at the click of a button. An Amazon Prime membership is even more …