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After graduating from Oxford, I started pet-sitting for strangers. The gig helps me avoid paying rent because I stay in homes all over London.

Shea Karssing was addicted to achievement. She'd launched a business, completed an Ironman, and published a book. Becoming a mom changed everything.

Chef Patrick O'Connell runs the Inn at Little Washington, a Michelin restaurant in Virginia. Part of his kitchen audition is making a perfect omelet.

Paradise Valley and Park City are the most expensive places in Arizona and Utah. I found that they offer completely different lifestyles.

Like all teens, mine wants a lot of things, so I have to say 'no' quite often. Here's how I'm keeping that from ruining our relationship.

Donald Trump has enlisted Elon Musk and DOGE to help Boeing deliver the next Air Force One faster. Defense capabilities are a reason it's so complex.

The job market, which is already lackluster in some industries, could grow even tougher if tariff fights continue.

I got pregnant at 42, and being an older mom made me rethink my health. I now exercise regularly and getting good sleep is non-negotiable.

Watches and Wonders, an annual event in Switzerland, has some of the biggest luxury watch brands showing off their new products.

As Tesla sees cratering sales, marketing experts say it could rebrand by learning from post-disaster airline companies.

Justin and Kelly Harris took a vacation to Koh Samui, Thailand, and fell in love with it. They now live where White Lotus Season 3 was filmed.

We asked founders and VCs for their top hacker houses in San Francisco for 2025. There are a wide range of houses.

The MG4 is one of the most popular EVs in the UK. It may not be too exciting, but drives well, looks snazzy — and is vastly cheaper than a Tesla.

A year ago, Hollywood was rallying around the motto "Survive till '25." But those dreams are fading due to multiple factors.

Home insurance premiums are rising fast in states like Utah and Illinois in part due to severe thunderstorms.

Older Americans' retirement experiences helped me start preparing for retirement, even though I'm at least 40 years from leaving my job.

Linda Lara, 72, lives in a subsidized senior apartment and works part-time to supplement her Social Security. But she's still scraping by.

Leila Lieberman, 93, retired on a tight budget and lives with a roommate in Manhattan, but she said she still looks forward to getting up each day.

Larry Summers, Nouriel Roubini, and Mohamed El-Erian, among others, are reacting to President Donald Trump's tariff announcement.

By going all out on all-inclusive resorts and meal plans to avoid fights about money, we turned our first trip to Disney World into a nightmare.

A Ukrainian drone operator said that with some Russian drone types, "it's very easy to identify them. They rarely make any changes to the design."

I couldn't land a promotion despite hard work, so a coworker gave me advice: Move my desk. Once people could see me, I was given higher-level tasks.