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A 12-year-old Surrey girl handed her father £500 of savings and asked for a mushroom-shaped house; he built a two-storey backyard hideaway with a glass floor and trapdoor that went on to win Shed of the Year in 2017

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A 12-year-old Surrey girl handed her father £500 of savings and asked for a mushroom-shaped house; he built a two-storey backyard hideaway with a glass floor and trapdoor that went on to win Shed of the Year in 2017

The Mushroom Shed was designed to resemble a mushroom. A 12-year-old girl from Surrey, England, gave her father £500 from her savings and asked him to build a house shaped like a mushroom in their back garden. Her father, Ben Swanborough, took up the challenge and built a two-storey wooden hideaway with a trapdoor, stained-glass … Read more

Trump Accounts could grow into retirement savings: Bessent says child accounts may complement Social Security

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Scott Bessent says Trump Accounts could boost retirement savings alongside Social Security. (AP Photo)

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the child savings accounts known as Trump Accounts could work alongside Social Security and help improve retirement security for younger Americans. Scott Bessent says Trump Accounts could boost retirement savings alongside Social Security. (AP Photo) Bessent said the accounts could give children a separate pool of money that may … Read more

Life in US is fake luxurious: Mumbai man with $360k savings says he plans to return to India to take over father’s business

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Life in US is fake luxurious: Mumbai man with $360k savings says he plans to return to India to take over father's business

Indian man says that life in the US is ‘fake luxurious’; he wants to come back to Mumbai. (AI photo) A 35-year-old Indian man shared his experience of spending 12 years in the US and summarized it as an overall regret. He explained that he planned to return to India with $360k in savings and … Read more

In 2005, an Iowa carpenter who never went to college left nearly $3 million in savings; 14 years later, 33 strangers whose education he funded gathered to remember the man they had never met

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In 2005, an Iowa carpenter who never went to college left nearly $3 million in savings; 14 years later, 33 strangers whose education he funded gathered to remember the man they had never met

Schroeder had never had the opportunity to attend college, but he wanted other young people to have that chance (AI enhance image, source: CBS) Dale Schroeder spent 67 years working as a carpenter at the same business in Des Moines, Iowa. He grew up poor, never went to college, never married and had no children. … Read more

Jaguar Land Rover may cut 4,000 jobs as Tata-owned carmaker targets £1.7bn savings and 300,000-vehicle break-even point a year after cyber attack, piling pressure on Andy Burnham’s ‘reindustrialise’ Britain pledge

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Jaguar Land Rover may cut 4,000 jobs as Tata-owned carmaker targets £1.7bn savings and 300,000-vehicle break-even point a year after cyber attack, piling pressure on Andy Burnham’s ‘reindustrialise’ Britain pledge

Jaguar Land Rover may cut up to 4,000 jobs as it targets £1.7bn in savings amid mounting financial pressures. Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is opening a voluntary redundancy programme that could see around 4,000 jobs cut over the next two years, according to a UK media report. The development comes nearly a year … Read more

After his wife of 43 years died, a New York widower looked for companionship online; the woman he met was fake and took $800,000 from his retirement savings

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After his wife of 43 years died, a New York widower looked for companionship online; the woman he met was fake and took $800,000 from his retirement savings

When Simon’s wife of 43 years died, the loss left him struggling with a loneliness he had never known. Like many widows and widowers, he eventually turned online, hoping to find some companionship. Instead, he found Emily. The woman seemed real. The conversations continued and a relationship began to take shape. But Emily did not … Read more