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A Dallas property firm plans to break ground early next year on a Southlake business park.The project off Ira Woods Avenue, west of State Highway 114, will include four industrial buildings. It’s in an area that has seen very little warehouse construction.Southlake’s city council approved plans for the development in September.The new business…

Phil Shell loves the Bay Area and its real estate market. He’s been building his career here as an agent over the past eight years, but even he hasn’t figured out how to buy the home he really wants in the region.Currently, he’s renting an apartment in South San Francisco. Instead of waiting around until he’s finally saved enough money to…

(Mark Blank) One senator sent shock waves through the political community earlier this month when he made a bold claim about the future of Social Security. Many lawmakers have called for Social Security reform, but the recent comments from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) suggest more extreme changes than many of his…

Economy and Markets: The Week Ahead With no market-moving earnings releases scheduled for this week, investors will zoom in on the many important economic reports scheduled to be published in the next few days. The main emphasis will be on the PCE data, which will help investors grasp the ongoing impact of the Fed’s rate increases. All…

The stunning cliff home of the late Robin Williams has just hit the market. Photo Credit: Open Homes/TopTenRealEstateDeals A slice of comedic history is now up for grabs, with the late Robin Williams’ former San Francisco abode — adorned with secret rooms and hidden passageways designed for his children — set to make waves with a jaw-dropping…

A class action lawsuit was filed Tuesday against UnitedHealth Group and a subsidiary alleging that they are illegally using an algorithm to deny rehabilitation care to seriously ill patients, even though the companies know the algorithm has a high error rate. The class action suit, filed on behalf of deceased patients who had a UnitedHealthcare…

A man without a workplace retirement plan taking a look at his retirement savings.A recent study by BlackRock and Human Interest reveals an eye-catching gap in retirement savings between workers with access to employer-sponsored retirement plans and those without. The data shows that median-income employees lacking workplace retirement benefits…

If you have a big wad in a pretax IRA, sit down with your accountant now. Taxes are likely headed higher. By William Baldwin, Forbes Staff Tax rates are going up. Do your conversions now. That’s a starting point in the complex game of IRA manipulation. But the general rule must be accompanied by footnotes and provisos. For these subtleties we…

When the Commerce Department reported last month that U.S. economic output contracted for two consecutive quarters during the first half of the year, it raised fears the U.S. might be in recession, defined in a popular rule of thumb as two negative quarters of growth. New data sends a different message: rather than in recession, the economy…

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterLONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Masayoshi Son is thinking the unthinkable at SoftBank Group (9984.T). His $63 billion technology and…