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Personal Finance Reddit got hacked because this common security measure didn’t work

All users should change their passwords now.

Why some women are OK with men picking up the check on dinner dates

‘Benevolent sexism’ could foreshadow certain attractive traits.

Watch out, taxpayers: You may owe more money to the IRS next year

Some 30 million taxpayers may not have had enough money taken out of their paychecks, a new government report found.

The executor of my wife’s family estate is waiting for all the beneficiaries to die

This man says his wife’s aunt refuses to give people their inheritance.

The government has no idea how many gig workers there are—why that’s a problem

It’s tough to measure something when no one can agree on what’s actually being measured.

My wife wants her name on my house, bank and retirement accounts—or we’re through

He is her fourth husband and she is his second wife, and they have been married for 8 months.

Experts warn of a new ‘snail mail’ malware attack that’s surprisingly effective

The most dangerous hack isn’t always the most elaborate—it just needs to spark your curiosity or willingness to help others.

Raising a family? You may want to live here

None of the cities in this study is in the Northeast.

Short-term health insurance plans are dirt cheap with good reason

The Trump administration is relaxing restrictions on these health care plans.

The unsettling relationship between selfie filters and plastic surgery

People now hold themselves to ‘unattainable’ standards of beauty, a new paper says.

Elsewhere on MarketWatch Pick your poison: Here are the best neighborhoods for real estate investing if you want income or if you want growth

A new trove of data from Attom Data shows, down to the neighborhood level, the best places in which to invest in real estate, no matter how you define that.

Who’s cashing in on roaring economy? By the size of paychecks, not most workers

The U.S. is creating gobs of new jobs and the labor market is hopping, but most workers still aren’t cashing in on pay day.

Kamala Harris has a terrible idea to lower the high cost of renting

Rent control or tax credits won’t fix the affordability problem; only more houses will, says Rex Nutting.

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