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Essential Year-End Financial Checklist for Retirees: Secure Your 2025

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Although people eventually retire from work, they never retire from financial and tax obligations. A year-end financial review can help things go smoother in 2025. “The Epoch Times” recommends several steps to ...

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Retail Giant Party City Shutters All Stores Amid Broader Industry Crisis

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Party City, an iconic retail brand that has helped people celebrate milestones for 40 years, is going out of business. In filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company stated it would “wind ...

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Smart Money Moves: Essential 2024 Year-End Tax Planning Strategies You Can’t Ignore

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The clock is ticking on your chance to reduce your 2024 tax burden, but there’s still time to make strategic moves that could save you thousands. According to Fidelity, with the recent ...

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Christian organizations rank high among Forbes’ Top 100 Charities

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As 2024 quickly winds down, many people are making charitable contributions both to help worthy organizations and ease their tax burden. The good news is that many Christian ministries are on the ...

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Missouri lawmaker wants to nix state income tax

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Missouri might join the no-income-tax club if one lawmaker gets his way. In a move that’s turning heads in Jefferson City, Rep. Bishop Davidson, a Republican from Republic, is rolling out an ...

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St. Louis named among nation’s worst ‘judicial hellholes’ for 7th straight year

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Missouri’s largest metro continues grappling with its reputation as a challenging business jurisdiction. St. Louis lands at No. 7 on the American Tort Reform Foundation’s annual “Judicial Hellholes” rankings released Tuesday. The ...

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Supporting Life-Affirming Ministries: A Christmas Call to Action

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As we embrace the spirit of giving and the true meaning of the Christmas season, there’s no better time to support organizations that protect and nurture vulnerable lives in our community. Pro-life ...

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Financially focused gifts for young people keep giving long after Christmas

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It’s always hard to know the latest fad in toys, technology or clothing when shopping for Christmas gifts for children or teens. One good alternative it to give them something that will ...

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Giving TOYSday can help make Christmas brighter for kids in need

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With Black Friday, Small-Business Saturday and Cyber Monday over, the focus now turns to giving. The Marine Toys for Tots Program is encouraging the public to embrace the spirit of generosity on ...

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Thanksgiving will still cost 20% more than five years ago

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While you can be grateful your Thanksgiving meal will cost less than last year, it still reflects a whopping increase since just a few years ago. The American Farm Bureau Federation released ...

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Barnes & Noble returning to brick and mortar stores

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More than ten years after leaving its historic Washington DC location, Barnes & Noble has reopened its flagship branch in Georgetown, according to Yahoo finance. The move, which is a component of ...

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Christian organizations team up to provide financial resources for homeschool families

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Homeschool families have a new resource available to practice and teach biblical financial stewardship. AdelFi Credit Union and Teach Them Diligently are partnering to offer a wide range of banking services and ...

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Conservative credit card company donates to vandalized crisis pregnancy center

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Coign, a credit card company with conservative values, has donated more than $15,000 to a crisis pregnancy center in Washington, D.C., that pro-abortion vandals targeted after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. ...

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July 4 cookouts soar to record high cost

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This week’s patriotic cookouts found celebrants facing higher prices…again.  Independence Day and weekend get-together meals cost $71.22 for 10 guests this year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2024 annual market basket ...

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While giving is up, inflation erodes its power

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The good news is giving is up but inflation takes its toll. Individuals made up 67% of giving, an increase from 64% during 2022. Foundations contributed 19% of all philanthropy tracked compared ...

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Optimism over giving in 2024 despite economy

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A recent survey found reason for optimism about faith-based giving in 2024. Despite ongoing economic challenges, donations to churches and ministries remain strong. That’s according to the Giving in Faith report from ...

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Senator: Why did Treasury Dept. monitor purchase of bibles?

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The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) reportedly instructed banks to monitor Americans’ online transactions involving the purchase of Bibles and Christian books. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the ranking Republican ...

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Here’s the retailers closing more stores in 2024

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The nation’s large brick-and-mortar retailers continue to suffer after thousands closed in 2023.  According to CBS News, major brands shuttered 4,600 locations last year and 2024 is not looking much better. Now, ...

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Google layoff mirrors other big tech companies

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Google is beginning the year with a massive layoff impacting a wide range of its business sectors. The effort to slash costs comes as META, the owner of Facebook also cuts positions. ...

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IRS begins sending collection letters

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The IRS this week is sending millions of Americans letters about delinquent taxes. In a recent statement, the federal tax agency said the automated letters and “collection notices” to people with tax ...

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Giving to ministries remains strong despite slight decline in 2022

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Donations to Christian ministries declined last year for the first time in a decade, according to the annual State of Giving Report from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. Cash giving declined ...

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Scams abound with gift cards this Christmas

Gift cards make convenient last-minute Christmas gifts. However, they also are attractive targets for scammers who want to steal money or personal information. According to the Better Business Bureau, 50 percent more people ...

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Why Mr. Beast’s humanitarian efforts actually work–and why his critics hate him

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James Stephen “Jimmy” Donaldson, better known by his professional moniker “Mr. Beast,” has made a name for himself — and hundreds of millions of dollars for humanitarian causes — by leveraging his ...

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Season of giving offers opportunities to help kids

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This is the season of giving.  Most people, despite whatever financial struggle they find themselves in, dig a little deeper to support charities. One of the reasons is that they want to ...

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‘Tis the season for thieves: tips to deter porch pirates

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The popularity of online shopping has soared since the start of the pandemic, and with it the prevalence of thieves better known as porch pirates. And it’s not just random people stealing ...

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