“Why did I do this to myself?” wonders a TikTok user with a $1,400 SUV payment and $1,600 truck payment. The amount she's spending on car loans sounds 'absurd' to some, but it’s becoming more common. marketwatch.com/story/a-1-400-…

Lowe’s credit card now has a 31.99% interest rate. Customers call it ‘loan sharking.’ marketwatch.com/story/lowes-cr…

Sam Bankman-Fried is going to jail for 25 years. His victims are moving on, but it isn’t always easy. trib.al/gAEDbtd

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for fraud tied to the collapse of his digital exchange, capping his meteoric rise and fall wsj.com/finance/curren… via The Wall Street Journal

Dow Jones colleagues throughout the world stand with The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. This Friday will mark one year since his outrageous and wrongful detention by Russia. We’ll keep telling Evan’s story until he can tell his own. #IStandWithEvan
New York:

Head here if you would like to write a message to Evan Gershkovich and his family #IStandWithEvan on.wsj.com/497ErEg on.wsj.com/497ErEg

Will the Visa- Mastercard swipe-fee #settlement impact your #creditcard rewards? LendingTree Chief Credit Analyst Matt Schulz talks to @Marketwatch hannah erin lang Leslie Albrecht marketwatch.com/story/will-the…

Should parents ‘charge’ a 6-year-old for rent and groceries? Here’s what financial therapists think about this TikTok money lesson. marketwatch.com/story/should-p…

🔥🔥Hot off the presses... thank you NY Law Journal for featuring Incendii Law the firm that I co-founded with my very good friend and - yes - my very own attorney Aurore DeCarlo, a legend🔥🔥
Andrew Denney

'As things often go in D.C., a blue-ribbon panel was convened and a special counsel appointed.'
A Little League scandal in NW Washington, D.C., pits high-powered parents against one another — and leads to a discovery. wsj.com/us-news/little… via James Fanelli

my team MarketWatch personal finance took a lil walk down mem lane to see how the Fed has impacted consumers w/ its rate hikes

wld luv to hear from you how the hikes have impacted ur finances

Leslie Albrecht hannah erin lang Andrew Keshner Venessa Wong
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Poor Connor Roy; still no respect.

Personal news: I have moved on from my role at Civil Eats to do more of my own reporting. Food/ag will always be part of the stories I want to tell, but for the next few years I'll be looking at climate and equity in CA for Berkeley Journalism and various outlets. DMs w/story ideas welcome!

hi everyone - MarketWatch reporters will be live blogging the SOTU tonight starting 9pm ET

here's the link if you want to follow along

marketwatch.com/livecoverage/b…

Rob Schroeder Leslie Albrecht Andrew Keshner Victor Reklaitis +++

When can we start speaking abt a trend? Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center in Philly is being renamed...Marian Anderson Hall, through a $25 million 'naming' gift from Leslie Anne Miller and her husband Richard B. Worley. Naming based on exemplary figures--let's keep this going!

What does it take to be 'middle class' in America today?
A new WaPo poll finds 6 key things:

1) Secure job
2) Savings
3) Can cover $1k emergency
4) Pay bills on time
5) Health insurance
6) Can retire

**Only 35% of Americans have all six**

Do you know exactly how much money your partner makes? If you don't, is that a sign of trouble in your relationship? hannah erin lang talked to experts on this sometimes fraught question, just in time for Valentine's Day. 💘
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