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Social Security’s latest COLA update: How much more will beneficiaries get next year?


Social Security’s latest COLA update: How much more will beneficiaries get next year?

With just a month to go until the official figures are released, welfare recipients are set to see the smallest cost of living increase in three years. The most recent forecast from the nonpartisan Senior Citizens League projects the COLA to be 2.5% next year, based on a decline in consumer price data from 2% […]

Raising Cane’s celebrates golden anniversary with opening of gold-plated store in Boston


Raising Cane’s celebrates golden anniversary with opening of gold-plated store in Boston

Everyone – even Chicken Finger Chains – has a Golden Birthday, that is, the birthday on which someone turns the same age as their actual birthday. To celebrate Raising Cane’s golden anniversary, the company has decided to open its first and only all-gold restaurant in downtown Boston this week. Raising Cane’s opened its 828th location […]

Home sales in Alabama rise, but presidential election brings uncertainty


Home sales in Alabama rise, but presidential election brings uncertainty

Home sales in Alabama rose in July as the housing market braces for falling interest rates, but uncertainty in the fall could slow that momentum. “The market is ripe for activity, waiting for the pieces to fall into place,” said Bennie Waller, a professor of finance and real estate at the University of Alabama. “There […]