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Digital bank Chase is offering a market-leading easy access savings account with a competitive rate of up to 5% AER, giving savers a financial boost for the new year. The ‘Boosted Rate’ saver has no minimum deposit requirement and features a 1.5% introductory bonus for the first six months. Chase …

McDonald’s franchise owner Scott Rodrick says his business has experienced cost pressure since California’s minimum wage increase targeting fast-food franchises on Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street. Nearly half the states in the U.S. are set for minimum wage increases on Jan. 1, 2025, which will mean a pay hike for some …

Labour PM Keir Starmer, Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Secretary of State for Housing Angela Rayner look set to wreak yet more havoc on the UK economy. Throw in Energy Secretary Ed Miliband and we might as well have voted the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse into power. I’m not forecasting …

Video footage taken from inside the plane shows two men fighting before other passengers intervene during an Oakland, Calif., to Kauai, Hawaii, flight on Monday. (Credit: @kauai.airBnB via Storyful) Fumes in the cockpit of a Hawaiian-bound flight forced the aircraft to return to the Seattle airport shortly after taking off …

Major changes to the PIP (Personal Independence Payment) benefit system are coming in over 2025. The payments support those with a long-term health condition or illness, with higher and lower rates depending on your level of need. These are the six changes to note for the coming year: New Year …

‘The Big Money Show’ co-host Brian Brenberg shows how inflation under President Biden has made life much more unaffordable for Americans on ‘Varney & Co.’ The price of a dozen eggs in California has reached nearly $9 per dozen in some areas, as demand continues to rise amid an outbreak …

Martin Lewis’ Money Saving Expert has issued a warning to anyone who still doesn’t have a working smart meter. This week is what Martin Lewis has christened ‘Meter Reading Week’, the time, every three months, when energy customers must submit a meter reading to their supplier just as prices change, …

X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced on New Year’s Eve “X Money” will launch in 2025.

Customers of major energy suppliers including British Gas, E.ON, EDF and OVO can make a £148 saving with one simple change. UK households are urged to switch to a twelve-month fixed energy tariff to make the saving as energy bills are increasing yet again from January. Household energy bills will …

Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Some people may plan to hit the stores on New Year’s Day for their first shopping trips of 2025.  For consumers that do venture out, where and how long they will be able to shop can depend on the company.  Macy’s will have regular …