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If you have a fixed sum of money to invest every month or every year, which investment account type gives you the biggest bang for your buck? There are no one-size-fits-all answers, but this framework for retirement savings is a good starting point. 1. Why: To take advantage of free money. 2. Deprioritize if: Your 401(k) offers no matching contributions. In that case, proceed directly to No. 2. Even a lackluster match—say, […]

NEW YORK (AP) — When Aaron Sorkin made 2010’s “The Social Network,” he had heard of Facebook, he said at the time, “the way I’ve heard of a carburetor.” Sixteen years later, he has a much deeper idea of what Mark Zuckerberg’s social media empire has become. “Back then, Facebook was a way to keep in touch with people you went to high school with. It’s something much different now,” […]

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Andy Burnham will face lawmakers in the House of Commons on Tuesday for the first time since becoming U.K. leader six weeks ago, with wars in Europe and the Middle East weighing on his promise to kick-start the economy and ease the cost of living. Since taking office on July 20, Burnham has traveled around the country promising to deliver renewed national optimism after the […]

PARIS (AP) — With the end of France’s summer vacation season, the election campaign to replace Emmanuel Macron as president next May is bursting to life. An unusually large and broad field of candidates is forming to lead the European Union’s largest country, its second-largest economy and only nuclear-armed power, their appetites whetted by the fact that Macron is constitutionally barred from seeking a third consecutive presidential term himself. Some […]

KOROR, Palau (AP) — China warned of “consequences” for Taiwan after officials from Beijing and Taipei attended a ceremonial event at a Pacific leaders summit, where major powers already had been urged to restrain from turning a meeting of mostly small island countries into a geopolitical sideshow. The 18 member states and territories of the Pacific Islands Forum, which opened its annual summit in Palau’s largest city Koror on Monday, […]

Sept 1 (Reuters) – Switzerland’s Roche will pay $75 million upfront to Simcere Pharmaceutical Group for rights to an experimental blood cancer drug, the Chinese drugmaker said Tuesday.  • SIM0660 targets B-cell malignancies, Simcere said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange. • B cells are a type of white blood cell that produces antibodies. • Simcere is also eligible to receive up to about $1.46 billion in […]

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Filmmaker and drone pilot Manish Maharjan crossed into Nepal from China’s Tibet through Rasuwagadhi, a border crossing closest to where last week’s catastrophic flooding began, two days before the disaster. Returning home, little did he know he would be using his professional skills to help with rescue efforts along a route he has known intimately from years of travel for work. As authorities mobilized dozens of […]

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – The U.S. will aim to persuade G-20 members to take a hands-off approach to regulating AI, according to a Trump White House official, at a gathering of industry titans and commerce ministers that begins on Tuesday in North Carolina.  Leaders are convening at a key moment in the AI sector’s development and the global debate over how to govern it, and as […]

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Brazilian authorities are grappling with how to keep AI from undermining the country’s hotly contested election, as AI-generated content floods voters’ social media feeds and loose-lipped chatbots challenge regulators’ abilities to rein in misinformation.  With the October 4 first-round vote quickly approaching, Brazil’s top elections court, the TSE, is expected on Tuesday to set new limits on the use of AI-generated or altered […]