For the week ending Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023

MONEY MATTERS-SOCIAL SECURITY SCAMS

How to spot Social Security scams and protect your identity

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Shippers anticipate meeting holiday demand; Company that created ChatGPT is thrown into turmoil; Cryptocurrency exchange to pay over $4 billion in agreement with US

QUICK FIX

How to reduce the 'widow's penalty'

TECH TAKE

Google's reputation for protecting users' privacy took a big hit after it earned Mozilla Foundation privacy researchers' ignominious "Privacy Not Included" warning label.

SMALL BUSINESS MONITOR

The pressures of inflation and hiring are still weighing on small businesses, according to a new survey.

CENTERPIECE

Shopping surge

The holiday shopping season kicking off this weekend has the potential to be the biggest in years.

MARKET PULSE

Messi World Cup shirts could fetch record over $10 million; Disneyland's Hong Kong, Shanghai parks are getting bigger; Pop star Shakira reaches a deal with Spanish prosecutors

OFF THE CHARTS-JAPANESE STOCKS

After decades as some of the world's most disappointing stocks, Japanese equities are suddenly lighting it up once again.

INSIDER Q&A-VEEV CEO

Amit Haller, CEO of modular homebuilder Veev, talks with The Associated Press about how more modular home construction could help tackle the nation's chronic shortage of new homes.

$1,000 DERBY

If you invested $1,000 at the start of this year in various types of stocks, bonds and commodities, how much would you have now?

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