ALL THE MONEY NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW | | | | | | Daniel de Visé | Personal Finance Reporter
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Don't like the color of your Toyota? Soon, you may be able to change it. |
The automaker is following in the footsteps of Tesla and BMW and hoping to allow its customers to easily alter the color of their cars. |
When the patent is available to the public, drivers can request the treatment either when they buy a new car or if they already have a car that they want to give a different look, the company said. |
Wages rising faster for low-paid workers, at last |
Wage inequality is a major theme of the modern era, at least for a certain breed of economist. Over the past 40-plus years, wages have risen much faster for high-salaried workers than for those earning the minimum. |
Over the pandemic years of 2019 to 2023, however, everything changed. Hourly pay rose by 12.1% during that period for low-wage Americans, from $12.06 to $13.52, a new report says. In the same span, hourly wages grew by 0.9% for the highest earners, from $57.30 to $57.84. |
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The House voted overwhelmingly last month to approve a measure that would ban TikTok from operating in the United States or force a sale, posing the most serious threat yet to the popular short-form video platform. The measure now sits in the Senate. |
At issue is TikTok's Chinese ownership. U.S. officials say parent company ByteDance could hand over the personal information of the 170 million Americans who use the popular short-video app to Beijing. The bill's opponents have raised free speech concerns. |
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Daniel de Visé covers personal finance for USA Today. | | | | Ditching vinyl wraps and painting jobs, the motor company plans to use the technology that can change colors when in heat or exposed to light. | | | |  | Wages rose much faster for America's lowest-paid workers than for their better-paid colleagues between 2019 and 2023, a striking reversal. | | | | Annual inflation rose again in March to 3.5% as rent kept drifting higher. Core prices, which exclude food and energy, stayed high | | | | This is what borrowers need to know as President Joe Biden goes around the U.S. touting his final student loan forgiveness plan. | | | | JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon issued his annual letter to shareholders Monday. It covered China, AI, fossil fuels, and inflation. | | | | Donald Trump is no longer on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world's 500 richest people, after Trump Media's stock dipped. | | | | A new complaint about Boeing alleges the planemaker isn't upholding quality on its 787 production line. | | | | Millions of Americans traveled around the country to see Monday's eclipse. Maps and charts show towns that drew the most visitors. | | | | U.S. inflation has eased notably but some states are well above the average while others are below. See the states with highest and lowest price gains | | | | Despite being paid a salary, as a salaried, nonexempt employee, your employer is still obligated to track and record your work hours. | | | | |  | Sign up for the news you want | Exclusive newsletters are part of your subscription, don't miss out! We're always working to add benefits for subscribers like you. | | | | | | |
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