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Happy New Year! Welcome to another year of The Daily Money newsletter! This is Betty Lin-Fisher with Friday's consumer-focused edition. |
It's not too early to start talking about taxes – whether you're filing for 2025 or planning for the next tax year that follows. | Tax season is here. Susan Tompor / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images |
Some tariffs are being delayed |
Is Australia on your travel bucket list? |
I'm looking outside my home office window in Ohio at snow-covered yards and woods and the weather is 23 degrees. It's beautiful, but the weather app says it feels like it is 13 degrees. So I'm day-dreaming about some travel destinations. Travel reporter Zach Wichter recently went to Sydney, Australia and shares his experience. By the way, my weather app says it is 65 degrees there today. I wouldn't mind that! |
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