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Royal Caribbean has a $250 million private island for its cruise passengers that has a 135-foot-tall waterslide — here's what it looks like

In May, Royal Caribbean International opened Perfect Day at CocoCay, a private island in the Bahamas available to passengers on the company's ships.

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I'm a shy introvert who now operates a multimillion-dollar business — here are 3 tricks that boosted my confidence

Luisa Zhou went from an "unnoticed" corporate employee to the owner of a multimillion-dollar business before age 30 — all by building her confidence.

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A man who stopped working at age 65 says he used a '3-legged-stool' strategy to prepare for retirement

Preparing for retirement took a lot for the retiree David Fisher, who worked to pay off his debts, plan for healthcare costs, and live affordably.

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A lawyer who represents cruise-ship workers reveals one thing passengers do that's terrible for some crew members

Some cruise-ship workers have seen their pay decrease since cruise lines moved from cash tips to automatic gratuity.

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Lambda School is Silicon Valley's big bet on reinventing education and making student debt obsolete. But students say it's a 'cult' and they would have been better off learning on their own.

The Y Combinator startup Lambda School has raised money from GV, Stripe, and even Ashton Kutcher for a better way of thinking about education.

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'Ghost kitchens' are taking over fast-food chains from Chick-fil-A to Wendy's

Wendy's became the latest fast-food chain to name-check ghost kitchens on Friday at the company's investor day.

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These clothes use outlandish designs to trick facial recognition software into thinking you're not a human

Privacy-focused designers, academics, and activists have designed wearable accessories and clothes meant to thwart facial recognition tech.

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When I moved from China to the US, eating out became so much more expensive I had to break the habit. Here's how I did it.

Instead of feeling like I was depriving myself, I set out to manage my restaurant addiction by figuring out how to recreate what I loved about them.

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A 27-year-old American boxer was knocked out in the 10th round of a fight, left on a stretcher, and is now in a coma

Patrick Day, 27, was quickly taken to hospital after his brutal defeat to Charles Conwell on Saturday, October 12 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

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