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10 mind-blowing facts that show just how dire the student-loan crisis in America is

Student-loan debt in the US is at record levels. The consequences are a domino effect: Millennials are so indebted that they're delaying life milestones.

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The inside story of how Robinhood, a $6 billion investing app for millennials, blew a huge launch so badly that Congress got involved

Robinhood, the $6 billion stock-trading app aimed at millennials, told users its new checking and savings accounts were insured. They weren't.

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Here's the exact day and month you can retire with full Social Security benefits, depending on when you were born

The Social Security retirement age is between 66 and 67 for nearly all of today's working Americans.

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25 years after Amazon's launch, Jeff Bezos is the richest person alive. Here's how he makes and spends his billions.

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, is the richest person alive: he's the first in modern history to accumulate a fortune over $100 billion.

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A Microsoft engineer says that the use of Linux has overtaken Windows on its own Microsoft Azure cloud

In recent years, Microsoft has warmed up to Linux, which it used to see as a rival. Now, there's more use of Linux than Windows on Microsoft Azure.

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'A bubble burst of hollow promises': What the EU's new leaders have said about Brexit

Ursula Von der Leyen — who is set to become European Commission President— said Brexit was a "bubble burst of hollow promises."

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Mark Zuckerberg just pulled a Jeff Bezos, and Libra could be Amazon Web Services

Cloud computing was a "blind alley" that turned into a "broad avenue" earning $25 billion a year for Amazon. Could crypto do the same for Facebook?

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Photo shows hybrid of toilet and drinking fountain in migrant detention centers, where Ocasio-Cortez says women had to drink from the bowl

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez visited a migrant detention facility — an image shows the toilet/drinking fountains detainees use that she said were broken.

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The Martha's Vineyard estate that Jackie Kennedy bought for $1 million in 1979 just hit the market for $65 million — here's a look inside the property

Jackie Kennedy purchased the Martha's Vineyard property in 1979 for $1 million. At the time, the only building on the estate was the hunting cabin.

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