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Personal Finance<\/h6>\nThe No. 1 \u2018best\u2019 diet for 2020, according to a panel of 25 health professionals<\/h6>\n
A panel of \u2018nationally recognized\u2019 experts in diet, nutrition, obesity, food psychology, diabetes and heart disease spent months deciding on the most and least effective diets<\/a>, based on seven criteria. <\/p>\n There is no federal e-cigarette tax<\/a>, but at least 20 states and Washington, D.C., have approved some kind of tax on e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n \u2018I am addicted to watching the \u201ctotal accounts\u201d number<\/a> grow in my portfolio.\u2019\u00a0 <\/p>\n \u2018He lost our mother\u2019s property after obtaining a high-interest mortgage<\/a> so he could buy a motorcycle, which he also lost as a result of an accident.\u2019 <\/p>\n Even with unemployment at a 50-year low<\/a> and the stock market continuing its historic 10-year bull run, a Pew Research Center survey says many people remain unconvinced. <\/p>\n The FAFSA form<\/a> asks men whether they\u2019ve signed up for Selective Service. <\/p>\n Qassem Soleimani was killed Friday by a U.S. airstrike. Analysts say the U.S. is in a very different position today<\/a> than during previous Middle East conflicts. <\/p>\n The State Department says Americans should maintain \u2018situational awareness\u2019<\/a> in the region following the Baghdad airstrike. <\/p>\n Kentucky bourbon maker earns the honor<\/a> from a prestigious annual guide. <\/p>\n Policy makers at the Federal Reserve were more optimistic about the U.S. economy<\/a> in December as trade tensions with China eased, but they still had lingering worries and fretted that inflation would remain too low, according to minutes of the central bank\u2019s last meeting. <\/p>\n War, should it come to that, may not necessarily be fought on our terms<\/a>, says Paul Brandus <\/p>\nThis state introduced an e-cigarette tax to deter people from vaping \u2014 but it had one unhealthy, unforeseen consequence<\/h6>\n
\u2018I\u2019m 22 with $70,000 in savings and investments, but I\u2019m addicted to checking my brokerage accounts multiple times a day\u2019<\/h6>\n
\u2018Nothing is ever his fault, everyone is out to get him.\u2019 Our brother inherited our late mother\u2019s home and it was repossessed. He\u2019s now in prison \u2014 do I send him money?<\/h6>\n
How\u2019s the economy doing? Your answer may depend on whether you\u2019re Republican or Democrat<\/h6>\n
No, you\u2019re not going to be drafted into the military just because you applied for federal student loans<\/h6>\n
As tensions mount with Iran, should Americans be worried about rising oil prices?<\/h6>\n
Travel security experts advise caution when traveling to the Middle East \u2014 but don\u2019t cancel your trip just yet<\/h6>\n
Here\u2019s your chance to taste the \u2018best\u2019 whiskey on planet Earth<\/h6>\n
Elsewhere on MarketWatch<\/h6>\n
Fed still worried U.S. inflation will remain too low in light of weak global economy<\/h6>\n
The only certainty about a U.S.-Iran war is uncertainty<\/h6>\n
It now costs the average worker a record 114 hours\u2019 pay to buy the S&P 500<\/h6>\n