A new report finds that child care costs for full-time center-based care for one infant costs at least 10% of a median family’s annual income in nearly every state, according to a study by Bankrate. Child care has become one of the biggest expenses in household budgets around the U.S., with infant…

The revolving door between the U.S. cryptocurrency industry and Wall Street’s top cop has been particularly active this year — a trend that one former SEC lawyer who now defends crypto clients in the private sector says is a good thing. Ladan Stewart, spent eight years as an enforcement attorney at the Securities…

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Standard & Poor’s 500 index funds are among today’s most popular investments — and it’s little wonder why. The S&P 500 index, on which these funds are based, has returned an average of about 10 percent annually over time and represents hundreds of America’s best companies. With an S&P 500…