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It is Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024.

On This Day In History — On this day in 2001, Hillary Clinton was sworn in as a U.S. senator from New York, having become the first first lady in U.S. history to win elective office.

Deal of the Day

Albertsons — 10% off for Seniors (first Wednesday of the month)

• Even if your waistline is a little wider after the holidays, you still need to stock up on groceries and make pharmacy purchases. Albertsons offers an additional 10% discount on in-store purchases for seniors 55+ today.

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RetireHub Poll

Yesterday’s Poll Results — Which type of movie do you enjoy watching the most?

With nearly 50% of the vote, “Comedy” was the runaway winner!

Thanks to everyone who voted!

Words of the Day

Finance Term: Fungible

Definition: Refers to items or commodities that can be exchanged with other assets or commodities of the same type, such as currency, commodities, and precious stones.

Medical Term: Biopsy

Definition: A tiny tissue sample used for testing purposes.

Slang Word of the Day: TFW

Definition: TFW stands for "that feeling when."

Used in a Sentence: “TFW you get off work early on a Friday 🥳”

Longevity Tip Of The Day

Take the stairs, every day — A study by University of Geneva researchers found that taking the stairs instead of the elevators reduced the risk of dying prematurely by 15 percent. What’s more, a daily stair climb shaves six months off your “brain age,” according to researchers at Concordia University who performed MRI scans on 331 people ages 19 to 79. Gray matter shrinks naturally with age, but less so when people stay active.

What We’re Reading

Her Deadly End, by Tikiri Herath

Price — $4.99 Free

Overview: FBI agent Tanya Stone is vacationing in an idyllic mountain town with her K-9 partner, Max, when her morning coffee is interrupted by shocking violence. The sheriff may brush it off, but Tanya knows there’s more to the case than meets the eye…

News of the Day

More Americans can now get insulin for $35

• More Americans with diabetes will get a break on their insulin costs in 2024.

• Sanofi is joining the nation’s two other major insulin manufacturers in offering either price caps or savings programs that lower the cost of the drugs to $35 for many patients. The three drugmakers are also drastically lowering the list prices for their products.

• …read the full story

Value of X has fallen 71% since purchase by Musk and name change from Twitter

• The social media platform X has lost 71% of its value since it was bought by Elon Musk, according to the mutual fund Fidelity.

• Fidelity, which owns a stake in X Holdings, said in a disclosure obtained by Axios that it had marked down the value of its shares by 71.5% since Musk’s purchase.

• …read the full story

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