Good morning! This is Betty Lin-Fisher with today’s The Daily Money.
More than half of parents in a new survey said they’d rather have “the talk” about sex, drugs or alcohol than talk to their kids about money.
Why do parents want to avoid this topic?
Google Maps updates lake name
Lake Ontario has become Lake America on Google Maps, at least for users in the United States.
Google Maps announced the switch on Aug. 29, two days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the name of the lake’s name within the United States.
New fashion statement?
Winner, winner, chicken dinner – or rather chicken purse?
Walmart has a new purse modeled after its rotisserie chicken meal that it has released for National Chicken Month.
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