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You should be using a password manager. Data breaches now happen frequently, and that wealth of stolen info has made cracking passwords even easier. It’s not just ...

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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. "Without recourse" is a term used in financial agreements to indicate that one party cannot ...

When you click it, it hides the entire workbook you're using. It looks like you closed the file, but Excel keeps running. When you close the program, it'll ask if you want to save changes to the ...