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Mayor Zohran Mamdani is floating an extreme new proposal to change the state’s estate tax — a move that would hurt middle-class New Yorkers and their loved ones. The socialist mayor wants to ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Television is expanding its young adult content, optioning Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ bestselling book series The Inheritance Games for development as a scripted series. The project ...

If you’re biding your time until Mom or Dad or that rich uncle dies, passing their wealth to you, then prepare yourself for a shock: Most of us will never inherit. Inheriting money from a departed ...

Shot on an iPhone, this globe-trotting drama fails to deliver on its promises. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate ...

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