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Roxana Popescu

Roxana Popescu is the money reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Previously, she was a monthly columnist for the Real Estate section of The New York Times.

Everything you need for Thanksgiving dinner for $40? Turkey Day grocery deals

November 11, 2025 at 3:42 p.m.

Some grocers are offering entire Thanksgiving meals and discount packages, while others have specific products on sale.

Raylnn Brunetto, 14, of San Diego, checks her school supplies list while shopping at Target. Next up: Holiday shopping. The store has releases thousands of new items, and it has sales and faster delivery around the corner. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Target debuts thousands of holiday gifts, plus weekly sales and faster delivery

September 18, 2025 at 1:56 p.m.

Halloween merchandise hit some stores before the Fourth of July, and Thanksgiving items were in already stores in August.

Residents of nine states have large enough nest eggs that they will last through retirement. Retirees in the other 41 states, including California, do not. (SCNG)

Do you live here? 41 states where you might outlive your retirement savings

September 11, 2025 at 1:04 p.m.

Here's how much extra you might need to save to cover projected expenses in older age.

Petco’s new product lines focuses on humans (you read that right)

August 14, 2025 at 3:55 p.m.

Petco's new items include clothing, home decor, games with pet-centric messages.

Trust & Will co-founders Cody Barbo, left, who is the company’s CEO, and Daniel Goldstein, who is its COO. The company is launching a new AI-powered platform to make estate planning simpler. (Trust & Will)

Haven’t made a will yet? Startup has new AI tool to help

July 11, 2025 at 12:19 p.m.

Trust & Will says its AI upgrade makes it easier to create and update an estate plan.

People passing a restaurant of the Buona Forchetta chain on June 2, 2025, in San Diego. During a raid in late May, ICE agents took several Buona Forchetta employees into custody on the grounds that they were in the United States illegally. (Alejandro Tamayo/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)

As ICE raids intensify, how do employers know if their workers are legal?

June 26, 2025 at 12:50 p.m.

E-Verify is highly effective in confirming a person's right to work, but few employers use it.

When you get an email you didn't initiate, reach out to the number on the back of your card, experts say. Do not engage with that email. (Getty Images)

This is the phishing scam that gets an identity theft expert ‘really, very angry’

June 6, 2025 at 1:33 p.m.

Three scams to look out for this summer.

Tax Day is Tuesday, April 15. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Tax Day is Tuesday. Are you ready? Tips for late filers

April 14, 2025 at 1:31 p.m.

Still plugging away on your 2024 tax forms? Here are pointers from a San Diego finance professional and from the IRS to help you minimize the chance of errors, maximize...

The IRS released its 2025 list of scams taxpayers should be on the lookout for. (AP File Photo/Patrick Sison)

Scam alert: This is how thieves might try to steal your tax refund or other money

March 6, 2025 at 3:19 p.m.

The IRS released its annual list of the top 12 ways tax filers could get ripped off.

Peter Norton is the publisher of Canterbury Classics, a San Diego publisher that releases new editions of classic titles. It is celebrating the 250th birthday of Jane Austen with some new releases, including a boxed set. The embroidered covers are another recent innovation. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Making a classic new again: How this publisher refreshed Jane Austen for her 250th birthday

March 5, 2025 at 2:52 p.m.

This publisher of classic titles uses data and trendspotting to catch readers attention.

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