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Towfiqu Photography | Moment | Getty ImagesIf you can find your husband or wife online, why not your financial advisor?That's why Andres Garcia-Amaya launched Zoe Financial, an online matchmaking engine that hooks up investors with registered investment advisors.A recent Stanford University study found that 39% of people surveyed met their spouse through a dating website — by far the most common way to find a significant other these days. Garcia-Amaya is betting that consumers want to find their other significant other — namely. their financial advisor — the same way."Online research gives people a lot more options, but often too many options," said Garcia-Amaya. "One of our taglines is "we reject 95% of advisors so you don't have to."A good client portal used to be a strong value proposit...

For Kellie Hooker, there's a new sense of urgency to have a surgery that will make him feel more comfortable in his body. The accelerated timeline to transition came after Hooker heard reports that the Trump administration is mulling a narrower definition of gender under the law based on the genitals a person is born with. Hooker, who grew up in North Carolina and now lives in Las Vegas, said he moved to get closer to California, a state where he can undergo gender affirming surgery on his chest without facing discrimination. “I wasn’t going to get top surgery, but in light of all that’s happening, I’ve been flooded with dysphoria,” Hooker, who identifies as a trans man, told ABC News. “To take these huge steps back would make me feel no better than ...

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