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A few stories a day that change something in your life, from your mortgage and your visa to your trip and your job, each with a plain line on why it matters to you and what to do. Then you're done.

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A story in Pertain: the Bank of Canada decision, with a For you line about a variable-rate mortgage and a What to do line.
Pertain's Today screen: Good evening, Priya. Last 24 hours, 12 stories, 4 affect you.

Affects you

Not more news. The news that touches your life.

Pertain reads hundreds of sources around the clock, from newspapers and wire services to central banks and government notices, and keeps only what lands on your situation.

$ Money2 hours ago

Bank of Canada cuts its policy rate by a quarter point

For you: Your variable-rate mortgage payment can drop, or more of it can go to principal, from your next statement.

What to do: Check whether your payment is fixed or adjusts, and what your lender changes.

Shown because: variable mortgage

Work · VisaThis morning

New registration fee and timeline announced for H-1B

For you: Your employer's next H-1B filing costs more and opens on a new date.

What to do: Ask your immigration lawyer whether your timeline changes.

Shown because: H-1B

TravelYesterday

Lisbon air traffic controllers plan a strike in December

For you: Your December 15 flight to Portugal falls inside the strike window.

What to do: Check your airline's updates and rebooking options.

Shown because: trip to Portugal

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Step 1

Tell us about your life

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My Life in Pertain: home and money, work, travel, and family and health, each editable.
Step 2

We pick what affects you

New stories are matched to your life all day. "Affects you" comes first, then news about your work, then what's big where you live.

Today in Pertain, with stories that affect you and what's new since you last looked.
Step 3

One line on why, and what to do

Every story says how it touches you, names the next step when there is one, and shows why it was picked.

A Pertain story with the For you and What to do panel.

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Following in Pertain: two stories with their new developments.

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Watch a number in Pertain: CAD to INR above 70, and the Bank of Canada rate below 2.25 percent.

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Your Pertain record: two things flagged this month, one acted on.

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