Month: October 2019

HTC’s Exodus 1s smartphone comes packed with cryptocurrency-related features. HTC HTC is bringing out a cheaper version of its blockchain-friendly smartphone in a bid to entice the people hesitant about buying cryptocurrencies and expense flagships from the likes of Apple and Samsung. The Taiwanese smartphone maker on Saturday launched the Exodus 1s, a slightly smaller
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LONDON,ENGLAND – JUNE 6: In this studio shot illustration a NHS uniform close up, with stethoscope … [+] on June 6,2019 in London,England. (Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images) Getty Images Here’s a headline one doesn’t see every day: “Pensions crisis blamed for trust’s worst-ever breast cancer waits.” That’s from the UK journal HSJ and, yes,
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses payment of survivor’s benefits to multiple spouses, common-law marriage, potential effects of benefits based on a spouse’s public pension, what to do with benefits received on behalf of children and the earnings test. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president
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Michael Jordan, seen here in November 2018 in Wilmingon, North Carolina, greets people and shares … [+] Thanksgiving meals with the community impacted by Hurricane Florence. Jordan was raised in Wilmington. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) ASSOCIATED PRESS The swish of autumnal winds welcomed community members and guests to an outdoor ribbon-cutting ceremony yesterday. They had gathered
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer has a jam-packed week full of earnings reports circled on his calendar for the trading week starting Monday. Questions abound whether economic weakness and trade worries will continue to spook investors, although consumer-based companies are given a pass, the “Mad Money” host said Friday. “Next week is tough to game. Too many
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Barry Sternlicht, co-founder of the privately held Starwood Capital global investment firm, believes a wealth tax, as envisioned by Democratic presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, would not be feasible. “I think it’s a crazy idea,” Sternlicht said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Friday. The wealth tax from Sanders, a Vermont democratic socialist, would
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