Month: July 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce proposed rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act regulations in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, January 9, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump on Wednesday will finalize a rollback to the country’s landmark environmental law, the National Environmental Policy Act, by speeding
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A budtender (right) shows cannabis buds to a customer at the Green Pearl Organics dispensary on the … [+] first day of legal recreational marijuana sales in California, January 1, 2018 at the Green Pearl Organics marijuana dispensary in Desert Hot Springs, California. / AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty
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Buildings should be of their time, not rigidly classically styled. Universal Images Group via Getty Images The American Institute of Architects (AIA) strongly supports legislation proposed today that would thwart an anticipated Executive Order mandating classical architecture as the preferred design style for federal courthouses and other federal properties. The legislation, proposed July 15, 2020
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ljubaphoto “This year’s July 15 filing date is considered a disaster-related postponement of the filing deadline,” said IRS spokesman Eric Smith.  “Where a disaster-related postponement exists, the IRS is required by law to pay interest, calculated from the original April 15 filing deadline, as long as an individual income taxpayer files a 2019 tax return
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Alex and Kelsey Carroll’s company, Toss Up Events, designed and operated unique fan experiences at major sporting events across the country. Then the coronavirus shutdown canceled all large gatherings for the foreseeable future.  The Carrolls, both 31, had all of their employees pack up their equipment and head back to the company’s headquarters in Dallas.
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Many famous and productive friendships have come out of California’s Stanford University: from Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page to Yahoo’s Jerry Yang and David Filo. Snap billionaire Evan Spiegel started Snapchat with Bobby Murphy, who lived across the hall in their fraternity house. But Spiegel also made another enduring friendship at Stanford with a
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Customers get information from a reception desk at a UnitedHealthcare store in Queens, New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images UnitedHealth said on Wednesday its second-quarter profit more than doubled, helped by lower medical costs due to a fall in healthcare utilization following coronavirus-fueled lockdowns and social distancing. Net earnings attributable to shareholders jumped
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David Solomon, CEO, Goldman Sachs, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galacia | CNBC Goldman Sachs is scheduled to report second-quarter earnings before the opening bell Wednesday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $3.78 per share, a 35% decline from a year earlier, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $9.75
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Earnings season may kick-off with an upside surprise. National Securities’ Art Hogan is optimistic the banks’ second quarter results will come in better than expected and help lift stocks. “I don’t think expectations for bank earnings have ever been as low as they are coming into this quarter,” the firm’s chief market strategist told CNBC’s
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By Dr. Jan Gurley, Next Avenue Contributor Getty (The following article represents the views of Dr. Jan Gurley and not the San Francisco Department of Public Health, where she works in communicable disease and prevention during the Covid-19 pandemic. The information included is rapidly evolving and applies to the current situation.) Due to the Covid-19
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