PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA – AUGUST 31: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during a … [+] campaign event at Mill 19. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster-Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images Is Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden proposing to raise taxes on low- and middle-income households? He emphatically says no. President Trump and his allies say yes, just as
Month: September 2020
Over the summer, I wrote a book called The Race Awakening of 2020: A 6 Step Guide For Moving Forward. The book was written over a weekend of despair as I tried to cope with what is going on this country related to racial injustice. My wife and I were having very difficult conversations with
Walmart + Scan and Go Source: Walmart Walmart+ won’t launch for two weeks, but Wall Street is reacting positively to the retailer’s forthcoming membership program and its perks. Now, investors and industry watchers will wait to see if customers sign up. The company’s shares closed up more than 6% on Tuesday. Earlier in the day Walmart’s
The logo of Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse is seen on October 17, 2017 in Zurich. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Swiss watchdog FINMA, the country’s financial market supervisory authority, said Wednesday it had initiated enforcement proceedings against Credit Suisse over the spying affair that came to light last year. “FINMA has opened
Hotels are rolling out the red carpet for a new breed of traveler: your new puppy. Lockdowns, social distancing and new work-from-home arrangements have caused animal adoptions to soar across the United States. A new TD Ameritrade survey found that 33% of Americans — and half of millennials — have considered fostering or adopting a
President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech as the 2020 Republican presidential nominee on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Aug. 27. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters It’s the first official day of President Trump’s payroll tax holiday, and plenty of uncertainty is swirling around employers and their workers over how it
Social Security requires more than a power of attorney getty Hopefully, Baby Boomers are paying more attention to their power of attorney (POA) documents. A previous post pointed out that, as valuable as these POA documents are, they will not stand alone for Medicare. The same holds true for Social Security. POAs do not give the
Close-Up Of Small Shopping Boxes With Credit Card On Laptop getty In the years after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the physical presence nexus standard for state authority to impose a sales and use tax collection duty on remote sellers in Quill v. North Dakota, sales by remote sellers exploded, due almost entirely to the deployment of the world
Construction projects involve large investments of money and time, and because many owners don’t … [+] have the experience needed to oversee projects, they turn to owner’s reps. Amicon Construction projects require large investments. Mistakes and delays can be exceptionally costly. Shepherding a construction project from start to finish to make the most of the
Convalescent plasma from a recovered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient is seen at the Central Seattle Donor Center of Bloodworks Northwest during the outbreak in Seattle, Washington, April 17, 2020. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters A panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health said Tuesday there is “insufficient data” to show convalescent plasma works against
September may look much calmer than Wall Street anticipates. According to CFRA’s Sam Stovall, an election year trend going back to the 1940s suggests volatility won’t make a comeback in this month. “A lot of strategists are saying that as we head into the election, markets are likely to get a lot more volatile,” the
Joggers pass the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Erin Scott | Bloomberg | Getty Images Interest rates near zero likely will stay in place not for months but instead years as the Federal Reserve seeks to re-engineer an economy characterized by low inflation and an uneven
Win McNamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images August was a hard month for Donna Crenshaw. First, she stopped getting an extra $600 a week in federal unemployment benefits, which had been helping pay the bills. Absent that subsidy, Crenshaw gets just $33 a week before tax from North Carolina, where she lives just
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai on Jan. 7. Aly Song | Reuters With Apple and Tesla’s shares trading at lower prices after their stock splits on Monday, you might be thinking now is the time to invest in these companies. After all, one
By Nancy Collamer, Next Avenue Contributor Barbara Sher Courtesy Barbara Sher’s YouTube channel With entire industries pummeled by the pandemic, millions of older American workers are being forced to find new career paths. If you’re one of them, you’re likely struggling to find your way forward. There’s no surefire formula for navigating a successful career
Taxpayer puts up the white flag to IRS in exchange for easier terms getty In the wake of last week’s damning report from the Senate Finance Committee, the IRS is crowing over the first opponent to throw in the towel in a Tax Court brawl over a syndicated conservation easement based on the IRS offer
Air quality monitors alert you to otherwise undetectable dangers in your home like radon. AIRTHINGS/GREENROOM // WELLNESS BY DESIGN, TILLER PRESS, © J. GOLD Jamie Gold spent years focused on her work, neglecting her health, eating the wrong foods, putting on weight and living a less-than-healthy lifestyle. One day 11 years ago she decided to
Pedestrians walk past a Nordstrom Inc. store. Ben Nelms | Bloomberg | Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic is shining a light on U.S. department stores’ dependence on selling fashion and their lateness to adapt in today’s retail environment. Not only are a number filing for bankruptcy, but some, including the oldest in the nation, are liquidating
A worker is seen wearing a mask while organizing merchandise at a Walmart store, in North Brunswick, New Jersey, July 20, 2020. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Zoom Video — Shares of the video conferencing company rallied more than 30% on the back of better-than-expected results for
A bear statue stands outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, operated by Deutsche Boerse AG, in Frankfurt, Germany, on Friday, March 13, 2020. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images Throw in the towel on a market pullback? It’s getting lonely being a market bear. Investors — even market bulls — who are trying to figure