Month: October 2020

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at the final presidential debate on Oct. 22. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Consumers are likely to get a new financial watchdog if Joe Biden wins the presidential election next month. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has languished during the Trump administration, making it likely that
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Trouble keeps coming in for Cyprus regarding its golden passports investment program. After Al-Jazeera undercover journalists filmed Cypriot officials offering help to a fictional Chinese businessperson with a criminal record, to gain EU citizenship through the program, the European Commission announced that it is launching infringement procedures against Cyprus, as well Malta. Specifically, the Commission
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You can’t assume that your bracket will go down in retirement. It could easily go the other way. Give and take getty Among fans of 401(k) plans it is taken as axiomatic that people’s tax rates go down after they quit work. So you should max out your salary deferral. That way you’ll effectively pay
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about early filing and restricted applications, retroactive spousal benefits, choosing which ex’s record to file on and potential effects of foreign pensions on divorced spousal benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which
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Victims of California wildfires that began Sept. 4 have until Jan. 15, 2021, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the IRS announced. The IRS has offered this relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as qualifying for individual assistance. Currently this includes Fresno, Los
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Source: Texas Instruments | Wikipedia Volatility has once again returned to Wall Street. Swinging between positive and negative territory in the previous five sessions, the market’s movements have largely been tied to updates on the ongoing stimulus talks. Working for months to pass additional stimulus measures, both sides of the aisle are making a last-ditch
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authentic medieval beautiful villages (borgo) of Italy getty Italy’s region of Emilia Romagna is paying people under 40 up to €30,000 to move to its mountain towns and buy or restore a house, in a bid to revamp depopulated areas.  The goal is to breathe new life into off-the-radar places where living conditions are tougher
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A firefighter is silhouetted as Cameron Peak Fire, the largest wildfire in Colorado’s history, burns outside Drake, Colorado, U.S., October 17, 2020. Loveland Fire Rescue Authority | Reuters Wildfire season in Colorado would normally be nearing its end by now. Instead, dry conditions fueled what’s now become the state’s largest wildfire in history. The Cameron
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