Month: December 2020

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a news conference after restoring diplomatic ties with Kiribati on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S. September 27, 2019. Mark Kauzlarich | Reuters BEIJING — The U.S. should reduce its “interference” in China’s domestic affairs and development in order to improve relations
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getty Happiness, experts say, is U-shaped: we are, generally speaking, we are happy/full of life satisfaction as young adults but, as we reach middle age, we become less satisfied, with a trough in one’s early 50s; from this trough we rebound to every-increasing satisfaction levels as we age. It’s remarkable, really, considering the physical infirmities
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Voluspa scented candles for sale at Bloomingdale’s Inc. flagship department store in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Nina Westervelt | Bloomberg | Getty Images Perfume and cologne are typically popular holiday gifts. This year, however, the beauty industry is getting a boost from a different kind of fragrance: Home scents. The reason?
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about breakeven analysis and delaying filing, eligibility for divorced spousal benefits, suspending disability benefits at full retirement age and spousal benefit combined with foreign pensions. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which markets
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Roth IRA vs Traditional IRA Getty The year 2020 is one of the most eventful in recent times, and changes to the rules that govern retirement accounts are no exception. One of these changes is the waiver of required minimum distributions (RMDs) for 2020. As a result of this waiver, you are not required to
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Family and friends place Humberto Rosales casket, who passed away from Covid-19 complications, at his gravesite at Memorial Pines Cemetery in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on December 3, 2020. Paul Ratje | AFP | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly revised its estimates for the disproportionately deadly toll that Covid-19 is
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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Thursday: Ollie’s Bargain Outlet (OLLI) — Shares of the retailer slid more than 11% following commentary around a slowdown in the company’s fourth-quarter trends. “Quarter-to-date, our comparable-store sales increases are tracking in the low single-digits,” CEO John Swygert said in a statement. Goldman Sachs downgraded the
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Recently, there has been much debate about whether billionaires should exist, an idea popularized by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But to former Alphabet executive chairman and investor Eric Schmidt, who is worth more than $17 billion, the idea that extreme wealth is a moral failure is reductive. “We would probably all be better off spending more
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If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has his way, parents will have a lot more flexibility when it comes to covering the extra expenses that have gone hand in hand with distance learning. McConnell’s proposal for pandemic relief would allow parents of K-12 students at public or private schools to use 529 college savings funds
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