Academy Sports & Outdoors store in Orlando, Florida. Google Earth Academy Sports & Outdoors‘ more than 250 stores shuttered for weeks in the early days of the Covid pandemic. But as lockdown orders eased and these stores reopened, many customers still didn’t feel comfortable coming inside to buy camping gear or a new basketball, according
Month: December 2020
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: FireEye (FEYE) – The cybersecurity firm’s stock is 2% lower in premarket trading, after rising for four straight sessions and eight of the past 10, gaining more than 78% over the latter stretch. Shares of this and other cybersecurity firms have been rising,
There won’t be $2,000 stimulus checks coming for the holidays. House Republicans blocked an attempt by Democrats on Thursday to pass a standalone bill to raise direct payments to Americans to $2,000 from $600. The push to amend the $900 billion Covid relief bill came after President Trump demanded lawmakers increase the second round of
Sound wisdom to help retirees live a healthy, financially secure, and fulfilling long life. getty Pre-retirees and retirees have always faced several serious retirement planning challenges. On the one hand, it’s great that many people are living much longer lives than their ancestors. On the other hand, it’s not easy to be financially secure, physically
Congress just made the tax breaks for giving to charity better for 2021. getty There’s good tax news for charities and donors in the year-end spending package Congress passed yesterday. It includes two tax changes that can boost donors tax deductions for charitable giving, meaning they can give more to charity at a lower net
The Home Edit makes an Easy Gingerbread Brownie with Eggnog Frosting in their signature rainbow … [+] design. McCormick 2020 was an incredible year for Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin who are best known as the professional organizing duo, The Home Edit. Netflix debuted their show, Get Organized With The Home Edit to much fanfare, and their second book, The Home Edit
Dr. Stephen Parodi, director of Kaiser Permanente’s nationwide Covid response, warned that new coronavirus case surges are imminent unless Americans change their behavior during a Tuesday evening interview on “The News with Shepard Smith.” “If we don’t make the choice now to change the future, then what I’m worried about is we’re going to see
U.S. stock index futures were slightly higher in overnight trading on Wednesday, ahead of the final trading day of the holiday-shortened week. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 48 points. S&P 500 futures rose 0.12%, while Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.08%. The S&P 500 finished Wednesday’s session little changed — rising less than
For people staying safely at home this holiday season, new virtual tours let anyone with an internet connection tour famous Christmas destinations around the world. Homebound travelers can book live interactive tours with local guides to learn about everything from the religious sites of Jerusalem to the department store displays of New York City.
Lucy Lambriex People taking advantage of temporary CARES Act rules that allowed for easier loans and distributions from 401(k) retirement plans increased slightly through November, a month before the Dec. 30 cutoff. As many as 1.4 million people have taken a CARES distribution from Fidelity, about 5.7% of participants on their system, according to data
Carefully coordinate your strategy to deploy savings in retirement with the IRS rules on required … [+] minimum distributions. getty The IRS recently finalized new regulations that determine the minimum amounts that retirees must withdraw from their retirement accounts and include in their taxable income. These new rules will apply to withdrawals made during 2022
Worker starts production of craft beer at a factory during covid-19 pandemic. getty After promising to work all night until an agreement was reached, U.S. senators passed a bill close to midnight Monday that grants permanent federal excise tax (FET) relief to brewers, distillers, winemakers and other alcoholic beverage producers. The Craft Beverage Modernization and
With forbearance, borrowers hit pause on their monthly loan payments. Getty The Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced that the Federal Housing Administration is granting a two-month extension of its foreclosure and eviction moratorium and initial forbearance requests through February 28, 2021. The moratorium is for single-family home borrowers with FHA-insured mortgages to
A pedestrian wearing a face mask or covering due to the COVID-19 pandemic, walks in central London on December 23, 2020. Tolga Akmen | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — A second new and potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus identified in South Africa has emerged in the United Kingdom, the British government confirmed
John Moore | Getty Images News | Getty Images More than 20 million Americans are eagerly anticipating a $300 boost to their weekly unemployment benefits. The sum would nearly double weekly aid for the average worker and help lift millions out of poverty. But it’s unclear when exactly that cash will hit workers’ bank
The year 2020 was a difficult one financially for many people around the world, with the global coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on countless businesses and roughly 19 million Americans currently collecting unemployment benefits. But for some of the weatlhy, it’s a very different story. During 2020, Amazon’s sales have spiked, as social distancing restrictions forced
Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey gestures while interacting with students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi on November 12, 2018. Prakash Singh | AFP | Getty Images As the year comes to a close, Wall Street is watching for a possible Santa Claus Rally. Historically, stocks tend to rise during
nd3000 | iStock | Getty Images Start young. Look away from your 401(k) when the market freaks out. Don’t sell. A lot of the investment advice you hear probably has to do with saving for retirement. Yet many people need to use the market’s returns to achieve other goals, too. Often it also makes sense
For many Americans, the classic carol “I’ll be Home for Christmas” will literally describe their plans this holiday weekend, as most opt to celebrate in place amid the ongoing pandemic. Only about a quarter of people nationwide will travel for Christmas and New Year’s, down from about one-third or so last year, and most of
Amid this surging pandemic, millions of people justify travel, visiting aging loved ones, and ignoring CDC warnings about spreading the disease. Thanksgiving was followed by a surge in cases, a percentage of which result in hospitalizations. The predictable effect is that hospitals are overwhelmed, there are not enough nurses and doctors to staff the overflowing
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