Month: January 2021

People line up in their cars to receive food assistance in Groveland, Florida, near Orlando, on Dec. 9, 2020. Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images ‘Totally egregious’ U.S. Labor Department data issued Thursday provides the first glimpse of how delays from Congress and the president affected benefits. More than 1.7 million people dropped off Pandemic Unemployment
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How much will a Cash Balance Plan lower you taxes? Depend on how large a contribution you are able … [+] to make. getty The cash balance pension plan has been growing in popularity with the self-employed and small business owners who are looking to minimize their taxes. This valuable retirement plan also works well
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SVP and Director at IBM Research Arvind Krishna speaks on stage during the 2016 Wired Business Conference in New York on June 16, 2016. Brian Ach | Getty Images IBM shares moved 4% lower in extended trading on Wednesday after the company reported fourth-quarter revenue that fell short of analysts’ expectations. Here’s how IBM performed:
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Doing good for the world gives back to you. Getty The recent presidential inauguration ceremony was an inspiring yet sobering reminder of the challenges that collectively we face as Americans. But there’s a silver lining for many of us: Seniors and retirees possess life experience and expertise that our nation dearly needs to address these
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getty The three-martini lunch has been getting a lot of attention lately, thanks mostly to President Trump. For much of the last year, the president has been urging lawmakers to restore the tax deduction for business meals (and libations) to its former glory. And after months of spirited debate, he’s gotten his way, thanks to the recently enacted
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Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images Today, we’re on the precipice of what could be the largest transformational period in global history. With the first Industrial Revolution, new technologies like assembly lines, factories and transportation fundamentally changed society. This time, instead of cogwheels doing the work, blockchain-based digitalization will continue to drive transactions. Specifically, this latest
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Billionaire global investor Barry Sternlicht said Thursday he’s concerned about the long-term viability of current conditions in the stock market, warning that some aspects feel reminiscent of the dot-com bubble back in the 1990s. “I don’t think we’re having a problem in the stock market near term,” Sternlicht said on “Squawk Box.” “The stimulus is
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Even as cases of coronavirus rise, restoring in-person education remains a top priority for the new administration. On his first full day in office, President Joe Biden released a plan to reopen schools, which includes ramping up testing, accelerating the pace of vaccinations and providing more funding for educational institutions. Under Biden’s plan, schools could tap disaster relief
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