Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that originally started as a joke in 2013, is now surging as billionaires like Elon Musk and celebrities like Snoop Dogg tweet their interest. Among those billionaires is Mark Cuban. Don’t get him wrong, Cuban realizes dogecoin has no intrinsic value — but it sure is fun. “Dogecoin is less than a
Month: February 2021
Robinhood was sued Monday for wrongful death by the family of Alex Kearns, a 20-year-old customer who took his life last summer after believing he had racked up big losses on the millennial-favored stock trading app. “This case centers on Robinhood’s aggressive tactics and strategy to lure inexperienced and unsophisticated investors, including Alex, to take
regulations printed on rubber stamp getty Presidential vetoes are fairly common, though they seldom carry tax implications. There have been 40 presidential vetoes since the turn of the century. That includes 39 conventional vetoes plus a single pocket veto. If you’re keeping score, the tally is as follows: President Clinton vetoed seven bills during his last year in
Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Bamboo Equity Partners, a leading commercial real estate investment firm. getty Making predictions is challenging even in quieter times, let alone in a year with a global pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic will forever influence almost all aspects of our lives, including the use of real estate. However, what history has taught
Questionable hearing device getty Almost 50 million Americans suffer from some level of hearing loss. The majority of them are adults older than 65. I know quite a number of people who have hearing aids; some wear them religiously, some do not. The non-wearers claim they don’t really work for them, they’re cumbersome, they are visible
bymuratdeniz | E+ | Getty Images With all of Medicare‘s different rules for enrolling, it’s not unheard of to miss your signup deadline. Now is the time to remedy that. During a general enrollment period that opened Jan. 1 and closes March 31, anyone who did not enroll when they should have (as defined by
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images New, highly contagious variants of the coronavirus are a “threat” to the United States and could reverse the recent drop in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Monday. The
A police officer directs Miami-Dade County residents as they line up in their cars to receive a paper unemployment form on April 7, 2020 in Hialeah, Florida. Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Millions of workers have left the labor force since the early days of the Covid pandemic. That’s bad news
Jeff Bezos would owe about $2 billion a year in state income taxes under Washington’s proposed wealth tax, according to legislators. As part of an effort to reduce inequality and offset the state’s lack of an income tax, Washington state legislators are proposing a 1% levy on wealth over $1 billion. Lawmakers say the tax
Hundreds of unemployed Kentucky residents wait in long lines outside the Kentucky Career Center for help with their unemployment claims on June 19, 2020 in Frankfort, Kentucky. While the economic recovery has brought back jobs since the lowest point of the Covid-19 crisis, millions of Americans remain unemployed. John Sommers II There is a contentious
United States Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces getty Morgan Scarboro of MultiState Associates discusses the tax topics state legislatures are likely to tackle this year. This post has been edited for length and clarity. Paul Jones: Hi, Morgan. Thanks for being here. Morgan Scarboro: Thanks so much for having me. Paul Jones: First, I wanted to talk about the elephant
Covid-19 is the agent of change driving advances – and acquisitions – in a sector long-resistant to tech. By Troy Hooper, Xinyi Jiang and Rachel Stone Property technology deals are expected to accelerate this year as Covid-19 forces the digital transformation of an industry historically resistant to change, executives and others say. Couple Looking At
LifePart2 From reading the amount of literature devoted to it, you would think post-work life will take care of itself if you take care of the money part. However, after digging deeper and talking to hundreds of happy retirees, I have seen that neglecting the non-financial part of retirement can lead to more misery than
Target’s activewear brand All in Motion is one of 10 brands at the retailer that have reached $1 billion in sales. Target Target launched its own line of workout clothes and exercise equipment about a year ago. Two months later, the pandemic turned much of the country into stretchy pants-wearing remote workers who converted garages
The reflection of bitcoins in a computer hard drive. Thomas Trutschel | Photothek via Getty Images Bitcoin’s price jumped sharply to an all-time high after Tesla revealed a big stake in the digital coin and said it would start accepting payments in bitcoin in exchange for its products. The world’s largest cryptocurrency last traded 12%
The details behind Elon Musk‘s $100 million prize for the best carbon capture technology are coming into focus. On Jan. 21 when the Tesla CEO tweeted he would be donating $100 million toward a prize for the best carbon capture technology, he piqued interest, but also left many questions unanswered. On Monday, the nonprofit organization
sturti | E+ | Getty Images The tax competition between states to attract and keep businesses and residents has been ongoing for decades. The national migration pattern has generally trended from cold, high-tax northern states to warm, low-tax southern and south western states. Retirees, no longer tied to a workplace or raising children, have been
Getty Images It has not been easy for most American families during the Covid-19 pandemic. From lost jobs and reduced incomes to work and school from home, Americans are struggling to keep afloat financially. In fact, in a 2021 National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE) survey, nearly 7 out of 10 people suffered a financial setback in
Sonny Kalsi is the CEO of BentallGreenOak, a global real estate investment and management platform. Getty There’s no denying that 2020 was a year of great upheaval. The world contended with a global pandemic, and we all became witnesses to the tragic and all too frequent consequences of racial injustice. But like all periods of difficulty,
By Nancy Collamer, Next Avenue Seth and Mark Samuelson are reaping profits from the gardening trend courtesy of Seth and Mark Samuelson It’s been nearly a year since the coronavirus pandemic upended our lives. A year when we embraced new habits (curbside pickup) and technologies (Zoom) and found solace in old pastimes (gardening and baking).
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- …
- 33
- Next Page »