Month: March 2021

By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Editor Add this to the list of the many ways Covid-19 is changing our lives: it’s increasing job prospects in certain fields and lowering them for others. What’s more, the pandemic has dramatically heightened prospects for job losses due to automation. The upshot: if you’re over 50 and looking for
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Billionaire Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, is impressed by one key skill: failing “well.” “The people I respect most are those who fail well,” Dalio tweeted on Friday. “I respect them even more than those who succeed.” By failing “well,” Dalio said, one learns from their mistake and changes
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An H&R Block office in San Francisco, Calif. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images TurboTax and H&R Block updated their online software to account for a new tax break on unemployment benefits received last year, according to company officials. However, state tax returns may still be a source of trouble for some taxpayers filing electronically.
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Knotel, the flexible office startup that filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, has found a new leader: Michael Gross, the former vice chairman of another SoftBank-backed firm, WeWork. He replaces Amol Sarva, Knotel’s cofounder, who served as CEO since 2015 and has been an outspoken WeWork critic. Gross’ brother, Eric, will also become Knotel’s
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By Sarah McKinney Gibson, Next Avenue “I’m usually hesitant to ask for help,” says Mark Fiorito, a 32-year-old Lynbrook, N.Y. jobseeker on the autism spectrum. “But what I was doing wasn’t working, so I was up for trying something new.” That meant creating a profile on the autism-friendly jobs portal Hire Autism, run by the
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A Starlink user terminal being set up. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX is in talks with the United Kingdom for the company’s Starlink satellite unit to potentially to earn funding as a part of the government’s new $6.9 billion internet infrastructure program, CNBC confirmed. U.K. Minister for Digital Infrastructure Matt Warman recently met with Starlink leadership,
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Getty Images New $1,400 stimulus checks could be landing in your mailbox soon. Government agencies including the Treasury Department, IRS and Bureau of the Fiscal Service on Monday announced a second batch of payments will be sent this week. While that includes more direct deposit payments, it also includes a large number of mailed paper
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An unresolved issue in the OECD’s base erosion and profit-shifting 2.0 reform project is when and how countries will remove their unilateral digital tax measures once a solution is brokered. The OECD has made it clear that inclusive framework members are expected to revoke unilateral measures and refrain from introducing new ones when that time comes. Yet after
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Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: AstraZeneca (AZN) – The drugmaker said a U.S. study showed its Covid-19 vaccine had 79% efficacy in preventing symptomatic illness, 100% effectiveness against critical disease and hospitalization, and did not pose a higher risk of blood clots. AstraZeneca shares gained 2.2% in premarket
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After passing President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, Congress is beginning to move on enacting the rest of his “Build Back Better” recovery agenda. This next bill presents a unique opportunity to finally fund long-neglected public investments in infrastructure and scientific research that lay the foundation for robust economic growth. But at a time
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