Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stated this week that he does not plan on taking any action to reverse the recent course of accommodative monetary policy until inflation rises to a significant and sustained level. He said that although he does anticipate inflation rising as the economy opens up, he views this as a short
Month: March 2021
Founder and CEO of Rentec Direct, property management software for real estate professionals. getty While most of us were more than ready to bid adieu to 2020, there’s still a fair amount of uncertainty as we dive into 2021. While we can see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, there are still many
Prepared syringes at the Brussels Expo Covid-19 Vaccination Center in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, March 5, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Europe’s coronavirus vaccine rollout has been thrust into the spotlight once again after the Italian government blocked a shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines to Australia. The EU has struggled to distribute
A man walks past a store on January 12, 2021 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Gap Inc. on Thursday predicted a bounce back to sales growth in 2021, hopeful that customers will soon return to its stores and spend more money on apparel as they look to resume some
LONDON — Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, are showing signs of “froth” in the U.S. — and that doesn’t bode well for investors, the boss of London’s stock exchange warned Friday. “There has been some recognition of the froth in the U.S. market,” London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) CEO David Schwimmer told CNBC’s “Squawk
As department stores like Saks Fifth Avenue try to get shoppers back into stores after the Covid-19 pandemic shutdowns, the shift to online sales may continue to accelerate thanks to personalization technology. Richard Lautens | Toronto Star | Getty Images HBC, the owner of Saks Fifth Avenue, said Friday it would be spinning the luxury
Virgin Galactic leaders in front of the New York Stock Exchange, from left: CEO George Whitesides, founder Richard Branson and Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya. Virgin Galactic Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya, the chairman of Virgin Galactic who took the company public through a SPAC deal in 2019, sold his remaining personal stake earlier this week, a securities
Tetra Images | Tetra images | Getty Images It would be normal to want to spend a minimal amount of time planning for your own death. Yet there’s a key aspect of creating an estate plan that experts say you shouldn’t gloss over. For instance, choosing who would carry out the wishes outlined in your
KATWIJK, NETHERLANDS – FEBRUARY 20: Cryptocurrency and other currency and capital assets Getty Images The IRS really wants to know about your cryptocurrency. For tax year 2020 the IRS moved the cryptocurrency question from Schedule 1 of the Form 1040, where it was in 2019, to the much more prominent position of Page 1 of
Student Loans getty The new Interim Final Rule issued by the SBA on March 3, 2021, reverses the prior rules by indicating that independent contractors and employers who were otherwise eligible to receive PPP loans may do so regardless of whether the borrower or a 20% or more owner is in default under Federal Student
Willow Beach was custom built long the shores of Lake Austin. JP Morales A highly acclaimed lakefront estate in Austin, Texas has set a milestone for the most expensive residential real estate sale in the capital city. Built along the shores of Lake Austin, part of the Colorado River, the contemporary compound was listed for $38.9
Louis Conforti, CEO of the Washington Prime Group, on CNBC’s Mad Money. Source: CNBC The U.S. shopping mall owner Washington Prime Group is preparing to potentially file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with time running thin before the company defaults after it skipped an interest payment on its debt, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Last month, Washington
BEIJING — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced Friday the world’s second-largest economy would target growth of over 6% for 2021. The Chinese government kicked off its “Two Sessions” annual parliamentary meeting this week for approving national priorities for 2021. This year’s gathering will last just about a week. The political advisory body, the Chinese People’s
In 2009, my husband Vernon and I got married on the beach in Mazatlán, México. At our reception, we told each other that we would one day move there. Of course, life happened, and that dream was pushed off until later, perhaps when we were ready to retire. We had three beautiful kids, two cars,
Morgan Stanley is now the biggest General Electric bull on Wall Street after analyst Josh Pokrzywinski raised his target on the stock to $17 on Thursday, up from his prior forecast of $13. Shares of GE briefly topped $14 per share after the markets opened Thursday, setting a new 52-week high before paring gains and
Wind turbines operate at the Gouda wind power facility alongside a road at dusk in Gouda, South Africa, on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images ESG growth Investor demand for ESG funds has grown sharply in recent years. Investors poured $51.1 billion of net new money into such funds in 2020, a
Connecticut passed a Covid-19-relief tax law to help commuters working from home during the … [+] pandemic, just in time for them to file their 2020 tax returns. getty Some 110,000 Connecticut telecommuters will be spared from double taxation on their wage income for 2020, thanks to a Covid-19-relief tax bill that Governor Ned Lamont
WATSONVILLE, CA – FEBRUARY 4: Monterey Mushrooms employees work in a packing facility on Thursday, … [+] Feb. 4, 2021, in Watsonville, Calif. The company hopes to use empty mushroom growing rooms as COVID-19 vaccination sites for employees as well as field workers, packers, and processors from the region’s other farms. (Aric Crabb/MediaNews Group/The Mercury
Once a shipping container, a new accessory building is safe and comfortable. ADDASPACE A Rhode Island company has launched a line of prefabricated accessory dwelling units made from shipping containers. “This came about early in the pandemic,” says Anders Hansen, founder and principal of ADDASPACE, located in Bristol, Rhode Island. “I was at home with
A man enters a building with rental apartments available on August 19, 2020 in New York City. Eduardo MunozAlvarez | VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images Sales contracts in Manhattan soared by 73% in February, and brokers say the days of big price cuts and deals in the city may be ending. There
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