For several years there has been some resistance to wall-to-wall carpeting in the home because it gets dirty and is often difficult to clean. Spot remover doesn’t always do the trick. Carpeting can also be limited in design and expensive to install. But an excellent alternative to wall-to-wall carpet are carpet tiles. These are sisal
Month: March 2021
When the Covid relief bill was passed earlier this month, multiemployer pensions received their long-sought $86 billion bailout, to the relief of some and the consternation of others. But, it turns out, they weren’t the only type of pension plan that has been seeking federal help. Consider these cases: Church plans From the Albany Times
Pedestrians cross a street in front of a Rite Aid store in Oakland, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Wednesday: KB Home – Shares of the homebuilding company slid 3% after the company reported mixed fiscal first-quarter results. KB home reported earnings
Jason Kempin | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images The furniture retailer RH, formerly Restoration Hardware, on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings and sales that topped Wall Street estimates, as it continued to see robust demand for its high-end furniture and home wares. CEO Gary Friedman said the momentum is expected to continue into this year,
Cargo ship “Ever Given” stuck and blocking traffic in the Suez Canal Source: Reuters The massive container ship that ran aground in the Suez Canal, halting traffic in one of the world’s busiest waterways, is still stuck after little progress appeared to be made on Wednesday to dislodge the ship. The ship, called the Ever
Illustrative image of two commemorative bitcoins seen in front of the Tesla car logo. Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images You may be aware that you can now purchase a Tesla using bitcoin. If the idea appeals to you, here’s a twist: the taxman will be hovering with palm out. When you use bitcoin
Credit Suisse bank. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images One Wall Street firm may have found a solution to the unhappiness of overworked junior bankers amid a boom in deals activity: Money. Credit Suisse executives told mid- and entry-level investment bankers Wednesday that they were getting special $20,000 bonuses in the second quarter, and that
A small business owner in Chinatown, San Francisco Source: CNBC Beginning April 6, small businesses and non-profits can apply for up to 24 months of relief, with a maximum loan amount of $500,000, the Small Business Administration announced Wednesday. The previous limit for such businesses was six months, with a maximum loan amount of $150,000.
“Nobody making under 400,000 bucks would have their taxes raised. Period. Bingo.” – Joe Biden, May 22, 2020 Enacting good tax policy is hard under the best of circumstances. President Biden made it immeasurably harder, if not impossible, by promising to spare everyone earning less than $400,000—more than 95 percent of Americans—from any tax increases. By
These days there are real estate investors doing great work in developing communities. Real estate investors Cory Nemoto and Audrey Kikos are demonstrating the benefits real estate investors can bring to communities and individuals. Cory Nemoto, co-owner and founder of KÉCŌ Capital, a private real estate lending company based in Honolulu, Hawaii, that flips houses in
By Steven Schragis, Next Avenue How many times have you heard people say, “I can’t wait for things to go back to the way they were before the pandemic.”? I was one of those people, stuck in my ways and not wanting to face what would happen to my adult-education business, One Day University, if
A medical syringe and vials in front of the AstraZeneca British biopharmaceutical company logo in this illustration photo taken on 18 November 2020. STR | NurPhoto | Getty Images U.S. health officials released a bizarre statement early Tuesday that AstraZeneca may have based its Covid-19 vaccine trial results on outdated information. The company’s fumble was
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Intel (INTC) – Intel said it would spend $20 billion to build two new plants at existing facilities in Arizona, in an effort to grab more market shares and fill gaps created by a worldwide chip shortage. Intel aims to start production at
When the Lucid Air luxury sedan EV hits the market in 2022, it’s expected to break records. One of those records would be Lucid Air’s expected ability to drive up to 517 miles on a single charge, which would top any other electric production vehicle. Lucid has also promised that the Lucid Air will be
Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Investors are finally getting a look at GameStop‘s fundamentals following a Reddit-fueled trading frenzy earlier this year. Here’s what the company did after the bell Tuesday. It released quarterly results that missed Wall Street’s estimates. In its latest executive shake-up, the company named former Amazon and Google executive
ozgurcankaya The IRS recently extended the filing deadline for individual tax returns to May 17 from April 15. You may still want to file by the original date. That’s because the extension only applies to individual returns, from taxpayers who file an IRS Form 1040. For people who make estimated tax payments, including the self-employed
You should not solely rely on amounts reported on IRS Form 1099-K to prepare your crypto taxes. Since this tax form doesn’t take cost basis information into consideration, amounts reported are overstated significantly. Reporting these numbers on your tax return without accounting for cost basis will lead to inaccurate capital gains and a higher tax
Pacaso, a marketplace for second homes, has raised $75 million in Series B financing that gives the five-month old business a valuation north of $1 billion, the company announced on Wednesday. Pacaso, which was founded by CEO Austin Allison and Zillow cofounder Spencer Rascoff, has raised over $90 million to date. The company specializes in
Now that the latest COVID-19 relief package has been signed into law, the Biden administration is poised to tackle broader issues – from climate change to immigration reform. Already, there are strong disagreements on these and other policy areas as Congress and the nation remain deeply divided. But, there are a few issues that enjoy
Branding for the vaccination program on the clothing of a staff outside a community vaccination center administering the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine imported by Fosun Pharma in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Chan Long Hei | Bloomberg via Getty Images Shares of China’s Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group fell after Hong Kong and Macao
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