Month: December 2021

November and December are the months when most people gather with family. You may have traditions that go back to your childhood, involving where you gather, what you cook, how you treat one another, etc. And, hopefully, you look forward to these family holiday get-togethers.  Holiday gatherings in 2021 may be especially meaningful to you
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This time of year media outlets are full of tax tips and ideas for “last minute” tax savings. The best tax professionals will tell you that to be effective tax planning needs to be proactive, not reactive. Tax planning needs to happen all year long, not just during the last few weeks of the year.
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In this article DRI CERN WGO FDX RIVN EPAY Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Darden Restaurants (DRI) – The parent of Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse and other restaurant chains beat estimates by 5 cents with quarterly earnings of $1.48 per share and revenue that also topped forecasts. Same-restaurant sales jumped 34.4%,
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Marc Ostrofsky (L) and Theranos Founder and C.E.O. Elizabeth Holmes attend the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit cocktail party at The Ferry Building on October 6, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Michael Kovac | Getty Images Eighteen years after he invested and lost $150,000 in Theranos, Marc Ostrofsky says he found a way to cash
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Getty Images While household debt reached a record $17 trillion in the second quarter of 2021, many American households have felt less financial stress this year thanks to Covid-19-related government policies. That’s according to the federal Financial Stability Oversight Council, which released its annual report for 2021 on Friday. The council was created by legislation
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal appeals court has reinstated the Biden administration’s vaccine and testing requirement for private businesses that covers about 80 million American workers. The ruling by the 6th
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By Chris Farrell, Next Avenue An email I received from Caryn Lindsay of St. Paul, Minn., grabbed my attention because her story, sadly, is all too common these days. Lindsay, who’s 58 and single, was worried that she’ll need to dig further into her retirement funds and remain on Medicaid when her unemployment benefits run out.
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