Month: January 2022

By Michael Lubell, Next Avenue Roughly three years ago, a journalist friend of mine explained to me that I was transitioning from a full-time employee to a gigger. And I wondered, what the hell is that? He explained that it’s when you go from temp job to temp job in an attempt to earn what you
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The travel industry will have to “roll with the punches” as government requirements continue to evolve with the pandemic, according to the Asia-Pacific president of a travel services firm. “The key thing is that the industry will remain in flux for the foreseeable future,” Todd Handcock of Collinson Group told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on
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Millions of people canceled their travel plans in 2021 as Covid-19 halted international trips around the world. Renee Miller and Tim Beissinger were not among them. The pair are “thru-hikers,” a term which describes a style of hiking that starts and ends in different places, while often covering long distances. Rather than staying at home,
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In this article WBA A sign displays the types of COVID-19 vaccination doses available at a Walgreens mobile bus clinic on June 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Walgreens Boots Alliance on Thursday exceeded analysts’ expectations for the fiscal first-quarter and raised its forecast for the year, as customers came
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U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s key jobs report. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 65 points. S&P 500 futures advanced 0.2%, while Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.3%. During regular trading the Dow fell 170 points, or 0.47%, while the S&P declined
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Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about what effects a potential drop in the 2020 Average Wage Index might have on benefit amounts and timing, survivor’s benefits and the earnings test and when first checks can start and when they’ll arrive. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and
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