Rescuers evacuate stranded people in the waterlogged urban area of Weihui City in Xinxiang, central China’s Henan Province, July 27, 2021. Li An | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The flooding in the central Chinese province of Henan last year not only exacted a heavy human toll, it was also the costliest in Asia-Pacific
Month: February 2022
In this article GOOGL Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020. Geert Vanden Wijngaert | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google parent Alphabet reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and revenue. The shares popped in extended trading. The company also announced a 20-for-1 stock split that will go into effect in July. Here
Investors should proceed with caution, according to BofA Securities’ Savita Subramanian. Even though February kicked off on a strong note, she warned on CNBC’s “Fast Money” a messy sideways market is ahead. “It’s going to be a year where we are shocked by the volatility,” the firm’s U.S. head of equity and quantitative research said
In this article ASTR The company’s rocket LV0008 stands on the launchpad ahead of the ELaNa 41 mission for NASA. Astra | John Kraus Rocket builder Astra is preparing to launch from Florida for the first time as early as this weekend, with the company expecting to soon receive its Federal Aviation Administration license for
fizkes | iStock | Getty Images Getting married, having a baby, changing jobs and unemployment may affect your taxes, and it’s better to adjust withholdings early, financial experts say. The IRS expects a slice of every dollar you earn — taken from your paycheck, withheld from other income or sent quarterly. While overpaying may spark
In this article PAYX Small business owners are starting to fill-up their staff rosters again as certain Covid-era programs end and inflation rises, Paychex CEO Marty Mucci told CNBC on Tuesday. “Some of the things that are drying up, per se, the child tax credit, that was really impacting 30 million different households,” Mucci said
Smart home technology has been gaining acceptance in American households for the last five years, with the pandemic doubling usage, according to research quoted in Security Infowatch in May 2021. While concerns remain, especially among older adults, users of all ages are seeing the advantages these services offer, including to their health, safety and well-being.
bymuratdeniz | iStock | Getty Images Starting in December, the IRS began sending families who received the child tax credit letters to reconcile the benefit on their 2021 tax returns. For some, those forms, called a Letter 6419, contained incorrect information. That could be an issue for families when they file their 2021 taxes. That’s
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about published maximum Social Security benefit rates, payment of delayed retirement credits when filing after full retirement age and how spousal benefit rates are calculated. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See more Ask Larry
WHO Technical lead head COVID-19 Maria Van Kerkhove attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini | Reuters The World Health Organization on Tuesday said there’s no indication omicron’s
In this article GM General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks at the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant on November 17, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. Nic Antaya | Getty Images DETROIT – General Motors is expected to report a relatively positive fourth-quarter profit after the markets close Tuesday, capping off an unprecedented year
In this article XOM PBI CRUS UPS AMC SIRI A medical worker wearing a mask walks near the AMC movie theater in Times Square amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 7, 2020 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Exxon Mobil – Exxon shares
lvcandy | DigitalVision Vectors | Getty Images Sales of real estate in the metaverse topped $500 million last year and could double this year, according to investors and analytics firms. Real estate sales on the four major metaverse platforms reached $501 million in 2021, according to MetaMetric Solutions. Sales in January topped $85 million, the
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that now is the time to ditch stocks of unprofitable companies. “This is your chance to free yourself of those companies … that don’t have any revenues, don’t have any earnings, all 50 times sales,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” referring to stocks that sell at high price-to-sales
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc. | Getty Images Markets endured a rough January, with the S&P 500 Index suffering its worst monthly performance in nearly two years. Technology was responsible for much of the carnage, as investors became spooked by some notable earnings misses and the prospect of four interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve
BET founder Bob Johnson told CNBC on Tuesday the Biden Administration needs to take additional steps in its Build Back Better plan to tackle the wealth gap between Black and white Americans. “What I look at is, what can you do to increase Black wealth? And that means you got to put more capital at
More than one-third (34.1%) of U.S. single-family homes for sale in December were new construction, up from 25.4% a year earlier and the highest share on record, according to real estate firm Redfin. Newly built homes have taken up an increasing portion of housing inventory over the last 10 years, with a major acceleration in
After issuing a series of taxpayer-friendly rulings, the IRS recently issued guidance limiting the scope of section 1202. Section 1202 is the tax provision that enables taxpayers to exclude capital gain on the sale of qualified small business stock (QSBS) if certain conditions are met. As summarized in a prior article, section 1202 allows individuals
A woman shovels her car out of the snow during a major snowstorm on Jan. 29, 2022 in Stony Brook, New York. Andrew Theodorakis | Getty Images After a few months of winter and two major snowstorms pounding much of the eastern U.S. in January, many Americans may be realizing they’re in for elevated heating
Thanks to some rigorous studies in recent years, we now know that social isolation is a key factor in predicting early mortality. In fact, it is more closely linked to mortality than obesity or high cholesterol. However, social isolation cannot be defined simply as living alone. In fact, more people live alone today than ever before, not just in