In this article PLUG SPLK CELH BOX PSTG AEO OKTA SNOW CRM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pedestrians near Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Salesforce — Salesforce shares popped more than 16%
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Ben Kirkhoff, a high school senior at Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul, Minnesota, knows that a four-year college degree isn’t for him. Even though his parents have a college savings account for him, he said money is still a factor. “I don’t want to put myself and my family in a lot of debt.” Instead, Kirkhoff,
From Alaska to Florida, America’s state and local governments have long been pushing their workers out of pensions into 401(k)-type retirement plans in response to looming budget deficits—misleadingly claiming the retirement benefits are comparable. Nearly two decades later, state workers have awakened to discover they were hoodwinked by their employers and retained financial advisors. Warnings
In the immediate aftermath of the NCAA pretty much throwing in the towel two years ago on trying to regulate the circumstances under which student athletes might be paid for use of their publicity rights — “name, image, and likeness” —, there was a flood of so-called “collective” activity in what might be called the
Throughout the country, real estate agents are taking courses in implicit bias and the origins and effects of racism. In New York State, employers AND the state both mandate these courses, so many agents and managerial staff are taking them twice. In a country which remains rife with prejudice, do these courses actually impact people’s
In this article DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Delta Airlines pilots picket for a new contract at Terminal 4 in JFK International Airport on September 01, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Delta Air Lines pilots on Wednesday approved a new contract that includes
In this article RKLB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Electron rockets undergo preparation for launch. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab said Tuesday it has doubled its order backlog — from about $241 million in contracts at the end of 2021 to $503.6 million at the end of 2022 — and made progress on the Neutron
A grocery cart sits in an aisle at a grocery store in Washington, DC, on February 15, 2023. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images It was a year ago this month that the Federal Reserve launched its first attack against inflation that had been percolating in the U.S. economy for at least the previous
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar Artist: Bill Hennessey The government’s top Supreme Court lawyer may have saved President Joe Biden‘s $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan from what experts considered all-but-certain defeat. Experts lobbed praise on Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the lawyer who represented the Biden administration in front of the nine justices on Tuesday.
By Rachel Leland, Next Avenue Kimberly King, a single mom to three adult children, enjoyed a rewarding career as a kindergarten teacher for over a decade. Then, her 23-year-old son was diagnosed with schizophrenia and hospitalized for a year before later having to move into her home in Stratford, Connecticut. Unfortunately, because King’s son had
Most people think of sunken treasure like gold coins or bullion, but whiskey is sometimes be recovered too. If it’s well preserved, it can be invaluable. In 2021, a single bottle of scotch salvaged from the SS Politician off the coast of Scotland brought £12,925 at auction. Now, 280 barrels of American whiskey could be
An overwhelming share of Americans who sold a home for the first time in the past two years wish they had done something differently (84%). A new Zillow survey conducted online by The Harris Poll finds that even in a sellers’ market, many recent first-time sellers have regrets about the pricing, timing or marketing of
Oddity Il Makiage Coutesy: Oddity Oddity — the direct-to-consumer beauty and wellness platform known for its ubiquitous Il Makiage social media ads — is making money and growing in an environment that’s increasingly risky for purely digital retailers. The Tel Aviv-founded company looks like it could even be preparing for an initial public offering, despite
In this article SPCE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An aerial view of carrier aircraft VMS Eve, left, and spacecraft VSS Unity, at Spaceport America in New Mexico on Feb. 27, 2023. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic said on Tuesday it remains on track to resume spaceflights in the coming months after completing upgrades to
Nikolay Storonsky, founder and CEO of Revolut. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images Financial technology giant Revolut reported its first-ever annual profit in 2021, according to financial accounts released Wednesday, as subscriptions to its paid packages and overall usage of its app grew sharply. The company reported revenues of £636.2 million
Despite higher prices, consumers are still spending, although not as much as they were a year ago, which is giving their budgets some breathing room. As of January, 60% of all U.S. adults, including 45% of high-income earners, were living paycheck to paycheck, according to a new LendingClub report. That’s down from 64% a year earlier,
Questions from beneficiaries who inherited IRAs (individual retirement accounts) continue to come in, which is not a surprise. Two laws changed the landscape for inheritors of tax-deferred accounts with the passage of the first SECURE Act (“SECURE 1.0”), which took effect in 2020, and SECURE 2.0 (signed into law in 2022). Plus, the IRS issued
When the NCAA issued its “interim” policy statement in June 2021 suspending rules that had prevented college athletes from monetizing their rights of publicity – and despite the fact that the “interim” statement and more recent supplemental guidance both emphasized that “pay-for-play and improper recruitment” incentives were still prohibited – it was perhaps inevitable that
Mixed-use real estate projects are not a revolutionary concept. But the increasing commingling of traditional building uses, a shift in live-work-play preferences and overall attractive investment fundamentals have led to a post-pandemic boom of mixed-use mega projects. As the developments become larger in scale, more complex in their amenity offerings and more experience-grounded, the property
In this article GM F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mary Barra, CEO, GM at the NYSE, November 17, 2022. Source: NYSE DETROIT – General Motors is cutting hundreds of salaried positions as it follows other major companies, including competitors, in downsizing headcounts to preserve cash and boost profits. The cuts affect about 500