Month: April 2023

After months of dithering, Washington is finally beginning to grapple with the need to raise or suspend the federal debt limit. The White House has said for months it would not entertain negotiations until House Republicans laid out a coherent negotiating position. Speaker Kevin McCarthy sought to do just that on Monday with a speech
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What’s an office worth? For corporate leaders, the office is an invaluable place of collaboration and creativity, fueling employee productivity. More companies are requiring workers back onsite, with 72.5% of private sector establishments reporting little or no telework among their employees, according to a recent Department of Labor survey. Office occupancy has reached a post-pandemic
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In this article WRB PPG KNX CSX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A CSX freight train is seen in Orlando. Paul Hennessy | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. CSX — The transportation company’s shares were up 2.6% after the company’s first-quarter earnings and revenue topped analysts’ expectations.
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Some of the nation’s money management giants are tackling the growing concern that more Americans may begin to outlive their retirement savings. Starting in the fall, Fidelity will let plan participants convert some of their retirement savings into an immediate income annuity to provide pension-like payments throughout retirement. Fidelity Investments is the nation’s largest provider of
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In this article ABT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Abbott manufacturing facility in Sturgis, Michigan, on May 13, 2022. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images Shares of Abbott Laboratories popped Wednesday after the company’s earnings and revenue topped Wall Street’s expectations, defying a dramatic slowdown in sales of its Covid-19 tests.  The
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Danny Werfel, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images As tax season winds down, questions remain about the future of free filing options from the IRS — including a possible direct e-file option
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In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT D3sign | Moment | Getty Images The returns savers stand to get on their money are the highest they’ve been in 15 years, thanks in part to stubborn inflation, which pushed the Federal Reserve into hiking interest rates over the past year. Top-yielding online savings account rates are
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Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 15, 2023.  Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday issued an order allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to remain on the market without restrictions until at least Friday. Alito’s decision punts a
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