The observation that “Water is life,” attributed to UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Audrey Hepburn, expresses its importance to human survival. We need clean water to drink and to wash our hands to deter germ spread. But water can also enhance our health as part of our home environments, and is an increasingly popular architectural feature for
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In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pharmaceutical Pfizer Inc. said that an oral drug for treating COVID-19 could be available by end of 2021. Soumyabrata Roy | NurPhoto | Getty Images Pfizer on Tuesday reported first-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped Wall Street’s expectations, despite a decline in sales driven
Workers are seen inside of a First Republic Bank office on May 01, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s assertion that recent turmoil in the banking sector was effectively ended by the resolution of First Republic may be premature, one analyst suggested. The Wall Street giant
In this article JPM FRC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Chairman Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, left, and ranking member Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., arrive for the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing discussing recent bank failures, April 27, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Lawmakers who sit
In this article FANG ANET MGM SYK NXPI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A monitor displays Arista Networks Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours
Steve Prezant | The Image Bank | Getty Images May 1 is College Decision Day, the deadline many schools set for students to decide which college they will attend. One key consideration should be picking a school that doesn’t require taking on too much student debt, experts say. “Families are increasingly getting price-sensitive when choosing
The verdict is in: Women are better investors than men. Actually, the conclusion has been addressed, researched, and reported several times now, going all the way back to Barber and Odean’s “Boys Will Be Boys” study completed in 2001, referencing the differences in investment performance by gender. But the lessons to be learned are evergreen
With concerns about banks constantly in the news—most recently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) confirmed that First Republic Bank FRC had been seized by regulators—some in the U.S. are eying alternatives to keeping their savings in banks. For some, the answer is obvious: rely on cash in hand. I get it. After my great-grandmother’s
In this article JPM FRC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jamie Dimon, chairman and chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., during a Bloomberg Television interview at the JPMorgan Global High Yield and Leveraged Finance Conference in Miami, Florida, US, on Monday, March 6, 2023. Marco Bello | Bloomberg | Getty Images The
In this article PACW SOFI TDC JPM CMCSA SMG LOG.N-CH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 24: A person walks past a First Republic bank branch in Manhattan on April 24, 2023 in New York City. The U.S. bank will reveal its latest financial results but concerns over small
Valentinrussanov | E+ | Getty Images The 2022 federal tax deadline has passed for most Americans, but another key date is approaching for past-due filers. If you’re one of the nearly 1.5 million people with an unclaimed tax refund from 2019, the last chance to file your return is July 17, according to the IRS.
Nitat Termmee | Moment | Getty Images The following is an excerpt from “This week, your wallet,” a weekly audio show on Twitter produced by CNBC’s Personal Finance team. Listen to the latest episode here. Being a “master of cash flow” is a key element of household finance — and also one of the most
Series I bonds will pay 4.3% annual interest through October, a drop from 6.89% in November amid falling inflation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced on Friday. There are two parts to I bond interest rates: a fixed rate that stays the same after purchase, and a variable rate, which changes every six months
By Craig Miller, Next Avenue After more than 40 years as a broadcaster and journalist, I’ve found a new career. It doesn’t pay very well (OK, nothing) but it’s one of the most gratifying things I’ve done with my life. I’m a volunteer firefighter. I ply my new trade in a tiny, very historic hamlet
Some of the most intractable problems plaguing the federal tax system have been around for a long time. Complaints about complexity, for instance, appeared before Congress even finished drafting the modern income tax in 1913. “I guess you will have to go to jail,” wrote Sen. Elihu Root to a correspondent while the bill was
The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk expects SpaceX to spend about $2 billion on its Starship rocket development this year, as the company pushes to build on its first
In this article JPM FRC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A view of the First Republic Bank logo at the Park Avenue location, in New York City, March 10, 2023. David Dee Delgado | Reuters The Californian financial regulator took possession of First Republic Monday, resulting in the third failure of an American bank
Managing your finances when you’re self-employed, operator of a small business or running a private practice can look chaotic at times. From the outside looking in, it can sometimes even mimic watching a circus performer juggle several bowling pins while standing on a tightrope well above the ground. It’s a perilous process, one that can
In this article BZFD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jonah Peretti, founder and CEO of BuzzFeed, attends his company’s public debut outside the Nasdaq in Times Square in New York City, Dec. 6, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Corporate stories have ebbs and flows, ups and downs. To this point, BuzzFeed‘s journey as a
A decade ago, a person who walked into a restaurant in Seoul and asked for “han myung-I” —a table for one — could be declined service. That’s because restaurants in South Korea prefer groups of two or more, owing to a complex mix of local social dynamics, profit margins and simple logistics — a