As you read this you may be experiencing one of the hottest days in history in your area or breathing smoke from a wildfire. These situations are more and more common, causing physical impacts, but also bringing process and design questions into discussion. Adaptation means taking on responsibility for those who live in dangerous areas.
Month: July 2023
If you have an aging loved one in your life, you might see what we’re seeing in so many families here at AgingParents.com—elders refuse to accept anything new. It can be an assistive device, help at home, replacing what’s broken, or anything. It might be addressing an obvious hearing loss. Mom or Pop keeps saying
Establishing a streamlined transfer pricing approach for baseline distribution — originally seen as the least controversial aspect of the OECD-brokered two-pillar global tax reform — has hit a roadblock that will be difficult to resolve. First proposed in a 2019 OECD consultation document, a project awkwardly dubbed amount B was announced as a kind of
In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is seen before docking with the International Space Station on May 20, 2022 during the uncrewed OFT-2 mission. NASA Boeing on Wednesday reported a $257 million charge in the second quarter for its Starliner astronaut spacecraft program, bringing the program’s to-date overrun
General view of the Shell logo. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images LONDON — British oil giant Shell on Thursday reported a sharp year-on-year drop in second-quarter profit, citing lower fossil fuel prices and refining margins. Shell posted adjusted earnings of $5.1 billion for the three-month period through to the end of June,
Singapore’s United Overseas Bank is expecting “some upside” in interest income in the next quarter, after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced a fresh rate hike overnight. UOB’s core net profit jumped 35% to 1.5 billion Singapore dollars ($1.13 billion) in the second quarter from a year ago. Its net interest income for the quarter grew
I wanted a place with great weather, interesting culture, fantastic food and friendly people — and with plenty to see in a week. So I picked Vietnam, traveling from Ho Chi Minh City through the Mekong Delta area and on to Phu Quoc, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. Ho Chi Minh City highlights
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Prices for both used and new electric vehicles have dropped substantially from a year ago. But don’t rush to buy: Costs are still relatively high. “It’s not a consumer-friendly market right now,” said Joseph Yoon, a consumer
Moving to a new home, whether it’s across town or across several state lines, can be an exciting time – but also a budget-busting experience. New homeowners (and apartment dwellers), often want new items in their new space, but can’t afford to spend funds on the cool, new stuff they need or desire. We’re starting
$40,000—That’s how much the typical Generation X household has saved for retirement. This number should set off alarm bells for anyone concerned about retirement security because that level of savings at retirement would provide only $100-150 a month in retirement income. As the first generation to enter the workforce after the move away from pensions
A pandemic-related tax credit continues to be in the news—and the focus of IRS scrutiny. The Employee Retention Credit—or ERC—is a refundable tax credit for businesses intended to provide relief for companies that kept employees on the payroll during Covid-19. Unfortunately, it has also become a magnet for fraud. ERC Relief Here’s how the ERC
In this article WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Barbie The Movie Courtesy: Warner Bros. It’s Barbie’s world and we’re just living in it. The Warner Bros. flick based on Mattel’s iconic fashion doll continued to tally record ticket sales following its historic opening weekend. related investing news After the big ‘Barbenheimer’ weekend, Wells
In this article CMG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Chipotle restaurant in New York, US, on Monday, July 3, 2023. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chipotle Mexican Grill on Wednesday reported quarterly earnings that crushed expectations, but the burrito chain’s sales fell short. The stock fell more than 9% in extended
It’s vital for investors to manage risk right now no matter where interest rates go, according to CME Group chairman and CEO Terry Duffy. “Everybody that I’ve talked to over the last year has been dead wrong when it comes to what the Fed was going to do,” Duffy told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Wednesday.
Valentinrussanov | E+ | Getty Images For millions of Americans, a Covid-19 infection has turned into a long, drawn-out health condition with no expiration date. Those physical symptoms are often accompanied by increased financial uncertainty, according to recent research from the Urban Institute. Approximately 1 in 5 adults with so-called long Covid symptoms have had
They’re everywhere, all around us. Many of us pass by them every day, not thinking about what’s up there…or what isn’t. It’s the hundreds if not thousands of landmark skyscrapers and gleaming midlevel high-rises that define the skylines of every major city center in America, as well as those of secondary markets and satellite suburban
There are many articles written on the best and worst ways to claim your Social Security benefits. Should you claim early? Should you claim later? Should you keep working? All good questions; and for full disclosure, I have written many of those articles. But a particularly important question that should be addressed at the very
Patrick Urda of the United States Tax Court dives into the technicalities of charitable contributions of property in Janet R. Braen et.al. It is about deduction for a bargain sale of land to a municipal government. As is usual, the story behind the story is probably more interesting than the tax issues. Several dockets are
In this article KO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A pedestrian passes a Coca-Cola delivery truck in Mexico City, Mexico, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Jeoffrey Guillemard | Bloomberg | Getty Images For two years, Coca-Cola has been raising prices on its drinks to combat higher costs. But the company said Wednesday it’s done
In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta will report second-quarter earnings after market close on Wednesday. Here are the
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