Men relax on the sidewalk this rural Delta community on April 27, 2021 in Greenville, Mississippi. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Mississippi state health officials issued new guidance on Friday that calls for state residents over the age of 65 and immunocompromised residents, vaccinated or unvaccinated, to avoid any indoor mass gatherings for the next
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In this article LEVI GM PSMT ACCD A sign in front of the Levi Strauss & Co. headquarters on April 09, 2021 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell Thursday: Levi Strauss — Shares of Levi Strauss added 3.2% after the retailer crushed Wall
Trevor Williams | DigitalVision | Getty Images The eldest millennials are now approaching 40 and have experienced a few major setbacks that have kept them from building wealth in their adult lives. First, they were hit by 2008 recession — at the time, the worst economic downturn the U.S. had seen since the Great Depression
By Nancy Collamer, Next Avenue With the job market heating up — a historically high 9.3 million job openings in the U.S. in April — what should you know about getting hired if you’re looking for work? Will virtual interviews continue? Is remote work here to stay? Are diversity and inclusion efforts just a fleeting fad?
Billionaire Tony Tan Caktiong—the controlling shareholder of Philippines fast-food giant Jollibee Foods—has again teamed up with real estate tycoon Edgar Sia, with their latest plan about creating the Philippines’ first industrial real estate investment trust that will be listed next year. The duo are joining the country’s biggest property developers—including Filinvest Land, Megaworld and Robinsons
In this article MCD Employees work the counter at a McDonald’s restaurant located inside the company’s new corporate headquarters on June 4, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images For Tom Locke, his tipping point on staff wages came back in March, during a conversation with a tired store
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, June 25, 2021. Source: NYSE Second-quarter earnings reporting season gets underway in the week ahead and eye-popping results could validate a market that continues to easily shake off any concerns on its steady march to record high after record high. The second quarter’s profits for
In this article AAL People walk past GM vehicles on display at the General Motors world headquarters building at Detroit’s Renaissance Center. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Levi Strauss (LEVI) — The denim maker added about 3% after
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is still known as the fastest man alive and one of the richest athletes. In 2018, Bolt was ranked at No. 45 on Forbes Magazine’s list of the 100 richest athletes in the world. He earned $31 million in 2017, when he officially retired. But Bolt, 34, admits he wasn’t always
In this article DBX Dropbox CEO Drew Houston and Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi (C) celebrate the launch of Dropbox’s initial public offering as they ring the opening bell at Nasdaq MarketSite, March 23, 2018 in New York City. Getty Images Company: Dropbox Inc. (DBX) Business: Dropbox is a single organized platform where users can create
Lindsey Gamard, 38, quit her job at a technology company during the pandemic. Courtesy: Lindsey Garnard Lindsey Gamard, 38, knew she wanted to quit her job when she saw many of her co-workers leaving. “It was like a sinking ship,” said Gamard, a data analyst who lives in San Tan Valley, Arizona. It didn’t help
By Joe Seldner, Next Avenue If 40 million Americans were suffering from the same severe problem, you might think it would be the subject of considerable media attention, a host of government programs, infusions of business capital and a hot topic of national conversation. That is certainly what I thought several years ago when I began
Americans are merely days away from the launch of the new Child Tax Credit on July 15, 2021. While the credit has been around since the Clinton Administration, the version from the Biden Administration is projected to have a significant impact on the country. From helping middle class families save for childcare and college to helping lower
If you want a well-built home, try the personal residence of a builder. But if you want one that’s also extraordinary, look to a builder who is not afraid of expressing his personality and having some fun. A sink made from a smelting pot? Wine barrel ceilings? Light fixtures fashioned from beer growlers? Yes, yes
There’s no need for Covid booster doses right now, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health said Friday, as highly transmissible, new variants test the protections of the available vaccines. “Let me tell you where we are: the data is very clear, if you’ve gotten your two shots of Moderna or Pfizer or
LONDON — Top financial institutions are calling for global cooperation on central bank digital currencies. The Bank for International Settlements, the global body for central banks, issued a report Friday saying that central banks should work to achieve “interoperability” between their digital currency projects. This can be achieved through a number of ways, the report
Ines Fraile | iStock | Getty Images The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency — which oversees loans of 8.5 million student borrowers — announced it would not renew its contract with the federal government when it ends later this year. Consumer advocates applauded the news because PHEAA, a quasi-governmental student aid organization created in 1963 by
By Sheila Weller, Next Avenue Dana Coen has had, by all measures, a splendid career as a TV co-executive producer for Fox’s “Bones” and CBS’ “JAG.” He’s been a story editor and a staff writer for hit shows from “General Hospital” to “The Wonder Years,” a playwright, stage director and stage actor. And he currently administers
Piquet Realty Founder and President. Skydiver, Ironman Triathlete, JiuJitsu Fighter and Race Car Driver on the weekends. Earlier in May, the New York Post reported that over 33,000 New Yorkers had exchanged their NY driver’s licenses for Florida ones. San Francisco’s Local 10 reported that over 80,000 people had moved out of the Bay Area —
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday looked ahead to the start of earnings season, focusing on quarterly reports from the big banks and other companies in the packaged foods and travel industries. The “Mad Money” host’s lookahead came after stocks rallied hard on Wall Street to rebound from Thursday’s big sell-off, helping the major averages end the week higher. “What