Like its neighbor to the south, Canada’s real estate market is expected to see continued growth in 2021, particularly in the luxury sector. In Toronto, an emerging global hub, residential sales of $5 million or more have increased by more than 8% year-over-year, while sales of $2 million or more have increased by about 10%.
Chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson Alex Gorsky speaks during an event at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building March 10, 2021 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky reiterated Wednesday that people will likely need to receive additional doses of the Covid-19
In this photo illustration, the Interactive Brokers LLC logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Igor Golovniov | LightRocket | Getty Images Interactive Brokers — seen as the e-broker with some of the most sophisticated clientele — is slated to start trading cryptocurrencies on its platform in the coming months. “Customers certainly are asking for [crypto
The off-price retailer Saks Off Fifth has teamed up with The Phluid Project to create a line of gender-fluid apparel, coinciding with Pride Month. Source: Saks Off Fifth For Christina McCann, shopping at the mall involves sifting through the women’s and the men’s aisles in search of the perfect outfit. McCann, who is nonbinary, often
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that trading meme stocks is more gambling than investing. “It’s exciting. It’s fun, and it’s real,” Cramer said on “Squawk Box.” However, he added, “If you’re going to play it, I think that you can, I don’t know, go to the casino. These should be offered at the casino.” He
nortonrsx | iStock | Getty Images Americans are ready to start spending money to treat themselves — and 44% are willing to go into debt to do it, a report from CreditCards.com finds. Millennials, ages 24-40, are most likely to take on more debt (59%) followed by Gen Zers, ages 18-24, coming in at 56%.
The global pandemic has changed the way lawyers interact with clients. Meetings are now routinely held virtually and many people have adapted to the convenience of meeting from home. While virtual meetings will become part of the new normal, there is often no substitute for in person interactions. Many people prefer in-person meetings, and for
Topline After the release of a major investigation by ProPublica based on over 15 years of confidential data from the Internal Revenue Service showed that the wealthiest Americans often pay little to no federal income tax, the agency’s Commissioner Charles Rettig told lawmakers that internal and external investigators are working to determine whether the data
This story is SO Dallas. And this home is so valuable now given the high cost of lumber. Most people design a home, specify materials, then purchase them. This may well be one of the only homes in town where the materials directed the design and the entire house. In 2006 Don Daeske, a Dallas-based
People receive nucleic acid testing at Liwan District on May 26, 2021 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. Southern Visual | Visual China Group | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Police in Guangzhou detained people who have fallen foul of Covid prevention laws, as the southern Chinese city deals with an outbreak of the Delta
In this article 9984.T-JP The logo of SoftBank Group in Tokyo. Philip Fong | AFP via Getty Images LONDON — SoftBank is aiming to put its money where its mouth is on diversity. SoftBank Investment Advisers, which manages the Japanese conglomerate’s Vision Fund for tech investing, said Wednesday it will launch its diversity-focused Emerge accelerator
Kevin Aluwi and William Tanuwijaya recently made Indonesian history. As founding members of GoTo Group, the 30-somethings are responsible for creating Indonesia’s newest and most valuable tech company after merging their ride-hailing and e-commerce start-ups in the country’s biggest-ever business deal. The combined entity contributes 2% to Indonesia’s GDP via its various business lines including
Jeff Bezos takes a look at the New Shepard rocket booster on the landing pad after a successful NS-15 flight and landing in April 2021. Blue Origin Jeff Bezos will fly on the first passenger flight of his space company Blue Origin, which the company plans to launch on July 20, the billionaire announced on
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the May jobs report in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Joe Biden wants to raise taxes on inheritances to help fund his lofty infrastructure plans. The proposals call for taxing capital gains on inherited property at death, treating the transfer like a sale. Heirs may exclude
There seems to be a notion floating around that elders in Europe and parts of Asia have access to services we do not have here, that we in the United States have overlooked our older citizens’ welfare and happiness where other developed countries have systems and services we do not. Is that the case? Maybe.
Today’s column addresses questions about when spousal benefits can become available based on a spouse’s Social Security record, whether a foreign pension will reduce divorced spousal benefits and when a non-covered pension may cause Social Security benefits to be reduced. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president
Jonathan Keyser is the founder of Keyser, the largest occupier services commercial real estate brokerage firm in Arizona. The franchise industry is expected to add more than 800,000 U.S. jobs by the end of 2021, totaling 8.3 million jobs nationwide. According to data shared to webinar attendees by the International Franchise Association (IFA), this will be
In this article THO Even as Covid restrictions lift, RV-maker Thor Industries is seeing sustained demand for outdoor living — and a growing order backlog, CEO Bob Martin told CNBC Tuesday. Thor’s backlog was worth $14.32 billion as of late April, the company said in its fiscal third-quarter report out Tuesday. That’s up 32.5% from
In this article WEN CLOV .DJI .SPX Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Tuesday after Wall Street appeared range-bound near its record levels. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were little changed. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures also
Shoppers maintain safe distance in a checkout line in Torrance, Calif. Al Seib | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic is subsiding, but the new normal might not look the same as 2019. One reason why: The prices of some goods and services have crept up due to inflation and could continue