Today’s column addresses questions about filing first on a spouse’s benefits and then for retirement benefits, filing for retroactive retirement benefits after first taking spousal benefits and whether it’s worth taking the option at 70 to file six months retroactively. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president
It has never been easy to get prospective buyers to close on a real estate listing. Thanks to the internet, the task seems more difficult than ever. The market is rife with window shoppers and indecisive house hunters, making it a sometimes overwhelming challenge to get them to commit. While window shoppers can present a
SINGAPORE — Singapore aims to immunize 75% of its population by early October so that it can gradually ease border restrictions as the coronavirus turns into an endemic over time, its trade minister Gan Kim Yong told CNBC on Tuesday. “Covid-19 is likely to be endemic in time to come. That is why vaccination is
BYD’s Han electric car, pictured here at the 2021 Shanghai auto show, is one of the most popular new energy vehicles in China. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING — Chinese automaker BYD sold fewer all-electric passenger cars in the first six months of this year than the same period in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic.
People may not have traveled much during the past year, but that didn’t stop them from searching for ideas online. Luxury travel operator Unforgettable Travel wanted to know which travel experiences people searched the most during the past year. With the help of digital marketing agency SEO Travel, the company compiled a list of 135
In this article DSX EGLE GNK GOGL SBLK 316-HK 1919-SZ Aerial view of shipping containers sitting stacked at Shenzhen Yantian Port on February 27, 2021 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China. Xie Feng | Getty Images Skyrocketing shipping prices, exacerbated by limited vessel supply, could bode well for some of analysts’ favorite shipping stocks. Global
Getty Images There are signs that the U.S. is rebounding from the havoc wreaked by the coronavirus pandemic. In June, the country added 850,000 jobs, more than expected, and is now 7.13 million below the February 2020 level. The Congressional Budget Office said Thursday that the economy is on track to recover all jobs lost
In this article @LCO.1 @CL.1 Oil pumping jacks, also known as “nodding donkeys”, operate in an oilfield near Almetyevsk, Tatarstan, Russia, on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil jumped to its highest level in nearly three years on Monday after talks between OPEC and its oil-producing allies were postponed
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Monday as Wall Street gets set to kick off the holiday-shortened week with the S&P 500 at a record high. Futures on
For two decades, New York Yankee star C.C. Sabathia was one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball, until the six-time All-Star and 2009 World Series Champion retired in 2019. But today, Sabathia, 40, says he’s in the best mental and physical shape of his life — better than he ever was as a
Shoppers in San Francisco. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Covid-19 vaccinations are increasing, states are dropping their pandemic restrictions and Americans are feeling good about going out and spending after a year and a half spent mostly inside. “We are now coming out of a cave, basically, and there’s a lot of
Stanley Rosenbaum’s father owned 12 movie theaters in northern Alabama at a time when that was the premier entertainment for all – rich, poor, young, old: everyone went to the movies. Stanley himself was an intellectual who attended Harvard at 16, spoke five languages and became an English professor at the local college. In 1938,
Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives an update on the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street on March 18, 2021 in London, England. Tolga Akmen – WPA Pool | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday detailed the final steps in the easing of England’s lockdown
NEWPORT, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM – 2021/01/09: A shopper seen pushing her groceries outside Morrisons supermarket in Wales. May James/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Image WM Morrison, Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket chain, could be about to become the target of an international bidding war. Apollo Global Management announced Monday it was mulling a rival bid for the retailer
Monday marks Jeff Bezos’ final day as the CEO of Amazon, the company he launched in 1994 as an online bookseller that is now an ecommerce behemoth anworth $1.7 trillion — the company that has made him the richest person in the world with a nearly $200 billion fortune. Over Bezos’ roughly 27 years as
Allen Weisselberg, center, chief financial officer of Trump Organization, exits from criminal court in New York on July 1, 2021. David Dee Delgado | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, pleaded not guilty to tax crimes on Thursday. Experts say the illegal practices the government alleges occurred
Now that we’ve celebrated our national Independence Day, it’s a good time to contemplate being able to celebrate your own Financial Independence Day. Financial independence is a state of being in which you don’t have to work to pay your living expenses. You may decide to retire or you may choose to work because you
A person exercises at the Sydney Opera House during a foggy start to the day on June 30, 2021 in Sydney Australia. Lockdown restrictions continue as NSW health authorities work to contain a growing Covid-19 cluster. Brook Mitchell | Getty Images News | Getty Images A recent spike in Covid cases has Australian authorities scrambling
A customer eyes the beverage section in a supermarket on June 9, 2021 in Handan, Hebei province. Li Hao | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese consumers spent less on daily necessities from foreign brands last year during the coronavirus pandemic, while those in smaller cities were more willing to spend than
Search and rescue personnel work at the site of a collapsed Florida condominium complex in Surfside, Miami, U.S., in this handout image July 2, 2021. MIAMI DADE FIRE DEPARTMENT | via REUTERS The demolition of the partially collapsed condominium tower in Surfside, Florida will begin Sunday night, according to Miami-Dade police. Police said the demolition