A man looks at GameStop at 6th Avenue on February 25, 2021 in New York. John Smith | Corbis News | Getty Images GameStop‘s stock price climbed in extended trading Monday after the video game retailer said it sold 3.5 million additional shares, raising $551 million to speed up the company’s e-commerce transformation. The stock, favored
FatCamera Retirees concerned about inflation eroding the value of their money may want to consider hedging against the possibility. Treasury inflation-protected securities, or TIPS, could be an appropriate option. Like typical Treasury bonds, TIPS are issued and backed by the U.S. government. However, they operate a bit differently. And depending on how you use them,
Accessory dwelling units are a fast-growing trend in the real estate industry, especially in high-priced markets like California’s major metros. One increasing use for these tiny spaces is seniors turning their long-time residences over to their adult children’s families and moving into small bonus homes added to their properties. “The number of permits taken out
April is National Financial Literacy Month. What began with the National Endowment for Financial Education as Youth Financial Literacy Day in 2000, has evolved into a month-long observance for people of all ages to learn about and improve their finances. Financial literacy is critical for understanding how to save, earn, borrow, invest, and protect your
Today’s column addresses questions about how stopping work before claiming a Social Security retirement benefit can affect the benefit amount, divorced spousal benefits and the family maximum that can be claimed on a single record and how the Government Pension Offset (GPO) is applied. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and
Many runners were seen not wearing masks as they went on their runs along the Esplanade, the Mass. Ave. Bridge and Memorial Drive in Cambridge. John Tlumacki | Boston Globe | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its public health guidance Tuesday, saying fully vaccinated people can exercise and attend small
In this article CROX Crocs store in New York City. Michael Brochstein | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Crocs shares shot up more than 8% Tuesday after the shoe maker increased its revenue outlook for the full year and reported record first-quarter sales. CEO Andrew Rees said demand for the Crocs brand is
Al Drago | Getty Images President Joe Biden is expected to pitch a higher capital gains tax this week to raise funds for his economic agenda. But the policy would lose the U.S. billions in revenue if it doesn’t also scrap a tax break for heirs, according to a new analysis. Eliminating that tax break
BET founder Robert Johnson told CNBC on Tuesday he hopes corporate America will support efforts that boost Black Americans’ access to capital with the same vigor as many companies recently did around voting access. Johnson’s comments on “Squawk Box” came one day after the entrepreneur went public with a proposal that would give preferential tax
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday expressed some disappointment in Tesla‘s first-quarter earnings report and subsequent conference call. “I have to be somewhat critical. This was not the blowout quarter,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” describing the numbers released Monday by the electric vehicle maker as “very good” relative to certain industry peers. He
MoMo Productions | DigitalVision | Getty Images A House bill proposed Tuesday aims to make recent enhancements to the child tax credit permanent. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and gatekeeper of new tax legislation, issued a bill that would codify changes made by the recent $1.9 trillion American
These days every company is being valued on the data that it captures from customers, even making some organizations’ data worth more than the company itself. With that being said, most organizations are scrambling to create ways to capture that data and have it available to access anytime, which requires some hardware. That hardware can
This segment of What’s Ahead goes over the reasons that doubling the capital gains tax—as proposed by the Biden administration—would hurt everyone, not just the rich. The economy stagnates without new investment. Investing is risky. Most new businesses fail within a few years of inception. If government severely taxes the rare successes, guess what? Investments
In this article 7205.T-JP The Hino Motors logo is displayed at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hino Motors, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor, is teaming up with an Israeli electric vehicle start-up to develop electric trucks, buses and commercial vehicles. REE Automotive, which is
Pedestrians wearing protective masks walk past a logo displayed at a HSBC bank branch in the central district of Hong Kong. Roy Liu| Bloomberg | Getty Images HSBC, Europe’s largest lender by assets, reported first-quarter pre-tax profits that beat estimates but reported revenue was down. The London-headquartered bank, which makes most of its revenue in
Being named to UNESCO’s World Heritage List often brings worldwide acclaim, tourist revenue and access to international funding and expertise. But there are strings attached. World Heritage sites are, in principle, inscribed “forever,” said Mechtild Rossler, director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, but countries have to do their part to protect and counteract
In this article CSGH Narisara Nami | Moment | Getty Images Young investors are piling into stocks. Yet before you follow their lead, there are several things you should do first. Otherwise, you could get burned. “Sometimes the shiny object or the stock that is being flashed around the screen or talked about on Twitter
Let’s say you have $40 million to spend on a new home. A French Normandy-style estate on 27 acres beside a pristine lake in Greenwich, Connecticut would certainly fill the bill. Situated atop a hill to take advantage of the south-facing meadow and lake views, the house named Topping Hill is set back 600 feet
A new Singapore-inspired tax law will reduce corporate income tax and boost foreign investment in the Philippines, finance secretary Carlos Dominguez told CNBC, as the country moves to speed up its economic recovery. The Philippines’ so-called corporate recovery and tax incentives for enterprises (CREATE) act, which was signed into law last month, aims to provide
Topline National Economic Council director Brian Deese on Monday defended President Biden’s proposal to nearly double the tax rate on long term capital gains and qualified dividends received by investors earning more than $1 million annually, emphasizing that only a small fraction of American households would see their tax treatment change if the plan were