Integrated circuits on a circuit board. The semiconductor industry has been in focus during the U.S.-China trade war. filonmar | E+ | Getty Images Company: ON Semiconductor Corp (ON) Business: A premier semiconductor company that focuses on power and sensor products. ON Semi’s segments include (i) Power Solutions Group, which offers a range of discrete,
Morsa Images | DigitalVision | Getty Images Chances are, you aren’t seriously thinking about how to pay for long-term care when you are older. Most people only think about it at two points in their lives: when their parents need it or when they start to get much older and realize they need to have
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden delivers remarks during a voter mobilization event, at Miramar Regional Park in Miramar, Florida, October 13, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters With the presidential election coming, Carolyn Bothwell, a freelance copywriter from Charlestown, Massachusetts, has been hearing from concerned members of the freelancer community she started, Freelance Founders, about
ITALY – CIRCA 2003: Procession of the notaries through the streets of Perugia for the Feast of … [+] Candlemas, miniature from the manuscript concerning notaries’ guilds in Perugia. Italy, 15th century. Perugia, Biblioteca Capitolare (Library) (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) De Agostini via Getty Images Who are “WEIRD” people? It’s a clever acronym, to denote
UNITED STATES – CIRCA 1931: Al Capone, pictured in court during his trial, Chicago, 1931. He was … [+] sentenced to a 10 years in federal prison and one year in county jail for a total sentence of 11 years. (Photo by Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images) Getty Images On this day
Amazon’s proposed Pen Place in Pentagon City JBG SMITH PROPERTIES The plan to completely transform Crystal City, VA into Amazon’s AMZN second headquarters is still meeting milestone after milestone, most recently with the acquisition of a Marriott Residence Inn. Acorn Development LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon, purchased the building for $148.5 million a few weeks
Adrees Latif | Reuters Friday marks the deadline for state health officials across the U.S. to submit plans to the federal government on how they will inoculate hundreds of millions of Americans against Covid-19 once a vaccine is approved. States have about two weeks to set up distribution centers across the country to meet the
People wait in their cars as they line up to collect unemployment forms in Hialeah, Florida. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images Millions of workers have lost their jobs — and their employer-sponsored health insurance — due to the coronavirus pandemic. But other options are available to those who lose health coverage. These include Medicaid, an
Trump and Biden would approach the student loan crisis very differently. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins the presidency may have a significant impact on the country’s 42 million student loan borrowers. Student loans have outpaced credit card and auto debt as a burden to Americans, and
getty We tend to worry about retirement quite a bit, and with good reason. There are a number of different risks that could eat into your hard-earned retirement savings. The average joe often thinks of these risks as one or more of the following: a market crash, crippling debt, rising healthcare costs, and poor overall
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about a spouse taking retirement benefits on their own record before potentially taking survivor’s benefits, when to apply in order to begin receiving benefits in a certain month and when spousal benefits may be available. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the
What special circumstances elicit multiple bids, and how are they best managed to make certain that … [+] each buyer is treated fairly and that there are no dropouts? getty Competitive real estate bidding is back. Not for every property, but often enough so that both sellers and buyers require advice regarding what can precipitate
A volunteer is injected with a vaccine as he participates in a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination study at the Research Centers of America, in Hollywood, Florida, U.S., September 24, 2020. Marco Bello | Reuters The Trump administration on Friday announced a deal with CVS Health and Walgreens to administer coronavirus vaccines to the elderly and
United Airlines’ Boeing 747-400 aircraft performed its last passenger flight on November 7, 2017. NurPhoto Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Boeing — Shares popped more than 3% after Patrick Ky, the head of Europe’s aviation regulator, said the company’s beleaguered 737 Max jet is safe to fly again. He added the
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore. Sarah Silbiger | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Americans are hurting financially amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and that includes the nation’s seniors. Now, two House Democratic lawmakers are hoping to help retirees with a bill to increase next year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., is introducing a
It is also vitally important to understand that the amount of upside potential that can be offered by an FIA will vary over time as interest rates and call option prices change. With an annual reset design, the insurance company must repeat this process each year and will face different interest rates and call option
On October 14, 2020, FinCEN, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network unit of the Treasury Department that handles millions of FBAR reports on foreign bank accounts, announced that you had until December 31, 2020 to file your 2019 FBAR. Extra time, what a relief! Then, late on October 15, the due date for extended IRS tax
A new lot of 15 abandoned buildings located in the old Saracen district will go to the highest bidders The Sicilian town of Sambuca is preparing to place on the market a second lot of abandoned houses for a symbolic €2, or just under $2.4, less than the cost of a cappuccino. But it’s waiting
A member of the medical staff treats a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Slany Hospital in Slany, Czech Republic, October 13, 2020. David W. Cerny | Reuters The World Health Organization said Friday that Europe‘s coronavirus outbreak is “concerning” as the number of available intensive
Descendants of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller are calling on the major banks to put an end to fossil fuel financing. Daniel Growald, Peter Gill Case and Valerie Rockefeller — fifth-generation members of the famed family — have launched BankFWD, which is a network of powerful individuals and institutions aimed at persuading banks to