On the surface, it looked like corporate professional services functions like accounting, finance and legal fared pretty well during the Covid-19 crisis. The vast majority of these roles were already set up for some level of work-from-home operations and – unlike other areas of the economy such as travel, hospitality and retail – they were
There’s been a lot of analysis and debate on exactly where the stock market is headed in the post-COVID-19 environment. But much less attention has been focused on the housing market. Or more precisely, on whether now is the right time to buy a house. Getty On the plus side, house prices have held steady
With a growing number of colleges planning to offer fall classes online, many international students will not be able to stay in U.S., according to new rules issued Monday. That could mean a significant hit to school budgets — and student aid. Under the guidelines issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, “students attending schools operating
An employee takes the temperature of a building tenant outside the Empire State Building in midtown Manhattan, as the iconic tower prepares to open to more tenants and visitors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., June 24, 2020. Mike Segar | Reuters Among the countless things
Billionaires, country clubs, private jet companies and Kanye West all received millions in government funding under the Paycheck Protection Program, according to the Small Business Administration. The PPP loans and grants were part of the $2 trillion CARES Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law this spring. The loans were designed to help small
Jamie Grill | Getty Images I was raised one and two sentences at a time, my father’s clichés serving up life lessons at the kitchen table, after baseball practice or on the way home from school. He didn’t have the patience for long-winded lectures and couldn’t find his voice after biting his tongue at work
An employee wearing a face mask is pictured inside a shop at Westfield Santa Anita mall during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Arcadia, California June 25, 2020. Mario Anzuoni | Reuters Just as shoppers were beginning to inch back to stores, with local economies reopening and malls turning their lights back on,
CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk reacts following the company’s initial public offering at the NASDAQ market in New York June 29, 2010 Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Tesla – The automaker’s stock rose 1% in extended trading. Tesla’s shares jumped 13.5% and hit a new high earlier Monday
Success businessman in the city raising his arms, open palms, with face looking up – financial … [+] freedom concepts, double exposure effect Getty Now that we’ve celebrated our Independence Day, you may want to consider another form of independence: financial. Financial independence is about having the freedom to work or not work as you
A famed rapper, producer and fashion designer, Kanye West has been dabbling in real estate for … [+] several years now, much like President Donald Trump, whose family made its fortune in the industry. Amy Harris/Invision/AP A day after Kanye West announced his bid for the Oval Office in a tweet dispatched on July 4,
Unemployed Kentucky residents enter the Kentucky Career Center for help with their unemployment claims on June 19, 2020 in Frankfort, Kentucky. John Sommers II/Getty Images Certain groups of workers, like the self-employed and those in the gig economy, are pulling in an increasing share of jobless benefits relative to others. Around 12.9 million Americans are
Junior’s Cheesecake owner Alan Rosen told CNBC on Monday that restaurants would be in serious financial trouble if they have to reopen then close back down due to the coronavirus pandemic. “This opening and closing could be the death knell of restaurants in this country,” Rosen said on “Power Lunch.” ”When people are buying up food, then
The average age of new coronavirus patients has dropped by roughly 15 years compared with only a few months ago as the coronavirus reignites in America’s Sun Belt, White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday. Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during a Q&A discussion with Dr. Francis
A summer rally may be underway. Economic forecaster Lakshman Achuthan cites a bullish, under-the-radar trend in a chart highlighting the firm’s special weekly leading index and S&P 500. “This is a fundamentally optimistic chart,” the Economic Cycle Research Institute co-founder told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Monday. “It’s showing us that the cyclical fundamentals are to
By Elizabeth White, Next Avenue Contributor Getty I remember well the shock of being suddenly laid off during the Great Recession of 2007-2009. I was in my mid-fifties when my good job disappeared, my income fell to zero and I was suddenly on the outside looking in at a life that was no longer mine.
IRS privacy coin crackdown Shehan Chandrasekera 2020 has been a year with a lot of turmoil but regulators’ attempt to crackdown on cryptocurrency has not slowed down whatsoever (350,000 Aussie Crypto Users Are Receiving Tax Warning Letters, The IRS Is Hiring Consultants To Crack Down On Cryptocurrency Tax Evasion). A new listing posted on the
A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks past some Retail Space For Lease in San Francisco, … [+] California, U.S., on May 6, 2020. Emptied out malls and hotels across the U.S. have triggered an unprecedented surge in requests for payment relief on commercial mortgage-backed securities, an early sign of a pandemic-induced real estate crisis.
If you’re in the market for a house and are considering an “interest-only” mortgage, proceed with caution. With tightened lending standards amid ongoing economic uncertainty — coupled with continually rising home prices and persistent low interest rates — some borrowers may gravitate to these so-called interest-only loans, experts say. These are loans where you only
Robert De Niro (L) and chef Nobu Matsuhisa appear during a preview for the Nobu Restaurant and Lounge Caesars Palace on February 2, 2013 in Las Vegas. David Becker | Getty Images The Nobu group of luxury sushi restaurants and hotels took 14 loans from the U.S. small business relief program for as much as
An airport ground crew prepares a Cessna 510 jet airplane for takeoff at Santa Fe Municipal Airport in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Robert Alexander | Getty Images The major private jet companies, including Wheels Up and OneSky Flight, received more than $200 million in government funding under the government’s payroll support program, according to recent