New regulations issued under sections 1291, 1297, and 1298 clarify whether a foreign corporation is treated as a passive foreign investment company and whether a U.S. person that indirectly owns stock in a PFIC is treated as a shareholder. Final regs issued January 15 (and corrected March 5 and March 10) retained the basic approach and structure of
Supply chains have been a complicated issue since the beginning of time, in all types of situations, from the battle field to the project site. In the case of the battlefield, lives were on the line as supplies weren’t able to get through the devastated landscape and the broken lines of transportation. For housing, affordability
People walk at a pedestrian crossing along the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore on September 7, 2021. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Authorities in Singapore have tightened Covid measures as infections in the country rise to fresh record highs — but two health experts told CNBC they are not terribly
In this article 6666-HK Wilmington Trust’s Meghan Shue is out with a contrarian playbook designed to help investors grab profits during volatility. Even as correction forecasts increase and risk appetites slump on Wall Street, she lists overweighting stocks as her first recommendation for those with 9 to 12 month time horizons. “Over that time frame,
In the past, older households were more likely to retire debt free with a paid-off mortgage. Those days are over. Student loan debt for older adults, their children, and their grandchildren has been rising for decades. Debt undermining retirement security is a sinister and under-appreciated problem, but the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is
NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 31: A child dressed as Wonder Woman for Halloween at Fort Green Park on October 31, 2020 in New York City. The CDC shared on their website alternative ways to still celebrate the holiday while being safe. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) David Dee Delgado | Getty Images News
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures climbed in overnight trading on Sunday as investors braced for the last week of a volatile September. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Readers, I am embarrassed to admit that a radical change to our retirement system, tucked into the “Build Back Better” Budget Reconciliation bill, wholly escaped my notice until just recently. As explained by Ashlea Ebeling, also at Forbes, “Under the proposal, starting in 2023, employers with five or more employees would have to offer a retirement
Bahrain’s government is planning to double its rate of value-added tax (VAT) to 10%, according to Bloomberg, in an effort to curb its large budget deficit. The move echoes a similar change by Saudi Arabia last year, when it tripled its rate of VAT to 15% – although, as some observers have pointed out, the
Eugene is the Founder of The Litvak Team @ Compass — one of the top producing and largest teams at Compass. If you’ve been paying attention to real estate headlines lately, you know that the New York City market is on fire. In the 15 years or so that I’ve been in the business, I’ve never
Simu Liu stars as Shang-Chi in Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” Disney “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” continues to outperform at the domestic box office. The latest Marvel film has topped the charts for the fourth consecutive weekend and is now the highest-grossing domestic release of 2021. Since
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2021. Patrick Pleul | Reuters Though the market has been volatile, analysts are spotting opportunities for upside among select companies. Tipranks is able to cut through the market noise by aggregating data to show
d3sign | Moment | Getty Images When it comes to reserving hotel stays, Aesop and his fabled ants might have gotten it backwards — it can actually pay to wait till the last minute to book. While conventional wisdom holds that travelers get better rates for accommodations, air and other vacation components by reserving early,
You’ve heard that some people think they pay no fees for their 401(k) plan. You’re not one of them. You know where to look for those ‘hidden’ fees. You also know what you can or cannot do if you think you’re paying too much. What’s more, you know it takes a lot of effort to
Today’s column addresses questions about the family maximum that can be collected on a single record, answering a question about working this year while applying for Social Security benefits and potential availability of divorced survivor’s benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning,
The American Institute of Architect’s latest Home Design Trends Survey of its professional members shows the powerful impact the pandemic continues to have on our living spaces, compounded by other natural disasters. Released September 22, this quarterly study showed a sharp uptick in demand for outdoor improvements, multiple home offices, exercise spaces, and safety features
In this article AAL Pilots talk as they look at the tail of an American Airlines aircraft at Dallas-Ft Worth International Airport. Mike Stone | Reuters American Airlines pilots’ union says company managers should be replaced because of hundreds of flight disruptions that affected tens of thousands of customers this year. The board of directors
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington. Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images Likely before the end of the year, the Federal Reserve will start to tiptoe into the unknown. Central bank officials indicated Wednesday that they’re ready to begin “tapering” – the process of slowly pulling back the stimulus they’ve provided during the
Real estate financing often includes something more than an ordinary mortgage loan. A borrower often obtains additional funds through a separate mezzanine loan, secured by a pledge of ownership interests in the entity that owns the mortgaged real estate. Because those ownership interests are not real estate, the lender’s rights are governed by the Uniform
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a news conference about the House vote on H.R. 3755, the “Women’s Health Protection Act” legislation to “establish a federally protected right to abortion access” at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 24, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters House Democrats on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation to protect abortion