The robots are coming for the tax planners, but from what I can see, we will probably last longer than the truck drivers. This is my tentative conclusion from poking around with Blue J Legal’s Tax Foresight. I spoke with CEO Ben Alarie about the company and the product. Then he had his team give
Month: October 2019
By Gretchen Brown, Next Avenue Contributor Getty Julie (who prefers to use a pseudonym for this story), 54, wants to get her daughter through college without incurring any student loans for the $30,000 annual tuition. So, she helped fund her daughter’s freshman year by taking out a kind of second mortgage — a home equity
HOUSTON, TEXAS – OCTOBER 22: Roberto Osuna #54 of the Houston Astros looks on from the dugout prior to Game One of the 2019 World Series against the Washington Nationals at Minute Maid Park on October 22, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Elsa | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images The Houston Astros fired assistant general
Tesla’s stock is set to pop big when trading begins on Thursday, after the electric automaker turned in an unexpectedly profitably third-quarter and better than anticipated progress toward getting its Shanghai factory operational. “Skeptics had legitimate concerns in the past, but Tesla is now building cash, winning market share, and boosting margins – all while
Jane Fraser, chief executive officer for Latin American at Citigroup Inc., speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2019. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg via Getty Images Citigroup named Jane Fraser president Thursday, filling a role that has been open since earlier this year. Citi CEO Michael
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is back in Washington this week arguing for libra, the digital currency his company created. This, after he last week made the case in front of an audience at Georgetown University that Facebook’s future, its past and its reason for being are all tied up in free speech. So, what’s at
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey speaks during a press event at CES 2019 on January 9, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker | Getty Images News | Getty Images Payments giant Square is getting into stock trading. The San Francisco-based company will offer users the ability to trade individual stock on its Cash App, for
The Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension System voted on Thursday to fire Fisher Investments, pulling about $522 million from the money manager. The nine-member board of commissioners voted in favor of terminating the relationship with the Camas, Washington-based firm, following lewd comments Ken Fisher had made at an investment conference on Oct. 8. The
Getty There should be a “Leave No 401(k) Behind Law.” Too many people forget to take their retirement savings with them when they clean out their desks at their old employer. Why is this so pandemic and what should you do to inoculate yourself from this potentially debilitating financial disease? There’s a trend permeating throughout
High five to the smart business owner who uses a Solo 401(k) to lower the taxes on their S-Corp. Getty Nobody likes paying more taxes than they need too. Small business owners are lucky to have many opportunities to keep more of their hard-earned money through expert tax planning. One of the biggest ways to slash
Century Plaza dbox “Nobody walks in L.A.” This has been the city’s mantra for decades, but a $2.5 billion large scale development is on track to bring nearly six acres of pedestrian-friendly mixed-use space to a neighborhood largely known for its skyscrapers, office buildings and the filming lots of Fox Studios. Such a high-profile redevelopment
Steve Carell, Reese Witherspoon Jennifer Aniston speak at the Apple Spring Event on March 25th, 2019. Source: Apple Amazon on Thursday announced that the Apple TV app is now available on the Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick 4K in the United States and several other countries around the world. The launch comes just
Dow Inc. beat Wall Street estimates for profit in the third quarter as it cut costs to offset a sharp slowdown in demand for the chemicals it makes for plastics and other manufacturing, sending shares almost 2% higher. An oversupply of ethylene and polyethylene as well as the impact of U.S.-China trade tensions on demand
A sign is posted outside of the PayPal headquarters in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images PayPal had a break-out quarter, sending its stock surging after reporting earnings. The payments company beat Wall Street’s estimates across the board for the third-quarter results Wednesday evening. Investors applauded the outperformance, sending PayPal shares up more
aviation-images.com | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Consumers are paying more attention to their carbon footprint and it could cost airlines billions of dollars, Citi said in a note to clients on Tuesday. The firm said that “flight shaming,” which it defines as “the inherent guilt that an individual feels as a result of
Camille Wood walks dogs as a side hustle. Source: Camille Wood Camille Wood is a personal assistant, dog sitter and host at The Second City, a comedy club in Chicago. “During a typical week, I’m doing something for pay pretty much every day,” she said. “I needed the extra money for student loans and city
null Getty Today, the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program published a report, “The Time is Now: Next Steps Toward a More Secure Retirement for All,” based and consensus ideas from its Leadership Forum on Retirement Savings, which convened “more than 70 experts and industry leaders” to “share, evaluate, and refine solutions to the nation’s retirement
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin “Let someone else fight over this long blood-stained sand,” Trump said. Mark Wilson/Getty Images Topline: Hours after Russian troops advanced further into northern Syria, President Trump announced on Wednesday that he will lift U.S. sanctions on Turkey after the country stopped hostilities and complied with a
The real estate market’s fluidity makes it a place where trends are always changing. Developing trends usually take a few years to enter the mainstream and become the norm. Because of this, smart agents and investors keep their fingers on the pulse of the industry so that they can adapt to those trends well before everyone
The situation surrounding a Hong Kong man accused of murder in Taiwan has become a diplomatic dispute — and it concerns the sensitive issue surrounding Taiwan’s sovereignty as the self-ruled island enters its election season. The case will “feature heavily in Taiwan media once he returns,” said Kelsey Broderick, China analyst at risk consultancy Eurasia