Month: June 2020

Dr. Daniel Kombert, medical director for the Care Logistics Center and the director for the Clinical Command Center, middle, works with other medical professionals as they answer calls and track data at the Hartford HealthCare COVID-19 Command Center in Newington, Conn., on March 10, 2020. Kassi Jackson | Hartford Courant | Tribune News Service via
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An airline employee walks past empty American Airlines check-in terminals at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on May 12, 2020. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: American Airlines — American Airlines dropped more than 6% to become one of the biggest losers in the S&P 500 after the
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Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, who made a killing this year by nailing the market bottom, on Monday disclosed plans for an initial public offering of a $4 billion blank-check company, which will target so-called “Mature Unicorns.” The new investment vehicle named Pershing Square
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A mini online shopping cart filled with packages on a laptop. Getty Tax Notes legal reporter Jennifer McLoughlin interviews Richard Cram, director of the Multistate Tax Commission’s National Nexus Program, on the state of the sales tax landscape two years after the Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc.  McLoughlin moderates a discussion between Bradley
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Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft outside Spaceport America in New Mexico. Virgin Galactic Shares of Virgin Galactic shares jumped Monday after it signed an agreement with NASA that will allow the space tourism venture to train astronauts for trips to the International Space Station on flights to the edge of space. The company — which is publicly traded
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Pandemic Adds Psychological Stress To Financial Worries Getty Psychological stress exacerbates existing financial stresses. At the same time, financial stresses obviously contribute to psychological stresses. This vicious cycle is more widespread among non-white or Latinx people, widening already gaping wealth inequality by race and ethnicity. A large share of people suffers from psychological stress right
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Nielsen‘s David Kenny in an appearance on CNBC on Friday explained why he embedded the position of chief diversity officer into his responsibilities as chief executive officer of the marketing firm. When asked his motive for leading the company’s diversity and inclusion initiatives, Kenny, who is White, said the top reason was “power.” “There is no more
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Getty Recent reports indicate that the IRS is launching an audit campaign that will focus on hundreds of returns filed by high-wealth taxpayers.  The initiative, which was confirmed by Douglas O’Donnell, head of the IRS’s Large Business and International Division (“LB&I”), last week, is expected to begin around July 15th, and will likely involve taxpayers with
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