Month: June 2020

Klaus Vedfelt Digital banks like Chime and Square’s Cash App have added millions of users by offering streamlined, mobile-first accounts without the pesky fees associated with brick-and-mortar banks. To that list of disruptors, add the New York-based start-up Current. Current, founded in 2015 by former Wall Street trader Stuart Sopp, has offered fee-free mobile checking
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Yellow Dog Productions The U.S. economy is restarting and millions of unemployed Americans are returning to work.    Yet that positive trajectory may not last. Many newly employed Americans could be furloughed or laid off again. Officials in areas like New York have discussed renewed lockdown measures as citizens flaunt social distancing rules. Houston may
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By Michele Turk, Next Avenue Contributor Getty By the time my doctor told me via FaceTime that I tested positive for Covid-19, my symptoms were long gone. I was probably not contagious anymore, and I had temporary immunity to the virus. For weeks afterward, the same thought replayed in my mind: I survived the coronavirus. How
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Watch Benjamin Willis and Joseph Thorndike, contributing editors for Tax Notes Federal, discuss the Whiskey Rebellion, the first time the federal government used military force to quell a domestic uprising. Here are a few highlights… On federal military force and tax Joseph J. Thorndike: The very first time that the federal government used military force to put
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Rob Frohwein, CEO of Kabbage Adam Jeffery | CNBC In late March, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing mom-and-pop shops across the country to shut down indefinitely, small business lender Kabbage furloughed a “significant number” of employees and paused its lending operation, anticipating the contraction in its customer base. But CEO Rob Frohwein, who co-founded the
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Single family house on pile of money. Concept of real estate. Getty In the wake of the pandemic, mortgage interest rates have plunged to near-record lows, which has lead to an unprecedented boom in the mortgage refinance industry. However, as more and more people rush to refinance, it’s important to remember that securing a good
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Oracle CEO Safra Catz delivers a keynote address during the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld on September 17, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Oracle CEO Safra Catz kicked off day two of the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld with a keynote address. The annual convention runs through September 19. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Oracle shares fell as much
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