Month: August 2020

Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about possibly filing early to Avoid potential future rate cuts, determining which income years SSA is using to calculate your benefits and potential effects of part time work while receiving disability benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president
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FHFA, which oversees the two mortgage-buying enterprises Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, is now … [+] mandating that multifamily property owners with government-backed loans in forbearance inform renters about the eviction protections the policy extends to them. getty After Congress let the CARES Act eviction moratorium lapse late last month, the Federal Housing Finance Agency
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In this screengrab taken from a berniesanders.com webcast, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talks about his plan to deal with the coronavirus pandemic on March 17, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Businesses are being severely impacted, schools are closing temporarily and large events are being postponed as the COVID-19 virus continues to spread across
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Coronavirus relief bill discussions continue Thursday as Congressional Democrats and the White House negotiate legislation that would assist Americans amid the pandemic. After Wednesday’s negotiations yielded no agreement, the White House threatened to act on its own to provide coronavirus relief. The following data was compiled by Johns Hopkins University: Global cases: More than 18.8
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Travelers order food in automated self-ordering kiosk at fast-food Burger King restaurant chain. Bundrul Chukrut | LightRocket | Getty Images Restaurant Brands International on Thursday reported that its quarterly revenue plunged 25% as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on same-store sales at Burger King and Tim Hortons. But Popeyes, powered by its popular chicken sandwich, reported same-store
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Goldman Sachs is renewing its push into Wall Street’s digital future. The firm made Mathew McDermott, a managing director who ran the investment bank’s internal funding operations, its new global head of digital assets last month, CNBC has learned exclusively. The appointment means the newest face of blockchain and cryptocurrency on Wall Street isn’t a
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For college students heading back to campus this month, life will be decidedly different. For example, at Middlebury College in Vermont, the school’s 2,500 undergraduates are required to quarantine for two weeks before returning to school and get tested immediately upon arrival. After their Covid-19 test, they can move into their dorm room but must
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(Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images) PA Images via Getty Images The Covid-19 pandemic derailed the world’s plans. Weddings, family visits, and business trips have been postponed or cancelled. But of all the derailed plans, the most important are older workers’ retirement plans. Here there are no redos—you only get one shot at
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