United is the first commercial airline to fly the first FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccines to the U.S. thanks to a coordinated effort between cargo, safety, technical operations, flight operations and several other teams at United. On behalf of Pfizer, United operated five cargo-only flights in early December delivering COVID-19 vaccines from Brussels to Chicago. Source: United
Month: December 2020
U.S. stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Tuesday as investors clung to the possibility of new fiscal stimulus before the end of the year. Market participants are also looking to the Federal Reserve’s comments on Wednesday about the future of the U.S. economy. Dow futures rose 23 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq
CNBC’s Jim Cramer urged Congress on Tuesday to quickly pass another piece of coronavirus stimulus legislation, saying key parts of the economy need help until Covid-19 vaccines are widely administered. “We are so close to getting this economy back on track, but these places that close, they can’t flip a switch and open again. That’s
Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images This year, doing good for the planet can also help you trim your tax bill. That’s because a basket of provisions in the tax code reward individuals and businesses for taking steps toward energy efficiency. Whether you added a few solar panels to your roof, bought a hybrid
Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Covid relief bill released Monday by a bipartisan group of senators has many helpful — if temporary — provisions for unemployed workers, according to experts. The relief package — which, if passed, would be the first since the CARES Act in early spring — extends
Pivotal Advisors founder Tiffany McGhee told CNBC on Tuesday that increasing opportunities for diverse businesses starts by recognizing historic barriers that had been in place, especially in the financial services industry. “If you’re interested in working with a diverse-owned firm, the traditional metrics might not work. We might not have a 50-year track record,” McGhee
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about how income after 60 can affect benefit amounts, how survivor’s benefit are calculated when the record holder dies before 70 and when delayed retirement credits are applied when filing at 70. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president
Two railways tracks merge close up. getty For a taxpayer, it must be disappointing when the courts uphold your challenge to a state revenue agency auditor’s application of a regulation that resulted in an assessment for additional tax. Yet substantive challenges — including a taxpayer’s assertion that the auditor included transactions that are not taxable
The east side of the design for the renewal of Luther George Park located in downtown Springdale, … [+] Arkansas. Rendering by Eleven Visualisation; Courtesy of Trahan Architects Spackman Mossop Michaels and Trahan Architects revealed today their design for the renewal of Luther George Park located in downtown Springdale, Arkansas. The project was commissioned by
The index fund has thoroughly disrupted the role of active stock pickers in the market, but in an era of accelerating disruptive business models across sectors of the economy, stocks like Tesla remind investors that they still need to make some conviction bets to generate above-average returns. Tesla will begin trading next Monday morning, as
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Eli Lilly (LLY) – The drugmaker announced a deal to buy Prevail Therapeutics (PRVL) for $880 million or $22.50 per share, with Prevail shareholders also receiving a “contingent value right” worth up to $4 per share subject to future regulatory approvals of Prevail
David Solomon, CEO, Goldman Sachs, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 23, 2020. Adam Galacia | CNBC Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said that small businesses it surveyed are in dire need of another round of emergency Paycheck Protection Program funding. “They really have needs; 90% of them have exhausted their
Nitat Termmee | Moment | Getty Images At the end of every year, there’s an opportunity to make smart financial moves to reduce taxes, increase net investment income and decrease portfolio risk. Some of these financial moves are especially timely. They’re enabled by federal legislation and temporary changes in tax rules aimed at easing pandemic-related
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., speaks alongside a bipartisan group of Democrat and Republican members of Congress as they announce a proposal for a Covid-19 relief bill on Capitol Hill on Dec. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Lawmakers from both chambers released a $908 billion package Monday, split into two bills. Tasos Katopodis | Getty Images
If you’ve been following the stock market news lately, you’ve probably heard about TeslaTSLA being … [+] added to the S&P 500 Index a few times a day. But having a newsworthy change to an index may not mean it’s a good investment—it may just mean the opposite. Getty Images If you’ve been following the
close up employee man hand put number 1 of cube shape wood to make calendar date December 31 at … [+] office desk for the last day of the last year countdown concept getty No one likes to overpay in taxes, but one of the biggest mistakes people make is waiting until April 15th to
In this week’s review of luxury real estate markets around the world, I took a look at homes selling for about $6 million in prime Beverly Hills, Manhattan’s Upper East Side and the Swiss Alps village of Grimentz. Beverly Hills, California The European-inspired farmhouse, listed for $5.995 million, sits on about a third of an
India’s entrepreneurs have a unique opportunity to shape the future of technology, not only within their own country but across the globe, according to the billionaire founder of one of the country’s most successful start-ups. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, CEO of financial technology company Paytm, said accelerating internet adoption under the pandemic has increased the need
Wells Fargo Securities is pushing a bearish case for the prices of bonds in its official 2021 outlook. Michael Schumacher, the firm’s head of macro strategy, expects the 10-year and 30-year Treasury Note yields to move meaningfully higher due to progress against the coronavirus. “In a word, it’s vaccines,” he told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on
Hong Kong has once again ranked as the most expensive city in the world for expats. The financial hub retained its pricey status in ECA International’s cost of living report 2020, released Tuesday, even as the coronavirus pandemic and political tensions weighed on the city’s rental costs. Tokyo (2nd), New York (3rd) and Geneva (4th)
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