Month: December 2020

Unlike airlines and hotels, cruise ships are having a hard time getting business restarted this year. Now even one so-called “cruise to nowhere” has found itself curtailed. Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas passenger cruise ship cut short its four-day itinerary on Wednesday, returning to Singapore a day early after an 83-year-old male passenger tested
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Spark token airdrop comes with an unintended tax bill that recipients need to be aware of. People who hold XRP on certain exchanges as of December 12, 2020 are receiving an equivalent amount of Spark token via an airdrop. Spark is the native token of the Flare network. Spark Airdrop Taxes According to the IRS Rev.
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A report by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has explored the geography of insecure water access across the United States, remarking that safe, reliable, and equitable water access is a fundamental human right that proves critical to both health and livelihoods. Interestingly, the U.S. still has major problems when it comes to
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Legendary artist Dolly Parton has truly done it all. She has received 50 Grammy Award nominations, three Emmy Award nominations and one Tony Award nomination, has sold over 100 million albums worldwide, created theme park Dollywood and starred in multiple Netflix specials, all while building The Dollywood Foundation where she started book-gifting program Dolly Parton’s Imagination
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, holds a press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2020. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has called on President-elect Joe Biden to forgive up to $50,000 for student loan borrowers. “Ahead of the new
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about when and whether delayed retirement credits (DRCs) are applied to benefit rates, eligibility of exes to file for benefits on a person’s Social Security record and pensions based on work not taxed by Social Security. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and
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By Kerry Hannon, Next Avenue getty Running a home business can be lonely, especially during the pandemic. But creating a support group of other entrepreneurs working at home can be the solution — and it could boost your profits. Just ask Russ Eanes, 63, who founded the editing and self-publishing business Walker Press three years
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Anthony Fauci, MD, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, testifies during a U.S. Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing to examine COVID-19, focusing on an update on the federal response at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 23, 2020. Graeme Jennings | Reuters The
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Katrina Lake, co-founder and chief executive officer of Stitch Fix Inc. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Tuesday: Stitch Fix — Shares of the clothing subscription service soared 45% after the company beat top and bottom-line estimates during its fiscal first-quarter results . Stitch Fix earned
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Adam Jeffery | CNBC Wealthfront has named former Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation head Sheila Bair and ex-Comptroller of Currency Thomas Curry to an advisory group created to help the fintech firm push further into financial services, CNBC has learned. Bair is best known for steering the FDIC through the 2008 financial crisis, pushing back against
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