Month: December 2020

Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about breakeven analysis and delaying filing, eligibility for divorced spousal benefits, suspending disability benefits at full retirement age and spousal benefit combined with foreign pensions. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which markets
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Chris Krebs speaks to reporters at the DHS Election Operations Center and National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S. November 6, 2018. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters WASHINGTON — The former head of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Sunday
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talks with reporters following the weekly Republican Senate conference meeting in the Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 1, 2020. Tom Williams | Reuters Only 25 Republican lawmakers in Congress acknowledge Joe Biden‘s win over Donald Trump during the U.S. presidential election, according to a
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If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has his way, parents will have a lot more flexibility when it comes to covering the extra expenses that have gone hand in hand with distance learning. McConnell’s proposal for pandemic relief would allow parents of K-12 students at public or private schools to use 529 college savings funds
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The most complete collection of Supreme T-shirts is being offered for sale at Christie’s for about $2 million, highlighting the soaring value of the luxury streetwear brand and the growing importance of a new generation in the collectibles world. The T-shirt collection is the only complete set of Supreme’s “box-logo” T-shirts, which were released since
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For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the U.S. is reporting a weekly average of more than 2,000 Covid-19 deaths every day, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, as infections rip through the country and record hospitalizations tax the nation’s health-care system. More than 2,600 people died from Covid on Friday
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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Friday: Ollie’s Bargain Outlet (OLLI) — Shares of the retailer slid more than 11% following commentary around a slowdown in the company’s fourth-quarter trends. “Quarter-to-date, our comparable-store sales increases are tracking in the low single-digits,” CEO John Swygert said in a statement. Goldman Sachs downgraded the
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Jeff Smith, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Starboard Value LP. Chris Goodney | Bloomberg | Getty Images Starboard Value hit an unexpected stumbling block in its activist campaign in AECOM when one of the hedge fund’s members quit the infrastructure company’s board of directors over the summer. Peter Feld quit the AECOM
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