Month: January 2021

Budweiser’s Super Bowl “Lost Dog” ad. Source: Budweiser Budweiser will not be running a commercial during the Super Bowl for the first time in 37 years. Instead, the Anheuser-Busch InBev beer is opting to support Covid-19 vaccine awareness and access with its marketing dollars. As of Friday, roughly 39 million vaccines doses had been distributed
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Ben Grise, Owner-operator of InvestWithBen.com, where everyday people invest in highly discounted properties and private mortgage notes.  getty Despite the turbulence of the pandemic-impacted economy, real estate continues to be a profitable investment. Home prices rose significantly last year, caused primarily by several factors on the demand side. The new work-from-home economy has driven increasing numbers
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Kacper Pempel | REUTERS Cryptocurrency-related crime fell last year to a small fraction of overall trading volume. But some targeted hacks boomed as criminals exploited people working from home during the pandemic. Last year, illicit activity made up 0.34% of all cryptocurrency transaction volume, according to a report from blockchain data firm Chainalysis. That was
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about when spousal benefits can be filed for, how deeming affect people born in 1954 and later, how foreign pensions can affect Social Security benefits and how the lower earning spouse can maximize their benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the
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Luxury Collection Broker Greg Gunter owns Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Colonial Homes San Miguel and is Mexico’s #2 Realtor by sales. getty The residential real estate industry is witnessing a dramatic paradigm shift, thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. Especially in heavily populated coastal areas, homeowners are choosing to search for more space and less density than the tightly
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his administration’s plans to respond to the economic crisis during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response event in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, January 22, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden has painted a bleak picture of the nation’s coronavirus outbreak in his
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