Month: February 2021

Federal Open Market Committee members at their most recent gathering reaffirmed that the central bank will be keeping policy loose well into the future, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday. With the economy continuing to shake off the effects from the Covid-19 pandemic, the committee, which sets monetary policy for the Federal Reserve, kept policy
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Another 20 companies joined The Climate Pledge, a public commitment to “go green” launched by Amazon and Jeff Bezos in 2019. Including the new signatories announced Wednesday, there are 53 companies in 12 countries that have joined. The most high profile company of the latest group is IMB. It announced Tuesday its agenda to hit
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A worker puts pepperoni on a pizza inside a Domino’s Pizza franchise in New York. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images After a year marked by business closures, disruptions and unprecedented challenges, the franchising industry is poised to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels by year’s end if Covid-19 is controlled, according to an upcoming
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Alarm clock and colour papers on the white background. Tax Time. getty Phyllis Jo Kubey, a solo practitioner based in New York City, and Ryan L. Losi, executive vice president at PIASCIK, discuss the 2021 tax season and the unique challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read the podcast episode’s transcript below. The post has been
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Workers unload the cargo of a Hungarian Airbus 330 plane, having transported the first doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine against the coronavirus (Covid-19), at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport on February 16, 2021. ZOLTAN MATHE | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — International diplomacy is likely to determine who gets access to coronavirus vaccines
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Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading on Tuesday. Verizon – Shares of the telecommunications giant were up 2% in after-hours trading after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a big stake in Verizon. As of Dec. 31, Berkshire Hathaway owned 146,716,496 Verizon shares worth $8.6 billion at the end of 2020. SolarEdge –
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JetBlue Airways aircrafts are pictured at departure gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Fred Prouser | Reuters JetBlue Airways is getting rid of ticket-change fees for most of its tickets, but travelers who are buying its cheapest fares should pack light. The New York-based airline on Tuesday said starting July 20
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