Month: February 2021

Brothers91 | E+ | Getty Images If getting health insurance through a public exchange has been too pricey for you, that could soon change. The $1.9 trillion Covid stimulus package that’s expected to clear the House of Representatives on Friday includes several provisions that aim to make health care more affordable for households. They include:
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Miniature model house standing on a heap of dollar bills. Photo with clipping path.Some similar … [+] pictures from my portfolio: getty The long-absent definition of real property for like-kind exchanges is finally available in regulations (T.D. 9935), with several other helpful amendments to the regime for taxpayers. Questions remain, particularly regarding intangible property, but
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An insurance policy might pay for fire damage, but it’s not so simple if the property is under … [+] contract. RANJAN SAMARAKONE Commercial real estate documents need to deal with all kinds of hypothetical eventualities, so that if some possible risk actually hits, the parties know what will happen. In a perfect commercial real
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A key Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Friday unanimously backed Johnson & Johnson‘s single-shot coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, a critical step paving the way to distribute a third preventative treatment in the U.S. next week. The nonbinding decision by the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee comes as the Biden
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Short-term rental booking company Airbnb’s stock bounced around, up as much as 4% and down as much as 1%, in after-hours trading on Thursday as the company posted growing losses and a decline in revenue and bookings in its fourth-quarter earnings. Here’s what they reported: Revenue: $859 million vs. $748 million forecast by Refinitiv Loss per share: $11.24
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Austin Goergen, a student at Oregon State University, started a petition last year to allow dependents ages 17 and up to qualify for stimulus checks. Austin Goergen Washington lawmakers are one step closer to authorizing new $1,400 stimulus checks for millions of Americans. This time, one big group could become eligible for the first time:
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The Hemphill Brothers Coach Company knows a thing or two about how celebrities live on the road. The Nashville-based RV company, run by brothers Joey and Trent Hemphill, has been building and outfitting luxury tour buses for 40 years, touting an A-list client roster ranging from mega stars like Taylor Swift, Oprah, Dolly Parton and Beyonce
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, Jan. 2, … [+] 2021. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Millions of Americans who lost their jobs due to the covid pandemic in 2020 are in for an unpleasant surprise as they head into tax season. Congress offered jobless workers
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By Guelda Voien Alden Global Capital has deployed millions since the start of the pandemic, including an offer last week to buy newspaper publisher Tribune Publishing — but the hedge fund manager has also allegedly been stiffing the landlord at its Manhattan headquarters on rent payments since last April, according to a complaint filed yesterday. Looking up
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New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore (24) stretches during the New England Patriots practice session in Foxborough, MA on Oct. 22, 2020. Barry Chin | Boston Globe | Getty Images Shares of sports betting company DraftKings jumped as much as 5% in premarket trading Friday after the company reported fiscal fourth quarter 2020 earnings that
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Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Foot Locker (FL) – Foot Locker shares tanked 12.1% in premarket trading after quarterly revenue came in below Street forecasts and comparable-store sales unexpectedly declined. The athletic apparel and footwear retailer also reported quarterly profit of $1.55 per share, beating consensus by 20
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An artist’s illustration of the difference in size between the company’s Terran 1 rocket, to the left, and the planned Terran R rocket. Relativity Space Relativity Space, the 3D-printing rocket builder, is making another big bet: Developing a fully reusable rocket, designed to match the power and capability of SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rockets. Called
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JoAnn Hargrove had to stop working full time to help her 7-year-old daughter with virtual learning. Courtesy: JoAnn Hargrove Like many single parents, JoAnn Hargrove has been struggling throughout the pandemic. Her 7-year-old daughter has spent the past year at home, learning virtually. That meant Hargrove, a U.S. postal carrier in Pittsburgh, had to stop
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