If you’re anything like me, you got into debt because you were trying to become a better version of yourself. My story starts with humble beginnings. Both of my biological parents were unsuitable to raise me due to drug addiction and I was immediately placed into foster care at birth. After going through the foster
Month: September 2021
The first look at the crew in orbit, from left: Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Chris Sembroski, Sian Proctor. Inspiration4 Inspiration4, which launched with Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Wednesday evening, shared the first photos from day one in orbit and gave an up-close look at the expansive views of Earth from the spacecraft’s “cupola” window. The
For some fortunate older adults, 2020 and 2021 have proved to be financial boon years. They spent less than in normal years because they weren’t traveling, weren’t eating out, weren’t paying for theater tickets and expensive excursions, and those who are invested in the stock market have seen their portfolios soar. However, the stay-at-home years
Food is served at an outdoor restaurant in New York, August 3, 2021. Caitlin Ochs | Reuters As the delta variant has wound its way through the U.S., signs show it is also hitting the wallets of some Americans. A new report from Morning Consult finds that the delta variant is spurring pay or income
This month, Village Properties marks its 25th Anniversary as Santa Barbara’s leading locally-owned independent brokerage. It’s been an upward trajectory for the company since it was founded in 1996. As of August 2021, Village properties has sold $1.8 billion worth of real estate across 12,000 transactions. Last year, the brokerage held a 16% market share. That’s quite
An influential Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Friday resoundingly rejected a plan to administer booster shots of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to the general public, saying they needed more data. The panel, however, could still clear the shots for older populations. Scientists continued debating the need for a third dose of the
Signage outside a Chase bank branch in San Francisco, California, on Monday, July 12, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — JPMorgan Chase is gearing up to debut its hotly anticipated digital bank in the U.K. next week. The move will see the U.S. banking giant take on major British lenders
As U.S. regulators narrow their focus on crypto markets, billionaire investor Mark Cuban predicts that stablecoins “will be the first to get regulated.” “Why? The variance in the definition by product,” he tweeted Thursday. Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that are meant to be pegged to a reserve asset, such as gold or the U.S. dollar, to
In this article GSKY GS Sam Edwards | Getty Images The day before Goldman Sachs announced its $2.2 billion purchase of fintech lender GreenSky, someone placed options trades that immediately soared in value, moves that market participants say indicates advance knowledge of the deal. On Sept. 14, the trader bought 8,000 options that would only
By Kimberly A. Eddleston and Jonas Ruzek, Next Avenue Editor’s note: This article is co-written by a member of the board of editors at EIX.org from The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, which is a funder of a Next Avenue. The new, buzzy Netflix NFLX documentary on the late, beloved, iconic public broadcasting TV host, painter Bob Ross — “Bob
A new analysis on remote work job applications shows that smaller, more affordable metro areas are so far reaping the benefits of the boom in remote work. The analysis of data from LinkedIn’s Economic Graph team shows remote work opportunities as of August were capturing 30.2% of all applications to paid U.S. job postings on
LifestyleVisuals | E+ | Getty Images Many older Americans worry about rising medical expenses, and those who may benefit most from a tax-friendly health savings account are the least likely to have one. That’s according to a report from the National Poll on Healthy Aging, which surveyed Americans ages 50 to 80 about health expenses and savings.
A buyer trades money for commercial real estate. A seller trades commercial real estate for money. It’s as simple as that. Why, then, do commercial purchase and sale transactions become so complicated and entail so much negotiation? To begin with, commercial real estate assets are complex, often involving many leases and other documents related to
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to members of the media after meeting students at Melrose Leadership Academy during a school visit in Oakland, California on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Stephen Lam | San Francisco Chronicle | Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called his decisive victory in this week’s recall election
In this article TMO FANG X IVZ Moderna’s sign is seen outside of their headquarters in Cambridge, MA on March 11, 2021. Boston Globe | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Thermo Fisher Scientific — The maker of scientific equipment saw shares jump more than 8.5% after it said earnings
Elizabeth Holmes, CEO of Theranos, attends a panel discussion during the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting in New York, September 29, 2015. Brendan McDermid | Reuters SAN JOSE, CALIF. – A former Theranos scientist testified Friday that Elizabeth Holmes pressured her to validate blood test results from the company’s Edison machine to speed up a
[This webcast has ended. A replay is available above.] SpaceX broadcast a livestream from orbit on Friday, with the crew of the historic Inspiration4 mission giving an update during their second day in space. The company noted that it is targeting Saturday at 7:06 p.m. ET for splashdown of the Crew Dragon capsule Resilience, after
Ordinary common sense and experts in psychology and neurobiology say most people at older ages want a long, healthy life; satisfaction (with a bit of joy and happiness thrown in); and agency (more specifically, most people want “locus of control”). Some people might express these aspirations in terms of what they don’t want: i.e. ‘I
Amid all the chatter about what might be included in the forthcoming budget reconciliation package, there’s one detail you should keep an eye on. It concerns the degree to which the U.S. tax code should favor foreign profits relative to domestic profits. This is a billion-dollar issue given how adept multinational corporations have become at
Sac C Wat’hn Buy Thna Thwi Phl / EyeEm | EyeEm | Getty Images One of the biggest unknowns for retirees may be whether they’ll eventually need long-term care — that is, help with daily living activities — and to what degree. Many people may end up requiring little care if they need any at
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