Month: September 2021

Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, applauded President Joe Biden‘s push to increase vaccine mandates covering millions of U.S. workers.  “People don’t want to change jobs, people don’t want to be inconvenienced,” said Jha on CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith.”  “I do think a vast majority of people
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In this article LULU A Lululemon Athletica store in Pasadena, California. Getty Images Lululemon shares jumped nearly 9% in extended trading Wednesday after the athletic apparel maker reported fiscal second-quarter profit and revenue that topped analysts’ expectations. The retailer also offered a better-than-expected outlook for the third quarter and for the year. Based on its
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Today’s column addresses questions about potential retirement benefit rate increases at full retirement age (FRA), spousal benefits based on the record of someone receiving Social Security disability benefits and maximizing benefits after retiring earlier than expected. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning,
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The hottest thing in residential development is built-for-rent single-family communities (BFR), and billions of investment dollars are lined up to serve the growing need. Investors seeking yield are having difficulty finding enough built homes to buy, so they are shifting more attention to “ground-up” development of brand-new rental single-family neighborhoods. The land-rush is intense. Land
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In this article MA The MasterCard logo on a smartphone arranged in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mastercard has agreed to acquire blockchain analytics start-up CipherTrace, in the latest sign of how major companies are warming to cryptocurrencies. The payments giant said Thursday it entered into an agreement to
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Getty Images There has been a recent flood of “math error” notices from the IRS, which have been confusing for taxpayers and difficult to resolve, financial experts say.  The IRS sent roughly 9 million such alerts from Jan. 1 through July 15, up from 628,997 in the same period last year, according to Taxpayer Advocate
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Nikki E. Dobay, a partner with Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP’s tax practice group, discusses the SALT cap workarounds for passthrough entities that many states have adopted and possible coming developments for those policies. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes
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JGI/Jamie Grill It appears most workers have to wait years for a company’s 401(k) matching contributions to become entirely theirs. The majority (82%) of employers that offer traditional 401(k) plans say they match a portion of their workers’ account contributions, according to a report from human resources firm XpertHR. However, the research shows that just
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Today, high-net-worth homebuyers paying eight- and nine-figure prices for estates and trophy properties covet luxury amenities to elevate their lifestyle and personal brand. Forbes Global Properties presents several fine offerings for that discerning buyer. Beverly Hills, California: Art as Architecture This new contemporary Beverly Hills estate in Benedict Canyon offered at $10,750,000 is the latest timeless offering from coveted
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