In the first year of Richard M. Nixon’s presidency, key members of his White House staff began agitating for major changes at the IRS. The agency’s most serious problem, they contended, was its independence. The obvious solution: politicize it. “There is no office in government touching on more people than the IRS and one report
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Passengers wearing protective masks are seen aboard before a JetBlue flight to London at JFK International Airport in the Queens borough of New York City, August 11, 2021. Jeenah Moon | Reuters The Biden administration is asking Congress to pass legislation that would ban airlines from charging fees for families who are traveling with children
The all-electric Porsche Taycan Turbo. Source: Porsche AG Luxury automaker Porsche AG issued an ambitious long-term outlook of more than 20% of return on sales, after posting record 2022 earnings on Monday on the back of higher deliveries. The carmaker said its operating profit rose by 27% to 6.77 billion euros ($7.23 billion) last year,
In this article SBNY BTC.CM= ETH.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies rallied on Monday as the U.S. government moved to protect depositors of the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank and HSBC bought the lender’s U.K. arm. Bitcoin was last higher by 5% at $22,374.68, according to Coin
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about when delayed retirement credits are applied to benefit rates, whether the WEP is fair or not and survivor benefits while working. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See more Ask Larry answers here. Have
China’s new premier Li Qiang said Monday that policymakers would focus on the quality of growth. While he said China’s growth target of around 5% won’t be easy to achieve, policymakers would push for growth, he added. Lintao Zhang | Getty Images News BEIJING — China’s new premier Li Qiang said Monday that policymakers would
We lawyers love fancy names and acronyms. It keeps the estate planning process mythical and a bit veiled. Reality is, many of the fancy names given to trusts and other planning techniques obfuscate what is really going on. While that makes for great talk on the golf course (“Hey we just got back-end SLATs”) it
On March 9, 2023, President Biden released his official budget. As expected, his budget priorities include increasing taxes on corporations and high earners, boosting spending on policy items like energy and education, and moving to reduce the deficit. Budget Proposals Are Not Law But before you rush out and make plans based on the budget,
In this article ASTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Astra CEO Chris Kemp speaks inside the company’s headquarters during the company’s “Spacetech Day” on May 12, 2022. Brady Kenniston / Astra Spacecraft engine manufacturer and small rocket builder Astra announced on Friday that the company is investigating “potential illegal short selling” among shareholders of
A PNC Bank branch in New York, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images PNC Financial Group has decided against bidding on Silicon Valley Bank as regulators struggled to find a buyer for the failed bank’s assets, according to a source familiar with the matter. The Pittsburgh, Penn.-based bank sent an
The rise of artificial intelligence-powered chat products like ChatGPT have a lot of people wondering what sort of tasks AI can already handle as well as humans. Now, you can add “interviewing Bill Gates” to that list. Recently, the billionaire Microsoft co-founder sat down with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as the two answered questions
In this article ZS HIBB SNOW GRMN CRM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Clifton Pemble, President and CEO, Garmin at the NYSE December 7, 2021. Source: NYSE Investors have no shortage of worries, be it the economy slipping into a recession due to higher interest rates or the havoc that whiplashed financial stocks last
Grady Hendrix Albert Mitchell After Louise’s parents unexpectedly die in a car accident, she returns home to Charleston, where her plans to get her childhood home ready for sale are soon complicated. There’s her parents’ endless stuff, including the hundreds of dolls her mother owned. There’s her estranged brother, Matt, trying to cheat her out
In the age of blogging, vlogging, podcasts, and TikTok, bite-sized personal finance instruction is abundant. And if you have the time and discernment to sift through the rafts of schtick, platitudes, and outright deception, there is some helpful insight worthy of your consideration. But. (You felt a “but” coming there, didn’t you?) But, where even
Some say that an Oscars statuette is the most valued item in Hollywood and one of the most coveted for launching or capping a career. The faux gold statue isn’t taxed as income, but all those pricey luxury goods advertisers hand out to stars? You guessed it, they are taxable income. And the gifts are
Cofounders and brothers Karan Kunjur, left, and Neel Kunjur. K2 Space A pair of brothers is aiming to challenge the way spacecraft are built, by going against the industry trend and designing massive satellites in a bet that towering rockets such as SpaceX’s Starship are the way forward. Los Angeles-based startup K2 Space, co-founded by
A sign hangs at Silicon Valley Banks headquarters in Santa Clara, California on March 10, 2023. Noah Berger | AFP | Getty Images More than three hundred venture capital firms have signed a joint statement vowing to do business again with Silicon Valley Bank if it is “purchased and appropriately capitalized,” after the financial institution failed
In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner approaches for a landing at the Miami International Airport on December 10, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Boeing can resume deliveries of its 787 Dreamliners as early as next week, the Federal Aviation Administration said
In this article SIVB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Police officers leave Silicon Valley Banks headquarters in Santa Clara, California on March 10, 2023. Noah Berger | AFP | Getty Images Silicon Valley Bank employees received their annual bonuses Friday just hours before regulators seized the failing bank, according to people with knowledge of
Escaping to the Greek islands is the stuff of fantasy for many, at best lived out over a two-week vacation. For others, it’s a lifestyle choice. If, that is, they have the money to spend. Greece has seen a surge in the number of people applying for its “residency by investment” program in 2022, even
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