A flight attendant gathers trash on a flight aboard a Boeing 737 Max from Dallas Fort Worth Airport to Tulsa, Oklahoma, December 2, 2020. Carlo Allegri | Reuters The head of the Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday said travelers will face serious consequences for unruly behavior on aircraft, a stern warning that comes after several
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Tesla — The electric vehicle company surged more than 7% to a new record high. Tesla’s market capitalization jumped above $800 billion for the first time on Friday, making the company more valuable than Facebook, and the fifth-most valuable component of the S&P 500. Evercore ISI
Make an estimated tax payment If you’re like nearly half of Americans, you can’t remember the last time you updated your withholding, which tells your employer how much federal income tax to take out of your check. “Inaccurate withholding can lead to an unpleasant surprise come Tax Day,” says Gregory Anton, chairman of the AICPA’s
The Going Jessies. Derek Wood (center), Angela Paradis (right) and James Breeding (left) Photo: Derek Wood Derek Wood was about to achieve a lifelong dream. Unemployment benefits may prove to be his foil. Wood, 49, a guitar player and songwriter from the Little Rock, Ark., area, who sings with a soulful country-blues croon, quit his
A series of strategies for tax-wise investors. Table of Contents. Gig. (Photo:Damian Dovarganes) ASSOCIATED PRESS Moonlighting yields some nice tax dodges. With side income you can: —deduct things you couldn’t from a salary, —grab a 20% “pass-through” freebie, —stuff savings into a Roth account. Say you and your spouse raise Yorkshire terriers. Income from that
Lawsuit form an a desk with pen and calculator getty Things have not been great for the syndicated conservation easement (SCE) industry. Late in December, two accountants who focused on SCE pled guilty to conspiracy. The circumstances of their pleas indicate that they are cooperating with the prosecution. The latest is that David Deary’s firm
Liam Payne performs on stage during day one of Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball with Seat at London’s O2 … [+] Arena. PA Images via Getty Images Here’s one New Year’s resolution Liam Payne can already cross off his list. The singer-songwriter of One Direction fame has sold his scenic retreat in the mountains above Malibu
The Gundam warrior robot in Yokogama’s Ymahita Habor is a big attraction for Japanese Sci-Fi fans. Photo: Tim Hornyak When Boston Dynamics posted its latest video of its robots performing gravity-defying acrobatics, this time dancing to The Contours’ “Do You Love Me,” the internet was agog. A YouTube clip of Atlas and Spot robots moving
William Li, founder and chairman of Nio, shares features of the et7 sedan at a launch event in Chengdu, China, on Jan. 9, 2021. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC BEIJING — Chinese electric car start-up Nio released its first sedan on Saturday with self-driving technology features that the company claims surpass that of Tesla. Pre-subsidy prices
The price of bitcoin hit a record high of over $41,000 on Friday, according to CoinDesk. It now has a market value of over $700 billion, and, as a result, pushed the value of the entire cryptocurrency market to surpass $1 trillion for the first time. If you listen to bitcoin bulls, it’s just the
Daniel Loeb, chief executive officer of Third Point LLC, speaks at the Skybridge Alternatives conference in Las Vegas, May 18, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images In light of the global pandemic, it comes as no surprise that activism in 2020 was down. There was less 13D activism, less UTT-activism and less
Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images No, you didn’t hit the $520 million Mega Millions jackpot. The lottery game’s top prize has climbed to a whopping $600 million for Tuesday night’s drawing, following no ticket matching all six numbers drawn Friday night. The amount marks the 8th-largest jackpot in lottery history. And
Marc Romanelli | Tetra images | Getty Images The Covid-19 crisis has hit Latino small businesses particularly hard, including not being able to access PPP funding at a similar rate to other business owners. And many individual proprietors or small, family-owned businesses may feel the impact of Covid more directly, as the pandemic has disproportionately
A series of strategies for tax-wise investors. Table of Contents. Annuitant getty A Qualified Longevity Annuity Contract is a contract with an insurance company that (a) pays out a fixed monthly amount beginning at an advanced age and (b) is bought inside an IRA. The most you can put into a QLAC is $135,000 or
Tax-hungry legislators may go after incomes over $400,000. But they will likely leave in place a rich collection of avoidance devices. Here are ways that investors minimize damage from the IRS. Democrats, narrowly in control of Congress, are equipped to undo parts of the 2017 Trump tax cut and, perhaps, to attack some of the
The 46-acre compound was built for concert baritone John Charles Thomas. Berlyn Photography | Hilton & Hyland Homebuyers in the market for seclusion, architectural pedigree and easy access to Los Angeles’ Westside may want to turn their gaze to a newly listed estate in the heart of Brentwood’s Mandeville Canyon. Surrounded by hills dotted with
What is “perseverance”? A word that can describe beloved “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek and James Gilligan, a contestant on Trebek’s final episode. Gilligan is an assistant professor of English language and literature at San Francisco State University who has tried for 30 years to become a contestant on the iconic show. “I’ve been trying since
Richard Clarida Scott Mlyn | CNBC Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said he expects the central bank to maintain the pace of its asset purchases through the balance of 2021. “My economic outlook is consistent with us keeping the current pace of purchases throughout the rest of this year,” he told the Council on
Billionaire Elizabeth Holmes, founder and chief executive officer of Theranos Inc., left, and Christian Holmes arrive at a state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama in honor of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Andrew Harrer
Fertnig | E+ | Getty Images If you don’t receive your second stimulus check in your bank account or the mail, the good news is you can claim the money when you file your tax return this spring. But beware: That doesn’t necessarily mean you will automatically get the full $600 or other funds you