Images By Tang Ming Tung If you still haven’t received your $1,200 stimulus check, you may be in luck. There’s one last deadline to submit your information to the government in order to get your payment this year. But you have to act before 3 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 21. If you miss that cutoff,
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – NOVEMBER 16: President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks about the U.S. … [+] economy. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Getty Images An amazing thing happened in this year’s presidential election. A major party candidate proposed raising Social Security payroll taxes. And won. More than that, it was never even an issue. What ever happened
Are you tired of renting? Are you considering purchasing your first home? Do you dream of owning a house that can provide both you and your family a sense of stability and community? For many Americans, home ownership is an important part of the American dream. Being a homeowner means having a space to call
Student loans are a huge problem in our country, with the national student loan debt reaching a … [+] record-breaking $1.6 trillion. getty Student loans are a huge problem in our country, with the national student loan debt reaching a record-breaking $1.6 trillion. But, at the same time, pensions are becoming less and less common
Kawhi Leonard #2 of the LA Clippers dribbles the ball during the third quarter against the Denver Nuggets in Game Seven of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on September 15, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Douglas P. DeFelice
Customers shop at a Walmart store on May 19, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Walmart is set to report third-quarter earnings before the bell on Tuesday. The big-box retailer’s performance will offer a preview of how holiday shopping is shaping up during the coronavirus pandemic. Like other retailers, Walmart has kicked
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Walmart (WMT) – The retail giant earned $1.34 per share for the third quarter, compared to a consensus estimate of $1.18a share. Revenue beat forecasts as well. Walmart’s comparable-store sales also rose more than expected. The shares gained 0.8% in premarket trading as
A CVS Pharmacy store is seen in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Pharmacy stocks fell sharply on Tuesday after Amazon launched its new Pharmacy offering, which includes online ordering and delivery for prescription drugs. Dow Jones Industrial average member Walgreens Boots Alliance dropped more than 11% in
Spencer Platt | Getty Images The safety net meant to protect unemployed workers from financial devastation is defective, and the coronavirus pandemic has starkly exposed its many shortcomings, economists argue in a new paper published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The pandemic, which triggered the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression in the
Klaus Fedfelt | Getty Images The coronavirus has pushed thousands of businesses to the edge, but there may be a ray of hope for cash-strapped firms. Businesses laid low by the pandemic and community lockdowns need money now, and one of the best ways to get it is by taking advantage of very favorable rule
The drumbeat is starting: Stay-at-home workers should be hit with new taxes. This episode of What’s Ahead exposes the rationales and plots of greedy politicians to pick the pockets of these people, whose ranks have expanded enormously because of the pandemic. Governments worry that less use of commercial office space will hurt revenues in a
Kent Clothier, a national leader in the real estate investing industry, is the Founder and CEO of Real Estate Worldwide (REWW). getty You’ve heard that buying a rental property can be a fantastic way to produce passive income, and you’re ready to invest. But there’s a problem: all the best markets are outside your local area. Can
getty Reformers have long bemoaned the manner in which poor workers pay too high a “marginal tax rate” when both “regular” taxes and government benefit phase-outs are combined together. A recent article at Accounting Today summarized the situation: “About a quarter of lower-income workers effectively face marginal tax rates of more than 70 percent when
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told CNBC that his state “really needs the federal government to step up on the health side and on the economic side” as the coronavirus pandemic barrels into a devastating new phase. “We’re trying to do that as a state, we did a one-time plus up of $375 of unemployment insurance,”
U.S. stock futures opened slightly higher on Monday night after two of the three major market benchmarks closed at record levels. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up marginally and S&P 500 futures gained 0.1%. Nasdaq 100 futures outperformed, rising 0.6%. Tesla shares jumped more than 10% after S&P Dow Jones Indices said the electric
Getty Images If you’re working and have access to a 401(k) plan, socking away at least enough money to grab the company’s matching contribution is key, experts say. Yet how much is that extra cash worth? Most companies that offer these workplace retirement plans will match your contributions up to a certain amount. Depending on
The penthouse occupies the 37th through 39th floors of the 1930s Hampshire House on Central Park … [+] South. Nest Seekers International A Manhattan penthouse overlooking Central Park, on the so-called Billionaire’s Row, with an award-winning redesign teed up, is being auctioned off next month with no reserve. The apartment is currently on the market
If you haven’t saved enough to support your current life in retirement, you may need to plan for a … [+] new life. getty Most pre-retirees haven’t saved enough money to retire full time at age 65 and enjoy their pre-retirement level of spendable income, according to a recent report from the Stanford Center on
Lordstown Motors Corp Chief Executive Steve Burns poses with a prototype of the electric vehicle start-up’s Endurance pickup truck, which it will begin building in the second half of 2021, at the company’s plant in Lordstown, Ohio, U.S. June 25, 2020. Lordstown Motors | Reuters Electric vehicle start-up Lordstown Motors said early reservations for its
Efforts to get Judy Shelton confirmed to the Federal Reserve just got a little tougher as one prominent Republican announced his opposition Monday. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said in a statement that he will oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination of Shelton as a Fed governor, CNBC’s Ylan Mui reported. That brings to three the total