Jeffrey Ubben Source: BusinessWire Company: Enviva Partners LP (EVA) Business: Enviva is a supplier of utility-grade wood pellets to power generators. The company procures wood fiber and processes it into utility-grade wood pellets and loads the finished wood pellets into railcars, trucks and barges that are transported to deep-water marine terminals, where they are received, stored
Image Source | Getty Images Many Americans are at risk of not receiving their $1,200 stimulus checks. Now, research estimates that as many as 12 million people could go without the payments due to them. That’s according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a non-partisan research and policy institute. The center based its
There are around 3.5 million truck drivers in the United States. Their average salary is close to $60,000 a year. Training to get your Class A Commercial Driver’s License takes about seven weeks if you go fulltime. You will also need to be 21 if you plan to drive across state lines. Trucking comes in
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 10: Dwyane Wade; Victor Cruz, DJ Clue and Carmelo Anthony are seen at Dwyane … [+] Wade’s One Last Dance Retirement Party at CATCH NYC on April 10, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Bobby Metelus/Getty Images) Getty Images The fin-tech firm Betterment found a third of millennials/Gen Z
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about the earnings test and a spouse’s retirement benefit, spousal and retirement benefits, survivor benefit rates, maximizing spousal benefits and eligibility for divorced spousal benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which markets
Marina Pointe is among the new highly walkable communities along waterfronts in Tampa, Fla. BTI Partners Back in the 1970s, between years of grad school, I rode the rails around the country on an Amtrak railpass. When the pass and my cash expired, I found myself in Tampa. I got a room at the fleabag
As many U.S. states continue to lift coronavirus lockdown restrictions, some are pausing their reopenings in the face of worrisome data around new cases and hospitalizations. States like Texas, Arizona and Arkansas have seen a surge in infections, calling into question aggressive reopening strategies. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday
Demonstrators raise their fists up in a celebratory dance party of civil rights and black culture as they gather at the Black Lives Matter Plaza, near the White House, during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, June 6, 2020. Jim Bourg
In 1981, 26-year-old Bill Gates found the time to create one of the world’s earliest computer games. Called Donkey.bas, or just “Donkey,” it was essentially an old-school arcade driving game where players steered a digital racecar down a straight highway littered with, well, donkeys. The point of the game, simply, was to avoid crashing into the
A trader walks by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the first day that traders are allowed back onto the historic floor of the exchange on May 26, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Traders baffled by the unprecedented market whipsaw are scrambling to buy protection against more rough sledding ahead.
Matt Marfoglia, a waiter at the Tasting Kitchen in Los Angeles, was furloughed in March. Enhanced unemployment benefits are helping him make ends meet financially, but they may end after July. Matt Marfoglia Matt Marfoglia was living paycheck to paycheck before the coronavirus pandemic. Now, while unemployed, he’s barely scraping by. The 51-year-old was furloughed
Somerville’s Division St., a usually bustling pedestrian street, pictured from Main Street. In the front of the image is a sign for Somerville’s weekly cruise nights, which are “on hiatus due to Covid-19.” June 9, 2020. Will Feuer Somerville, New Jersey has enjoyed a rising tide in recent years. Main Street is usually bustling, drawing
TOPLINE The stock market rebounded slightly on Friday, attempting to recoup some of its losses from a day earlier when fears over a resurgence of coronavirus cases led to the worst market drop since March. The market attempted to rebound from a massive sell-off on Thursday. Wang Ying/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images KEY FACTS The Dow
Income on a K-1 flickr Editorial/Getty Images If you ever receive a K-1 from a partnership, send it to your accountant without looking at it and expect that your accountant is tracking things thoroughly, pay attention. If you do your own return, pay even closer attention. IRS efforts to tighten up partnership reporting may be
Housing is making a comeback post-COVID, thanks to surging demand and rising home prices. Getty If two months of rising mortgage applications weren’t indication enough, a new report is: the housing market is well on its way to recovering from the recent slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Market Recovery Index from
A stack of 60 SpaceX Starlink satellites float in orbit above the Earth. SpaceX SpaceX updated the website for its Starlink satellite internet project on Friday, as the company continues to move closer to its goal of offering direct-to-consumer broadband from space later this year. “Get updates on Starlink news and service availability in your
Private equity firm KKR’s co-chief executive officer and co-founder Henry Kravis said 80% of companies that it controls now have at least two board directors with diverse backgrounds. The firm set out to reach that threshold a few years ago and accomplished in the first quarter of 2020, Kravis said to CNBC’s Seema Mody on “The Exchange.”
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary tells CNBC Make It that one of the biggest tips to staying optimistic during this global pandemic is to “keep a routine.” O’Leary wakes up at 5:30 every single day to work out, which helps him “clear the cobwebs out of [his] mind.” He also makes it a habit to
Dan Gilbert, CEO, Quicken Loans Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Quicken Loans, the largest mortgage lender in America, is planning an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The company, founded and owned by Detroit-billionaire Dan Gilbert, has filed its IPO prospectus confidentially, the people said, and may flip it to be public
It won’t be long before that blissful reprieve from having to worry about filing taxes comes to a close — July 15 is Tax Day. While the process may be a headache, it doesn’t necessarily have to come with a cost, as well. If you haven’t yet filed your return, it’s worth checking to see