Staff photo by Gregory Rec — About 1,400 acres on the western side of Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton … [+] have been placed into a conservation easement by three sisters whose families own the land. The Nature Conservancy and local groups will maintain the trails that lead up the western side of the mountain, a
Remote workers have a new found flexibility to look for housing in distant, more affordable … [+] locations. Adobe Can you remember three months ago? In just 90 days, things have changed dramatically. Just 90 days. Yet, in that short amount of time, the way we think about where we live and how we live
An airline employee walks past empty American Airlines check-in terminals at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on May 12, 2020. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS American Airlines has recently detailed severance packages for high-level employees if they are laid off when the terms of federal aid expire in the fall, people familiar with the matter said.
Dada Founder and CEO, Philip Kuai, at the company’s Nasdaq IPO celebration held in Shanghai on June 5, 2020. Courtesy of Dada SHANGHAI – Chinese grocery delivery company Dada is confident it can stand up to U.S. scrutiny as a newly listed company in New York. The Walmart-invested company went public under the ticker DADA on
Around the world, businesses closed amid the Covid-19 pandemic have slowly started the process of reopening. But even reopening comes with some risk, so many businesses have come up with creative and safe ways to reduce the likelihood of transmission. From plexiglass barriers separating customers from employees, to parking lot waiting rooms, here’s what you
Make financial freedom not retirement your exit. Getty The word retirement is emotionally charged. Those who are young see it as far off in the future, usually because they associate it with being old. Others see it as a time of doing nothing and may think, “I’m not ready for that.” Many want to do
Diners eat lunch on the sidewalk in front of Casa Margarita restaurant on May 29, 2020 in LaGrange, Illinois. Phase 3 of Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker’s “Restore Illinois” plan began today with limited reopening’s of some businesses as a step toward restoring normal life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jonathan Daniel | Getty Images As states
A view of the fearless girl wearing a mask in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City USA during coronavirus pandemic on April 25, 2020. John Nacion | NurPhoto | Getty Images U.S. stock futures rose slightly on Sunday night following last week’s sharp gains amid optimism over the economy reopening. Dow
As millions of people around the world are protesting police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death, the Covid-19 pandemic continues to sweep the nation. Many people are experiencing increased levels of stress and anxiety as a result. “The effect of racism and racial trauma on mental health is real and cannot be ignored,” Daniel H.
Confetti falls as Lyft CEO Logan Green (C) and President John Zimmer (LEFT C) ring the Nasdaq opening bell celebrating the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on March 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. The ride hailing app company’s shares were initially priced at $72. Mario Tama / Getty Images Which stocks are primed to
Investors who were sitting on the sidelines during coronavirus will get some more time to partake in a new tax play. Qualified opportunity funds were created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. They offer taxpayers an incentive to invest capital gains they incur elsewhere into economically distressed communities, granting investors an attractive
Getty Readers of print newspapers will have already noticed that something’s up with the Sunday funnies. As the AP reported: “More than 70 comic strips and panels — ranging from Garry Trudeau’s ‘Doonesbury’ to Jim Toomey’s ‘Sherman’s Lagoon’ and Jeff Keane’s ‘Family Circus’ — will each have six symbols hidden in the artwork to honor
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about whether it’s still possible to delay filing till 70 if a spouse files at 66, getting both retirement and child-in-care spousal benefits, the calculation of divorced spousal benefits, the earnings test and uncompleted online applications. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and
White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci has said the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. appears to be going in “the right direction” despite a few “blips.” New York saw its lowest daily death toll in eight weeks on Thursday and the number of daily deaths related to Covid-19 have been on a slow, steady decline from
Entrepreneurs Julien and Kiersten Saunders are well on their way to achieving financial independence by growing their digital business, creating multiple revenue streams and putting the majority of their disposable income into low-cost index funds, where it can grow over time. They’re part of the FIRE (financial independence, retire early) movement, which embraces the concept of saving
The coronavirus pandemic altered society in immeasurable ways, including, of course, investing. Stocks that benefited from people staying home, such as Netflix and Zoom Video, outperformed expectations in the past few months, while retailers and airline companies, among others, saw their stocks fall off a cliff. And now some of those worst-performing stocks of March
More than half of U.S. travelers planning to book trips will not insure their purchase, according to a survey of more than 1,200 Americans by ValuePenguin. That’s despite the near-shutdown of global tourism, the struggle to get refunds on canceled spring and summer travel plans, and lingering questions over how and when airlines, cruise lines,
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Editor Getty In challenging times like these, the topic of investing wisely can seem somewhat unimportant. But while your physical and mental health are clearly paramount, you’ll also want to take good care of your finances. That’s why two personal finance experts and I just released the new investing episode
As the global death of Covid-19 nears 400,000, U.S. health officials are keeping a close eye on caseloads and hospitalization rates as states continue to relax their lockdown measures and reopen different types of businesses. U.S. cases have been climbing since Memorial Day, but New York City this week reached an optimistic milestone: on Friday,
Three-time Olympic medalist Lindsay Vonn admits that she wasn’t exactly a natural when she first starting skiing professionally at age 7. “I was never the most talented skier but I outwork people,” Vonn tells CNBC Make It. Vonn, 35, retired from competitive skiing in February 2019 after nearly three decades. During that time she won an Olympic gold