Hispanolistic Over 152 million stimulus checks have been issued to individuals over the last six weeks, according to data from the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service. In all, the agencies have distributed $257.9 billion in Economic Impact Payments. Uncle Sam began depositing the funds into taxpayers’ bank accounts in mid-April. The average payment came
Self-employed people who borrowed from the Paycheck Protection Program may have a tough time getting the full balance forgiven. The PPP is a federal forgivable loan program that was established by the CARES Act. It’s intended to cover up to eight weeks of wages, mortgage interest and other expenses for business disruptions during the coronavirus
Getty Taking care of your family in the unfortunate event that something happens to you is essential in life. Having an estate plan in place can help prevent your beneficiaries from dealing with a long, contentious probate process. In addition to a comprehensive estate plan and smooth transition into the next generation, we will highlight
Actor Sean Penn, on April 9th, outside a free Malibu, Calif. coronavirus testing site that his … [+] charity helped organize. Penn can afford a Social Security benefits cut, but a lot of other boomers born in 1960 can’t. ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chris Pizzello Bad news for Sean Penn, RuPaul, Amy Klobuchar, Adam Schiff and the nearly
Giuliana Rancic at home with wrapped in an August & Leo throw blanket. August & Leo Giuliana Rancic is known for many things. Being a top entertainment news personality, breast cancer survivor, mom, and entrepreneur. Now, she’s diving headfirst into the world of furniture and decor, launching a line called August & Leo on HSN.
A doctor involved in a U.S. coronavirus vaccine study said he is hopeful but not convinced that an injection will be available for circulation this year. Dr. Carlos del Rio, an Emory University professor of medicine, told CNBC on Friday that a Covid-19 vaccine could be ready in some form for distribution by the end
Customers wait in line at Xiaomi’s flagship store in Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Miguel Candela | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Xiaomi reported a 13.6% rise in first-quarter revenue on Wednesday, beating estimates, as the Chinese smartphone maker sold more phones and benefited from sales of its higher-priced 5G models. The company managed
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen in the financial district of lower Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, April 26, 2020. Jeena Moon | Reuters U.S. stock futures were higher on Thursday night after a decline in some major tech stocks, along with dismal employment data
Amazon released its first smartphone, the Fire Phone, in July 2014, and the device was broadly considered a “debacle,” “a fiasco,” “a surprising disappointment.” By September 2015, Amazon stopped selling the Fire Phone. It was the type of high-profile flop that might lead some CEOs to start angrily pointing fingers, but not Jeff Bezos. “You
Jeff Lawson, CEO, Twilio Scott Mlyn | CNBC An index of cloud stocks developed by venture-capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners reached new highs this week as U.S. indexes still recover from the selloff that began in February. The BVP Nasdaq Emerging Cloud Index, established in 2013, is up about 31% for the year, while the S&P
College graduates will soon be hit with their first student loan bill aywan88 | E+ | Getty Images When Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the race, it seemed that proposals to tackle student loan debt would go away, too. They haven’t. Between the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and
New Jersey restaurant owner Chris Clayton told CNBC on Friday that giving businesses the green light to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic does not guarantee their survival. “Open is a four-letter word,” Clayton said on “Squawk Alley.” ”Just being open doesn’t mean that you’re not going to go under. You need to be open enough, especially for
PPP loan borrowers tackle the new paycheck protection program forgiveness application Getty Businesses that obtained Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans now – as of May 15 – have a recipe to follow to have the loans forgiven. They have 56 days after the receipt of the proceeds to spend the money. If all the requirements are
Getty Why does the SBA require that a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) borrower use 75% of the PPP proceeds on “payroll costs”? It’s a curious question. It’s particularly curious given that the CARES Act itself does not require this. In fact, the CARES Act actually says that a borrower can spend the loan proceeds on other costs—and even mandates forgiveness for
Today’s low mortgage rates are helping home buyers, but they might also lead to future inventory … [+] shortages and affordability challenges. Getty In a coronavirus-created environment of severe inventory shortages and rising prices, home shoppers do have one advantage in the form of extremely low interest rates. Yet, while propitious today, the latter bear
A pack of Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate medication is held up on March 26. John Phillips | Getty Images Hospitalized Covid-19 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug President Donald Trump says he’s taking to prevent the coronavirus, had a higher risk of death than those who didn’t take it, according to a study published Friday in The
Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during the company’s event at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia reported first-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday. The stock fell over 1% in after-hours trading
New York, USA – May 8, 2018: Wall Street sign near New York Stock Exchange with flags of the United States. ymgerman | iStock Editorial | Getty Images This is a live blog. Here’s what’s happening: 9:30 am: Stocks open little changed on final day of strong week Stocks opened slightly lower on Friday after
Following weeks of partial shutdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, government officials and business leaders across the country are rolling out plans to bring their labor force back to the workplace. As of Wednesday, every state has partially reopened in some capacity. And for the 18 million workers who lost their jobs temporarily in April, including those
Pedestrians walk past a J.P. Morgan Chase bank branch. Alex Tsai | SOPA Images | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The beaten-down banking sector will remain under pressure through 2025 even as the economy recovers, the International Monetary Fund said Friday. In its latest “Global Financial Stability Report,” the IMF found banks across nine advanced economies will struggle