getty In order to make the most of your retirement savings in your former employer’s plan, you need to act sooner rather than later. This is particularly true if you have recently changed your job, have become disabled, or are nearing 59 ½. It is necessary to understand what options you have and the inherent
Month: July 2020
Flags outside the United Nations building. getty Is there an appetite for global tax multilateralism? Michael Lennard is optimistic but cautious. Lennard, chief of international tax cooperation and trade in the U.N. Financing for Development Office, thinks the world is not yet at a “high point for multilateralism,” even though taxation is a global issue in a
As we roll toward the half-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects on work, office space, and focus have been profound. Executives can now be found working out of what had been guest rooms, attics, or walk-in closets. The need to work in corporate offices, once considered indispensable, is now being rethought in its
A coronavirus relief agreement in Congress remained in doubt early Friday, just as extended unemployment benefits are set to end and new economic data showed a U.S. economy buckling under the pandemic’s weight. The Commerce Department said gross domestic product from April to June plunged 32.9% on an annualized basis, the biggest quarterly plunge in activity
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Images Google parent-company Alphabet beat expectations for its second quarter earnings Thursday, marking its first revenue decline in the company’s history. The company’s stock fell slightly after hours. Here’s how it did against Refinitiv
Protesters gather at a July 22 rally in Boston in support of legislation to block evictions in Massachusetts for up to a year. Boston Globe | Boston Globe | Getty Images If you’re facing eviction during the pandemic, you’re definitely not alone. Up to 40 million Americans may lose their homes in this downturn, four times the
In the $1 trillion stimulus proposal released by Senate Republicans on Monday — the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools, or HEALS, Act — the $600 per week unemployment boost of the CARES Act, which expires Friday, would decrease to $200 per week. That’s because Republican leaders have largely said the extra $600 a week discourages people from returning to
Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway David A. Grogan | CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway this week again added to his already-enormous stake in Bank of America at a time when the coronavirus pandemic dampens the economic outlook and interest rates hold near record lows. A Securities and Exchange Commission filing showed Buffett’s
Media playback is unsupported on your device The further easing of restrictions in England – due to come in this weekend – has been postponed for at least two weeks, amid concerns over an increase in coronavirus cases. Casinos and bowling alleys will remain shut, with Boris Johnson saying it was time to “squeeze the
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) arrives as Senate Republicans hold their weekly policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 16, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The $600 boost in weekly unemployment checks ends Friday. With negotiations between Democrats and Republicans at an impasse, millions relying on that aid are in the dark
getty Many estate planners will admit that a lot of the plans don’t achieve the owners’ goals. Most of these failures were avoidable. The failures most often result from the nontechnical aspects of the plan, what some refer to as the human side, or soft side, of an estate plan. There’s not a lot of
Bitcoin cryptocurrency representation is seen in this illustration photo taken in Poland on June 17, … [+] 2020 (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Unfortunately, scams are far too common in the cryptocurrency space. Last week, hackers broke into Twitter’s systems and lured innocent people into sending bitcoin into the
Time and again, agents cite culture and kinship as mattering as much to them in their choice of a … [+] firm as money. And money, even venture money, doesn’t last forever. getty How does a real estate brokerage succeed in the COVID-19 world? Of course, it’s about the agents who choose to associate and
Passengers wear protective face masks as they alight a Metro train in Madrid, Spain. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The euro zone economy contracted by 12.1% in the second quarter of 2020, compared to the first three months of the year, according to preliminary data from the region’s statistics office. Friday’s reading is the
Jim Hackett of Ford Motor speaks at an event during the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Jan. 14, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ford Motor is expected to report billions of dollars in losses due to the coronavirus when it releases its second-quarter earnings after
A Monzo debit card being used at a payment terminal. Monzo British digital bank Monzo said Thursday that its annual losses more than doubled and warned its ability to continue operating had become more uncertain due to the coronavirus pandemic. The start-up reported an annual post-tax loss of £113.8 million ($149.5 million) in its 2020
The luxury retail market in mainland China has been “very, very strong” from April to July and is likely to hold up well for the rest of the year as long as there is no strong resurgence of the coronavirus, says Ronnie Chan, chairman of Hang Lung Group and its subsidiary Hang Lung Properties. 02:26
British Airways owner IAG has said it will take until at least 2023 for passenger levels to recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. IAG, which also owns Aer Lingus, posted a €4.2bn (£3.8bn) loss in the first half of the year as demand collapsed. Passenger numbers fell 98% in the April-to-June period, and
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, at a town hall meeting in Aston, Pa., in 2012 when Romney, as governor of Utah, was campaigning for U.S. president. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong A second set of stimulus checks could be on the way, but the ink on the deal hasn’t dried yet. On
LeoPatrizi There may be a financial storm brewing at a key intersection on Main Street. Roughly 35% of small-business owners in a survey said they’ve needed to tap their own funds — via a personal credit card and/or savings, for example — to help prop up their business in the months since the coronavirus whacked
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