Month: June 2019

Aimstock | Getty Images A measure under consideration in Congress could have big implications for how you view your Social Security statements. The bill, called the Beneficiary Education Tools, Telehealth, and Extenders Reauthorization Act of 2019, or BETTER Act, includes a provision that would reinstate mailed Social Security statements. Since 2012, the Social Security Administration
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The virtual currency of Facebook Libra is a worthy effort but not the reason to invest in Facebook.  Getty Facebook has started its own currency, the Libra. Bitcoin proved that you can create a currency without any government involvement although its wild price swings have kept it from being widely used.  Facebook can give its currency the scale needed to achieve a
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Digital economy. Getty The G20 leaders are currently meeting in Japan to discuss closer economic cooperation, including in the domain of digital trade. At the preparatory G20 meeting of finance ministers earlier this month a notable progress was made towards an agreement on the reform of the international corporate tax framework. The proposed changes would lead
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David R. Weinreb CEO of The Howard Hughes Corporation. David Grogan | CNBC The Howard Hughes Corporation, an owner, manager and developer of different types of real estate throughout the U.S., has hired bankers at Centerview Partners to explore strategic alternatives that include a sale of the company, according to people familiar with the situation.
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President Donald Trump greets well-wishers after arriving at Des Moines International Airport, en route to a campaign fundraising dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, June 11, 2019. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump’s popularity with the general public has been wobbly but his standing with business continues to be strong. Small business owners in particular
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There’s a particular period when your retirement plan is at the highest risk of being derailed by market forces outside your control. Anyone’s plan can be upset at any time by overspending, bad investment decisions, and other personal actions. But there’s a particular time when retirees and pre-retirees are especially vulnerable to adverse market forces.
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(Photo by Getty) Getty Retirees have a difficult challenge on their hands, which is to replace the income they will no longer receive from a paycheck. Social Security helps in this regard, as does a pension for those who have one. But many retirees will still face an income shortfall, cautions Ben Reynolds, a contributor to
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Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO, Micron Technology Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of memory and storage company Micron rose more than 7% after-hours Tuesday after the company beat analysts’ expectations for its fiscal third quarter of its 2019 earnings. Here are the key numbers: Earnings: $1.05 per share, excluding certain items, vs. 79 cents per share as
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