This diagram shows the cutaway of a house with a sprinkler system. Drawing courtesy of The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Every day on the news you see another house going up in flames. People’s total belongs gone in a flash, lives lost. One simple solution to this problem is the installation of fire sprinkler systems.
Month: August 2019
Does the risk of a law change make it unwise to wait until 70? Wait as late as you can to take Social Security. You’ll get more in the long run. Unless Congress double-crosses you. Open in Google Sheets Forbes Late claiming has been the standard advice coming from financial planners and from commentators like
Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers the keynote address during the 2019 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) on June 03, 2019 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple spent $4.2 billion on research and development in the quarter ending in June, the highest quarterly amount it has ever spent on research and development,
A General Motors Co. (GM) Chevrolet 2020 Silverado HD High Country edition pickup truck sits on the assembly line during a reveal event at the GM plant in Flint, Michigan, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty Images General Motors, the largest U.S. automaker, is expected to report its second-quarter
File photo of an ITT Technical Institute campus in Anaheim, California. Susan Goldman | Bloomberg | Getty Images When Morgan Marler’s 5-year-old daughter, Lilian, asks her why she doesn’t work anymore, Marler doesn’t know what to say. “I can’t explain debt to her,” Marler, 29, said. “And how I went to school and it was
A detailed view of the shoe worn by Zion Williamson #1 of the Duke Blue Devils against the North Carolina Tar Heels during their game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 20, 2019 in Durham, North Carolina. Streeter Lecka | Getty Images A new set of tariffs on China that particularly targets retailers has Wall
Teen YouTuber Annie LeBlanc Jessica Spohr Annie LeBlanc got her first job at 6 years old. For eight years, she’s posted YouTube videos featuring gymnastics, original songs and various tutorials, amassing subscribers and building a loyal following of almost 3.7 million fans, LeBlanc told CNBC. She’s part of a generation of kids who want to
Beyond Meat, the food company that manufactures, markets, and sells plant-based meat products, is changing the image of Dunkin’ Brands from a donut to a “vegan” company. For years, Dunkin’ Donuts—the Mass.-based franchise — was known for its donut collection; and the coffee that makes a nice addition at breakfast time. That was back in
The gallery provides the perfect display for fine art, sculptures or collectibles. James Chororos A sprawling seven-room condominium that was formerly the grand ballroom of the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel in New York City has returned to the market after a remarkable two-year renovation that has taken the home to a whole new level. Currently on the
Interest rate cuts have an unequal impact on Americans. Getty For the first time since 2008, the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates. They made this move Wednesday preemptively attempting to continue the U.S.’s record-long economic growth and to protect it from slowing growth overseas. The quarter-point decrease was expected, although whether it was even
A box of Eli Lilly & Co. Humalog brand insulin delivery devices are arranged for a photograph at a pharmacy in Princeton, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eli Lilly has been hit with a subpoena from the New York Attorney General’s Office over the pricing and sales of its insulin products, the
A sign is seen at the entrance of the ExxonMobil Port Allen Lubricants Plant in Port Allen, Louisiana, November 6, 2015. Lee Celano | Reuters Exxon Mobil reported second-quarter results on Friday that beat analyst expectations, sending the company’s stock up more than 2% in the premarket. Here’s what Wall Street expected from the energy
Alternate crop.) Zion Williamson #1 of the Duke Blue Devils dunks the ball against the Syracuse Orange during their game in the quarterfinal round of the 2019 Men’s ACC Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 14, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. ( Streeter Lecka | Getty Images Disney and Charter are still discussing a
The problem with the Monopoly board game is that only one person ends up happy in the last half hour of the game, and everyone else is miserable. If you believe tech critics, some of the biggest companies in the industry have figured out a way around this unhappy ending in real life. Each one
China’s President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. Nicholas Asfouri | AFP | Getty Images Wall Street strategists are preparing for what they call “a major escalation” in the wake of President Donald Trump’s announcement that a
What makes it so easy to spend money unthinkingly? Everything financial — from internet stores to credit cards to instant payments — is set up to make things as painless as possible, says Brent Weiss, a certified financial planner and co-founder at Facet Wealth in Baltimore. And spending is hardly exempt. “Marketers know this,” Weiss
You can overpay for your 401(k) , mutual funds or IRAs, but may never know it. As long as I can remember, I’ve been writing and talking about this hidden truth, although few investors even know to ask the question about how much they are paying. Most every mutual fund — in or outside of
NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES – 2014/08/06: New housing construction. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) LightRocket via Getty Images The Labor Department’s much-anticipated July jobs report released Friday morning offers a mixed bag for real estate. The upshot is that a tight labor market will continue to underpin the housing market like a safety
Section 1031 is one of the few sections of the tax code everyone seems to know. It is even routinely used as a verb. Under 1031, if you exchange real estate for ‘like-kind’ real estate, gain is postponed until you sell your replacement property. Starting in 2018, swaps of Bitcoin for Ethereum, exchanges of private aircraft,
In this photo illustration, a container of Johnson’s baby powder made by Johnson and Johnson sits on a table in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A jury in Kentucky rejected claims that Johnson & Johnson‘s talc-based baby powder contained asbestos and caused mesothelioma, the company said in a statement, a win for