A Boeing plane sits on the tarmac at the Boeing South Carolina Plant in North Charleston, South Carolina, March 25, 2018. Randall Hill | Reuters Boeing named Brian West, a former executive at General Electric‘s aviation arm, as its new CFO, after its current finance chief earlier this year announced his retirement. West will be
Month: June 2021
U.S. stock futures were steady in overnight trading on Wednesday as investors gear up for the second half of 2021. Dow futures rose 45 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.1% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.05%. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 210 points, helped by a 2.7% pop in Walmart. The S&P
Students walk on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Yale announced on Wednesday that it is dropping tuition for students in the school of drama starting this August following a $150 million donation from the David Geffen Foundation. Yale said that all current and future full-time students in
In this article ZM 6694.T-JP Charlie Munger, vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, revealed he is fond of Zoom, saying the videoconferencing software will keep thriving even as life goes back to normal after the pandemic. “I have fallen in love with Zoom,” Munger said during an interview with Becky Quick on CNBC’s special “Buffett & Munger:
Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images When it comes to investing in the new and highly volatile asset class of cryptocurrencies, most financial advisors have at least one piece of wisdom: Don’t put in more than you can afford to lose. But while that rule of thumb is helpful, it’s pretty general. And so advisors are
kate_sept2004 | E+ | Getty Images If you haven’t gotten your 2020 tax refund, you are in good company. At the end of the 2021 filing season in May, the IRS had a backlog of 35 million tax returns that still needed to be manually processed, according to a report released Wednesday by the National
People walk outside “Hamilton” at Richard Rodgers Theatre in Times Square on May 12, 2021 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Broadway hit “Hamilton” could receive as much as $50 million from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, a $16 billion federal aid program that provides pandemic relief
From my perspective as investment counsel focusing on retirees, I want to see everyone paying themselves first by automating the savings process. And, the further retirement is away from today, the more impact those saved dollars have when invested properly. Of course, things can intervene, like losing a job, or being hit with the unexpected
Here are strategies for people aged 60 to 72 who have left the workforce. 1. Postpone Social Security. Social Security is a lifetime, inflation-adjusted, low-risk annuity. It’s valuable. When you collect before turning 70, you are in effect selling off a piece of that asset and probably getting a poor price for it. Do people
Pro-style gas ranges have been the top choice of serious home chefs for decades, and for millions of other homeowners who learned how to cook over a flame, but that is slowly changing. Induction cooking is edging up on gas’ lead and is poised to overtake it in coming years. The major trends driving the
In this article REGN NTLA Gene-editing technology CRISPR reached a major milestone this past weekend, completing its first systemic delivery as a medicine to a human body. CRISPR, or clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, effectively cuts genomes and slices DNA to treat genetic diseases. The latest breakthrough, the result of a trial between biotech
In this article BBBY Source: Bed Bath & Beyond Bed Bath & Beyond fiscal first-quarter sales climbed nearly 50%, as the retailer’s turnaround initiatives including launching new brands and remodeling stores helped to draw in customers for everything from blenders to bath mats. The progress coming ahead of the key back-to-school shopping season was enough
In this article A trader works on the New York Stock Exchange on March 3, 2020. Michael Nagle | Xinhua via Getty U.S. stock futures were little changed on Tuesday night as the market gets set to close out a winning first half of 2021 and second quarter. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average
New travel companies are making it easier for remote workers to live and work abroad without the long-term commitment. So-called “workcations” are on the rise, with 74% of Americans who are working from home saying they would consider taking one, according to a report published in March by The Harris Poll. But rather than booking
An aerial view of the company’s planned factory near Long Beach Airport in California. Relativity Space 3D-printing specialist Relativity Space is adding a second factory in Long Beach, California on the site of a former Boeing facility, where the company will move its headquarters and focus work on building fully reusable rockets. “This is really
In this article MS Thomas Barwick When it comes to gender or racial diversity, the wealth management industry falls woefully short. Just about 23% of certified financial planners were female as of 2020, while less than 4% were Black or Latino, according to the CFP Board, which certifies planners. Executives from Morgan Stanley and Northwestern
Hero Images | Getty Images Many investors already know about the tax benefits of municipal bonds — also known as muni bonds or “munis.” Now these assets have also become popular among those who want to have an impact on climate and social change. In addition to tax savings and relatively low risk, muni bonds
I’m willing to bet your retirement plan includes a lot of numbers: a list of estimated expenses, an asset allocation strategy, a timeline of withdrawals, inflation and return assumptions, and a plan for healthcare tossed in there just for fun. Chances are your plan is primarily focused on the math, how you will spend your
A global minimum corporation tax of at least 15% was one of the central pillars of this month’s G7 meeting in Cornwall, U.K. But a wider group of nations are refusing to support the proposal. Soliciting support for the G7’s “historic commitment” of a global minimum tax rate was never going to be easy. But
Biden’s Green Book was released on May 28, 2021 and provided further detail and effective dates surrounding his tax proposals. While many anticipated that high net worth taxpayers would be targeted to pay additional taxes, limitation on like-kind exchanges coupled with increased tax rates on long-term capital gains could cause the 2022 tax bill of high-income
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