Technology firms aren’t paying their fair share in taxes and it’s time to find a global approach to the problem, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz told CNBC. “My biggest concern with the tech companies is that they tend to pay taxes nowhere,” Scholz told CNBC’s Annette Weisbach in an interview earlier this week. Google, Amazon,
Month: April 2019
Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.: “Right here, yes. Right here. Remember we had them on — of course you do — and you know how good I thought they were. And I think this is a great level to buy some more.” Electronic Arts Inc.: “We’re gonna say that that came and went, and we’re not
Here’s a home improvement project nobody looks forward to: replacing a sewer line. For homeowners, the mortgage, property taxes and insurance only account for a portion of the cost of owning an abode. It’s those surprise emergency repairs that can destroy your budget. Indeed, 18% of homeowners polled by HomeServe USA said that they had
The HECM for Purchase program can be used to either downsize or upsize a retirement home. Retirement Researcher The HECM for Purchase program began in 2009 as a way to use a reverse mortgage to purchase a new home. The government saw enough people using a costlier and more complicated two-step process—obtaining a traditional mortgage
Getty You may think you know what a taxpayer with foreign assets looks like. It’s easy to paint a picture of the super-rich jetting off to the Caymans, but that’s more Hollywood-driven than real life. Taxpayers with control over foreign assets come in all shapes and sizes. It’s the executive who works in the U.S.
Selling or buying a home is a crazy stressful process. It can be quick and painless or long and labored. It involves feeling every emotion you’ve ever had and probably a few new ones you didn’t even know existed. When you decide to buy or sell, it can be like adding something to an already
Facebook on Wednesday announced a slew of new features in its ongoing fight against fake news, and one of them is taken directly from the playbook of bitter rival Google. The social media company said it will use a new approach called Click-Gap to reduce the amount of low-quality content, such as fake news, that
Delta Air Lines posted first-quarter earnings Wednesday that beat Wall Street’s expectations for both profit and revenue. “Demand for Delta’s product has never been stronger,” President Glen Hauenstein said in a statement announcing the earnings. “With our customer-focused commercial initiatives delivering strong customer loyalty and top-line momentum, we now expect full-year revenue growth of five
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond initially jumped before reversing to trade 6% lower after hours Wednesday following the release of the retailer’s mixed fourth quarter earnings. Bed Bath & Beyond posted earnings per share of $1.20 on revenue of $3.31 billion. Wall Street projected earnings
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday took a deeper look at Dirty Lemon, the health-conscious drink owned by Iris Nova, to understand how its business model could help keep down inflation: embrace the honor system. “If this method catches on, it’s easy to see how our economy can keep growing with hardly any meaningful wage inflation,”
The lack of financial understanding by consumers has been signaled as one of the main reasons behind savings and investing problems faced by many Americans. To that point, a variety of financial research and reports have made it clear that we, as a country, need to focus on financial literacy. The TIAA Institute-GFLEC Personal Finance
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin It’s no surprise that parents caught in the middle of the sandwich generation are feeling financially stress and strained. What is surprising, however, is the impact this family dynamic is having on our children. The sandwich generation is the term used when a parent is caring
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Getty It’s my annual Taxes from A to Z series! This time, it’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) style. If you’re wondering whether you can claim house office expenses or whether to deduct a capital loss under the new law, you won’t want to miss
New Yorkers need to earn $85,027 per year to spend less than 30% of their income on rent for a median-priced one-bedroom, Apartment List found. Getty If you’ve aged out of your 20s but are still living with roommates in New York (or one of the country’s other most expensive cities), it’s OK to cut yourself some
An interview and Q&A with billionaire and founder of the quantitative hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, James Simons. In this interview, James discusses his quantitative approach to investing and how this has evolved over his career. James also talks about fundamental trading and how his management style has helped make Renaissance Technologies so successful. Like if
Oprah Winfrey has tapped Prince Harry to help it make a new TV show for Apple’s planned online streaming service, Apple TV+. Prince Harry is the latest of a long string of global celebrities to be attached to an Apple production. In addition to British royalty, Apple has tapped Hollywood royalty to produce and star
Quraterly earnings for the S&P 500 are expected to decline for the first time since the second quarter of 2016, even though the index is just 2% from its historic high. First-quarter earnings for the S&P 500 are projected to decline 2.5% from last year, according to Refinitiv consensus estimates. Stocks up with earnings down?
The “Fast Money” traders shared their first moves for the market open. Pete Najarian was a buyer of Levi Strauss. Tim Seymour was a buyer of Home Depot. Karen Finerman was a buyer of JPMorgan. Dan Nathan was a seller of the Industrials ETF. Trader disclosure: Pete Najarian is long calls AAL, AMD, ASHR, BP,
Private jet company Vista Global agreed to acquire JetSmarter, betting that the value of JetSmarter’s technology will outweigh the controversy and lawsuits still dogging the company. Terms and price weren’t disclosed. The deal, once approved, will be an equity swap, with JetSmarter investors receiving equity in Vista Global. Vista said it plans to integrate JetSmarter’s
Lloyd Blankfein is enjoying retirement. As his former fellow bank CEOs endured a multi-hour grilling in a Congressional hearing today, the ex-leader of Goldman Sachs tweeted sarcastically that he really missed his old job. Tweet Blankfein, who stepped down as Goldman CEO in October, tweeted a link to an article on the House Financial Services
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