TurboTax products sit on display at Costco on January 28, 2016 in Foster City, California. (Credit: Kimberly White/Getty Images for TurboTax) Getty In the weeks following tax season, one of the nation’s leading prep platforms has faced criticism for its methods of promoting products and the paid-tax prep industry as a whole. Last month, ProPublica reported
Month: May 2019
Basketball superstar Steph Curry is hard at work, honing his game in his garage. But instead of tossing jump shots or finessing his footwork, Curry has been busy perfecting his short iron shots on his Full Swing Golf simulator. As the NBA season winds down, Curry will soon be hitting the links in mid-season form.
We retirees and soon-to-be retirees have a dilemma. The traditional pension is just about gone. Social Security won’t support the lifestyle most of us want. We are left to our own devices. But even if we do build up a fat balance in a 401(k) or other company retirement plan, how do we make it
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The fervent quest for President Trump’s tax returns continues, and is actually heating up. So with all the tax return fever, shouldn’t he just hand them over? Like MAGA hats and the Wall, President Trump’s tax returns are polarizing, perhaps even a flash point. Scuffles over
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP After Massachusetts and New York, California is beginning to experience the negative side of minimum wage hikes, too; job losses. That’s according to a recent University of California Riverside study, which shows that California’s minimum wage hikes have slowed job growth in the state’s booming restaurant industry.
Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg © 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP China wants everything from Africa: its strategic location, its oil, its rare earth metals, and its fish, leaving African nations indebted to Beijing. In its long history, Africa has served the global ambitions of many foreigners. Foreigners have reached out to Africa as missionaries, financiers, and infrastructure
Stephen Moore, visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, listens during an interview in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 2, 2019. Photo credit: Andrew Harrer, Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP The day Stephen Moore’s name was first floated as a Federal Reserve board nominee, I happened to walk by him in downtown Washington D.C.
(AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) ASSOCIATED PRESS The Philippines is already caught in China’s web, but there’s still the time and a way to escape from it. The time is now that its economy isn’t heavily dependent on China. And the way is by saying “no” to Chinese investments that could leave the country heavily indebted to
Disney, Lucasfilm Dark side, beware. One of the hottest “Star Wars” collectibles is a strong-willed, dual lightsaber-wielding Jedi named Ahsoka Tano. The character, voiced by Ashley Eckstein, has become a fan favorite since her debut in 2008 and is a highly sought after collectible. From toys and statuettes to clothing and accessories, Ahsoka is in
A trader works ahead of the closing bell on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 12, 2019 in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images A trade agreement between the U.S. and China could be a strong catalyst for stocks, even though analysts say the market may
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, attends the 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 3, 2019. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Warren Buffett said Kraft Heinz is in a dispute with its auditor, so Berkshire Hathaway doesn’t have the food company’s financials. “The auditor, which is Pricewaterhouse[Coopers] in this case, hasn’t
Young or old, it’s a good time to get a job. Those armed with a newly minted diploma will enter a job market with unemployment near the lowest level in 50 years and job prospects up significantly from just last year. Employers plan to hire nearly 11% more graduates from the Class of 2019 than
This question, “When my spouse dies, what will I get from Social Security,” is one of the most frequently asked questions I receive during consultations and presentations, and for some reason so very few act on the available survivor benefits. The typical response from a living spouse is “I didn’t think I was entitled to
Late night tweets and Congressional investigations notwithstanding, there was a lot of positive energy coming out of the White House after President Trump met with Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to try and get the long-stalled effort to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure moving. Anyone who spends time traveling around the US can attest
‘Full House’ premiered on ABC in September 1987 and produced a latter-day spin-off (‘Fuller House’) in 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) A pillar of American television history is once again for sale in San Francisco’s Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood. As of Thursday, the famed Victorian abode pictured in the opening credits of Full House and its Netflix reboot, Fuller
Interpublic Group of Companies Inc: “Very inexpensive advertising stock. I’m not gonna say pull the trigger, but it is inexpensive. Cedar Fair LP: “This youngin’ likes yield. So do I. I think it’s good. It’s better, frankly, than Six Flags. “ NextEra Energy Inc: “You’ve got a good one with Nextera. It’s a growth utility.
Square stock dropped more than 5% in extended trading Wednesday after the company reported weaker-than-expected gross payment volume and guidance for the upcoming quarter. The payments processor beat analysts’ estimates on earnings and revenue. Here’s how the company performed in the first quarter compared with what Wall Street was expecting: Adjusted earnings: 11 cents per
Robert Kaplan, president of the Federal Reserve’s Dallas district, said low inflation is here to stay. “It’s not that we don’t have any inflation…Inflation forces I think are going to be muted including technology,” Kaplan said Friday in an interview with CNBC’s Steve Liesman. “Technology enables disruption and to some extent globalization. Businesses have less
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday said Occidental Petroleum‘s borrowed an “ill-advised” $10 billion from Warren Buffett to further a bidding war with Chevron for Anadarko. To raise enough capital, Occidental now has a loan from Berkshire Hathaway with an 8% interest rate, which is worth as much as $20 billion, he said. That could be
The nation’s consumer watchdog agency on Thursday sued the owners of two large credit-repair companies, accusing them of taking unlawful fees from consumers and engaging in deceptive and abusive sales tactics. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Utah, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau accuses CreditRepair.com and Lexington Law, their owners and various
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