Month: December 2019

Participants hold signs in New York, NY while protesting efforts to repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act on July 29, 2017. Pacific Press | Getty Images A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate provision was unconstitutional but punted on deciding whether the rest of the landmark
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A FedEx employee loads up deliveries in San Francisco. Getty Images “Face plant” and “awful” aren’t descriptors CEOs want to hear after reporting quarterly profit numbers. But FedEx’s second-quarter results were so bad — the profit decline so steep — that such severe language is not only justified, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see
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Compass with needle pointing the word retirement, concept image to illustrate retirement planning Getty Feeling old enough to worry about retirement, you have finally decided to check your 401k account to see how your money is invested.  You look at the investment options in your plan and they seem to be mostly mutual funds. Then you
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Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Some provisions of the deal are underwhelming, according to experts. Scott Olsoon/Getty Images Topline: Although Wall Street cheered the signing of a new North American trade deal announced by the Trump administration and congressional Democrats last week, in their relief many investors overlooked specific provisions of
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Mark Wragg | Stockbyte | Getty Images Credit cards are a growing problem for everyone. Overall, Americans have $830 billion in credit card debt as of the second quarter of 2019, a 6% jump year over year, according to the most recent report from Experian. It is the second-fastest-growing type of debt, after personal loans,
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How are annuity taxation and attorneys alike? For both, the answer is “it depends.”  Contrary to popular wisdom, there is no simple answer to how annuities are taxed. Yes, they are generally income tax deferred, but there is more to it than that. Taxation depends on how the annuity is owned, and how distributions are made from the
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Developer Moishe Mana picks up former City National Bank building for $25 million. Alex Tarajano With his recent acquisition of City National Bank’s former headquarters for $25 million, billionaire Moishe Mana has now spent $375 million assembling properties in downtown Miami. This week, the Israeli-born real estate mogul closed on an existing 139,448-square-foot office building
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