WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 27: The Internal Revenue Service headquarters building appeared to be mostly … [+] empty April 27, 2020 in the Federal Triangle section of Washington, DC. The IRS called about 10,000 volunteer employees back to work Monday at 10 of its mission critical locations to work on taxpayer correspondence, handling tax documents,
Month: June 2020
Housing is making a comeback post-COVID, thanks to surging demand and rising home prices. Getty If two months of rising mortgage applications weren’t indication enough, a new report is: the housing market is well on its way to recovering from the recent slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Market Recovery Index from
A stack of 60 SpaceX Starlink satellites float in orbit above the Earth. SpaceX SpaceX updated the website for its Starlink satellite internet project on Friday, as the company continues to move closer to its goal of offering direct-to-consumer broadband from space later this year. “Get updates on Starlink news and service availability in your
The Robinhood application is displayed in the App Store on an Apple Inc. iPhone in an arranged photograph taken in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Retail investors speculating in stocks are not responsible for the market’s comeback and their top picks tend to underperform, according
Three months into the Covid-19 pandemic, and even as states across the country emerge from the resulting economic shutdown, the unemployment rate is still near its highest level in the post-World War II era. In such uncertain times, ”it’s really hard to stay resilient and optimistic,” ”Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary tells CNBC Make It. Especially if you’ve
Dan Gilbert, CEO, Quicken Loans Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Quicken Loans, the largest mortgage lender in America, is planning an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter. The company, founded and owned by Detroit-billionaire Dan Gilbert, has filed its IPO prospectus confidentially, the people said, and may flip it to be public
The stock market is doing pretty well amid the coronavirus recession. You probably won’t benefit. MicroStockHub The stock market has proved freakishly immune to the economic suffering inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic, posting some of its largest gains in history even as members in 1 in 2 American households have lost income. Yet the fact that the market
This article is a part of a series; click here to read Part 1. Another possible behavioral explanation is the feeling of being poorer after annuitization because of the resulting noticeably lower remaining account balance. This confuses total wealth with the spending power available from that wealth, but it can exert a powerful psychological influence
Woman Wrapping Present in Money Getty The deduction for charitable contributions is a centenarian that’s been through a lot since its 1917 inception. The coronavirus crisis could set the stage for the next major revision of section 170, and the most popular option seems to be expanding the deduction. It’s unsurprising that there’s now a call
Where is everybody? Hundreds are leaving the city per day. The trend will likely accelerate … [+] post-pandemic. High taxes, high housing costs, and overcrowded life makes for a nicer place to visit, but maybe not the ideal place to live. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images) Getty Images Armando Codina is an unhappy New Yorker.
A traveler wearing a protective mask walks past an American Airlines Group Inc. plane tail fin at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Airlines shares jumped as much as 16% on Friday after the carrier said an uptick in travel
Private equity firm KKR’s co-chief executive officer and co-founder Henry Kravis said 80% of companies that it controls now have at least two board directors with diverse backgrounds. The firm set out to reach that threshold a few years ago and accomplished in the first quarter of 2020, Kravis said to CNBC’s Seema Mody on “The Exchange.”
As the coronavirus pandemic shut down the economy and put millions out of work this spring, national hunger relief organization Feeding America was squeezed from all sides: demand for food shot up while donations dwindled and delivery channels were choked off virtually overnight. But its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, knew the organization would find a way
Sandy Weill, former CEO of Citigroup. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Sandy Weill, the former Citigroup CEO and chairman who helped create the megabank model in the 1990s, said Friday that Morgan Stanley and Charles Schwab were “really very good buys.” Bank stocks have been hammered this week, giving back recent gains tied to the reopening
It won’t be long before that blissful reprieve from having to worry about filing taxes comes to a close — July 15 is Tax Day. While the process may be a headache, it doesn’t necessarily have to come with a cost, as well. If you haven’t yet filed your return, it’s worth checking to see
At Chris Purcell’s Firehouse Subs location in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, things aren’t quite business as usual. After suffering sales drops of as much as 60% during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, customers are starting to return. Now it’s all about making them comfortable and keeping employees and patrons alike safe in his store,
Getty Last week, I wrote about a newly-handed-down Supreme Court ruling that determined that, in a case where pension plan participants were not actually harmed, they could not sue their former employer for mismanaging their pension. As something of a tangent, I observed that participants in multiemployer plans would indeed be harmed, because there is
TOPLINE The flood of new retail investors making speculative stock trades are not behind the market’s recent rally, according to new research from Barclays which found that many of Robinhood users’ top picks tended to underperform. Robinhood customers piling into a stock usually resulted in lower returns, Barclays found. Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Pacifica rises above Auckland, New Zealand Stab Studio Pacifica, the 584-foot tall residential tower rising in the heart of Auckland’s central business district, is slated to be completed in August of this year. Designed by Jaimin Atkins of Plus Architecture, the $300 million building is a striking new feature on the skyline of New Zealand’s
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to rise in U.S. states that were among the first and most aggressive to reopen, leading some local officials to reconsider reopening plans. In Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown announced a 7-day statewide pause on further reopening as health officials study the data and try to contain budding outbreaks.
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