The U.S. reported more new coronavirus cases on Wednesday than on any single day before, according to a tally by NBC News, as the virus spreads to new communities and sparks outbreaks mostly across the American South and West. Almost half of all new cases came from Florida, Texas and California, where the outbreaks appear to
Month: June 2020
An Olive Garden restaurant in Times Square in New York. Richard Levine | Corbis | Getty Images Darden Restaurants on Thursday reported that same-store sales were nearly cut in half during the fiscal fourth quarter as dining room closures from the coronavirus pandemic weighed on its revenue. But the Olive Garden parent expects its business to
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stands in lower Manhattan on May 18, 2020 in New York City. Markets surged today as promising details of a potential COVID-19 vaccine were released and more European countries gradually re-opened after months of lockdown. Spencer Platt | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for
Francis Bacon’s “Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus.” Source: Sotheby’s Sotheby’s plan to auction off a $60 million painting on Monday night marks the first real test of the global art market since the coronavirus pandemic — and is a bold experiment in the centuries-old model for sales auctions. Sotheby’s aims to sell more
U.S. banking regulators are about to ease restrictions created in the aftermath of the financial crisis, a development that sent bank stocks surging Thursday. Officials from the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission said on a call that they are loosening the restrictions from the so-called Volcker Rule, allowing banks to more easily make large investments into
Siriluck Srikumbang / EyeEm Perhaps you are approaching retirement and getting a bit nervous from these wild market swings. It has, after all, been an emotional ride lately, and there are no signs of it letting up soon. You may be thinking: Is it time to “de-risk” your portfolio by dumping stocks and seeking the
Hispanolistic Forget high-interest savings accounts. The IRS is crediting up to 5% interest on late tax refunds. The government agency announced it would grant interest on tax refunds that are issued after April 15 – the original due date for 2019 federal income tax returns. Bear in mind that the IRS has pushed out the
The administrator of the Small Business Administration, Jovita Carranza, looks on during the daily briefing on the coronavirus outbreak. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The speedy rollout of the Paycheck Protection Program put cash into the hands of business owners — and it may have also paved the way for fraud. Those were
Deferred variable annuities with income guarantee riders have gained popularity as a retirement income tool providing behavioral solutions for the annuity puzzle. Retirees are not always comfortable seeing the premiums disappear from their portfolio balances when buying income annuities that convert a lump-sum premium into a protected lifetime income. Many features of a variable annuity
US Senator Martha McSally (R) (R-AZ) speaks next to US President Donald Trump at a Keep America … [+] Great Rally in Phoenix, AZ, on February 19, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images As Congress prepares to pass another round of coronavirus relief,
Getty Long before the coronavirus pandemic, owners of shopping centers began focusing on ways to reimagine their properties to maintain their vibrancy over the next decade and beyond. As outlined in an excellent article by Greg Maloney, President & CEO of Americas Retail at JLL, this involves balancing short term considerations, like occupancy rates, with longer
The coronavirus pandemic has upended many consumers’ typical breakfast routines, causing many fast-food chains to lose out on early morning sales as their usual customers choose to eat cereal at home instead. But some consumers are forming new routines and ordering their breakfasts online, through the likes of DoorDash and Uber Eats. Between the weeks
An illuminated logo sits on the exterior of Wirecard’s headquarters in the Aschheim district of Munich, Germany. Michaela Handrek-Rehle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wirecard will file for an application to open insolvency proceedings with the district court of Munich, the company said Thursday. The company said in a short statement that management had decided
If the summer of 2020 is memorable to vacationers, it will likely be as the year of not straying too far from home. But that doesn’t mean you need to limit your horizons: The great road trip is enjoying a resurgence. This year, 46 million Americans say they plan to hit the open road in a
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday he thinks investors are smart to take some profits following the stock market’s strong rise from its coronavirus lows. The S&P 500 was up more than 40%, as of Tuesday’s close, from its March 23 intraday bottom, a rally that Cramer called one of the “greatest moves of my lifetime.” “I’m not
xavierarnau When it comes to retiring, few people want to quit work cold turkey. Close to 6 out of 10 workers around the world would like a phased transition — a gradual shift from full-time work into part-time or freelancing — as they enter retirement, according to a survey from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Editor Marny Xiong, Michael Halkias and Yves-Emmanuel Segui Amee Xiong, Todd Heisler, Segui family/The New York TimesMarny Xiong, Michael Halkias and Yves-Emmanuel Segui You can learn in The New York Times how many humans have died from the coronavirus from its Tracking the Coronavirus graphic (472,125 as of June 23,
Getty 2020 has been an odd year, to say the least. It seems that everything has been delayed or postponed to another time due to the COVID-19 crisis. This delay applies to tax season as well as the Treasury Department and the IRS announced in March that the federal income tax filing deadline is automatically extended from
The Hamptons, a coveted vacation destination for the wealthy, saw a spike of more than 70% in luxury … [+] home views in May compared to a year ago. Getty Similar to the wider U.S. housing market, which is bouncing back from the early, dampening effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the luxury segment recorded a
The coronavirus continues to surge in a number of states across the country, mostly the American South and West. Testifying before members of Congress on Tuesday, White House health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said that parts of the U.S. are beginning to see a “disturbing surge” and described the overall situation in the U.S. as a
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