Month: July 2020

WASHINGTON, DC- Nov 18: Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., and Barbara Kennelly, of the National Committee … [+] to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, talk to media after a meeting on progressive alternatives to proposals made by the deficit commission. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The Democrats probably
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Naya Rivera attends the Women’s Guild Cedars-Sinai Annual Luncheon at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on November 06, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin Authorities are searching a Southern California lake for “Glee” actress Naya Rivera, after her 4 year-old son was found alone in a boat she had rented Wednesday. The 33-year-old had been boating
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Benjamin M. Willis, contributing editor with Tax Notes Federal, and William D. Alexander, of counsel of tax at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, discuss tax guidance and step transaction. Here are a few highlights . . . On the IRS’s private letter ruling program William Alexander: [PLRs are] not as efficient as writing regulations or
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19 Min Ago Weekly jobless claims total 1.314 million, less than expected Weekly jobless claims were lower than expected last week as employees slowly returned to work in the wake of rising coronavirus cases, reports CNBC’s Jeff Cox. Initial jobless claims hit 1.314 million last week, compared to a Dow Jones estimate of 1.39 million.
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A customer views merchandise for sale at a Walgreens store in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Christopher Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walgreens Boots Alliance said Thursday its fiscal third quarter results were hurt by fewer people going to the doctor and getting prescriptions and by higher costs during the pandemic. The drugstore chain
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Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Thursday: Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) — The pharmacy operator fell more than 3% in the premarket on weaker-than-expected results for its fiscal third quarter. Walgreens reported earnings per share of 83 cents, well below a FactSet estimate of $1.19 per share. The company’s fiscal-year earnings guidance
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The University of California announced plans to sue the government over a policy that could bar international students from studying in the U.S. The move comes on the heels of a joint lawsuit filed by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology against the Trump administration. The guidelines issued Monday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Desperate times can call for desperate measures.   Your first step when borrowing money to pay your bills should always be to look inward, according to Winnie Sun, a financial advisor.  Sun, co-founder of Sun Group Wealth Partners in Irvine, California, said she calls the practice “profit-shopping.”  The idea is simple. You go through every item
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We begin with the growth process for the guaranteed benefit base during the deferral or accumulation period before distributions begin. This growth is important because it is subsequently used to determine the amount of guaranteed lifetime income provided by the annuity. The deferral period can be skipped if the retiree wants lifetime distributions to begin
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