Month: August 2020

By Carol Levine, Next Avenue Contributor getty Part of growing up is learning how to help others, starting with the family. For most kids, that means doing ordinary household chores — walking the dog, helping with meals and clean-up, folding the laundry. It might mean showing Grandpa how to use his new computer or helping
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An Estee Lauder cosmetics counter in Los Angeles, California, August 19, 2019. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Estee Lauder forecast current-quarter profit below analysts’ estimates on Thursday after posting a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss, as travel restrictions and store closures put in place to contain the spread of coronavirus dampened demand for its premium makeup brands. The
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A Pacific Gas and Electric firefighter walks down a road as flames approach in Fairfield, California during the LNU Lightning Complex fire. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Major wildfires continue to spread across Northern California on Thursday as thousands more residents are forced to evacuate their homes and resource-strapped firefighters battle the blazes. 
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday there is more pain in the U.S. economy than what is reflected in the stock market’s robust recovery from coronavirus-era lows.  “I’m thinking, wait a second, don’t get too optimistic. I think it’s our nature to be optimistic,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” ”We like the fact that the
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A convoy of emergency vehicles drives along an emptied Interstate 80 during the LNU Lighting Complex Fire on the outskirts of Vacaville, California, U.S., August 19, 2020. Stephen Lam | Reuters Kena Hudson’s 7-year-old son Clarence has asthma that’s sometimes landed him in the hospital. Typically, when wildfire season starts in Northern California, he’ll stay
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Savvy crypto users are always looking for ways to minimize taxes on cryptocurrency transactions. Since cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are treated as property per IRS Notice 2014-21, every time you sell, trade or exchange tokens into USD or other cryptocurrencies there is a taxable event where you have to pay taxes on, if there is a
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Citizens walk at the pedestrian zone in Guetersloh, western Germany. Ina Fassbender | AFP | Getty Images Germany and Spain have both recorded their highest respective daily coronavirus infection rate since April, with other countries in the region also reporting a sharp rise in new cases. Several European countries have imposed travel restrictions, social-distancing measures
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Exterior of Alibaba Group Beijing Headquarters on November 10, 2019 in Beijing, China. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s Alibaba beat quarterly revenue estimates on Thursday as its core e-commerce business thrived due to people preferring to shop online for essentials, even as coronavirus-related restrictions eased. Revenue rose to 153.75 billion yuan
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MILWAUKEE, WI – AUGUST 18: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has a virtual conference call … [+] at the party’s convention. (Photo by DNCC via Getty Images) DNCC via Getty Images Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden would raise taxes by about $4 trillion over the next decade, nearly all on businesses and high-income households. While
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