Month: February 2021

The Forum in Inglewood, California began vaccination distribution serving as a COVID-19 vaccination site, while also serving as a COVID-19 testing site. Al Seib | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will invest more than $1.6 billion to increase Covid-19 testing supplies and expand testing programs in schools
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Another 20 companies joined The Climate Pledge, a public commitment to “go green” launched by Amazon and Jeff Bezos in 2019. Including the new signatories announced Wednesday, there are 53 companies in 12 countries that have joined. The most high profile company of the latest group is IMB. It announced Tuesday its agenda to hit
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With tax season officially underway, many Americans are still asking, “Where is my $600 stimulus check?” The stimulus payments were authorized by Congress under a $900 billion Covid relief package passed in December. Within days, the federal government began deploying the money. That included payments of $600 per individual, or $1,200 per married couple filing
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A worker puts pepperoni on a pizza inside a Domino’s Pizza franchise in New York. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images After a year marked by business closures, disruptions and unprecedented challenges, the franchising industry is poised to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels by year’s end if Covid-19 is controlled, according to an upcoming
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Alarm clock and colour papers on the white background. Tax Time. getty Phyllis Jo Kubey, a solo practitioner based in New York City, and Ryan L. Losi, executive vice president at PIASCIK, discuss the 2021 tax season and the unique challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Read the podcast episode’s transcript below. The post has been
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GEORGES GOBET | AFP | Getty Images Ford is investing $1 billion in an electric vehicle production facility in Cologne, Germany, with the European arm of the automotive giant committing to go “all-in” on electric vehicles in the years ahead. In plans announced Wednesday morning, Ford said its entire passenger vehicle range in Europe would
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Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading on Tuesday. Verizon – Shares of the telecommunications giant were up 2% in after-hours trading after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a big stake in Verizon. As of Dec. 31, Berkshire Hathaway owned 146,716,496 Verizon shares worth $8.6 billion at the end of 2020. SolarEdge –
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Estate planning handwriting sign on the sheet. getty If you have been thinking about making large gifts to take advantage of the current $11,700,000 lifetime federal estate tax exemption, you have probably been contemplating a spousal lifetime access trust, commonly known as a SLAT.   A SLAT is an irrevocable trust that you create for the
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JetBlue Airways aircrafts are pictured at departure gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Fred Prouser | Reuters JetBlue Airways is getting rid of ticket-change fees for most of its tickets, but travelers who are buying its cheapest fares should pack light. The New York-based airline on Tuesday said starting July 20
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