The blufftop compound on the Big Island of Hawai’i is called Water Falling Estate for the two … [+] cascading waterfalls that reside on the property. Hawai’i Life Prized properties generally command a premium, but not all luxury real estate is the same. In this week’s look at the global housing market, I took a
Month: March 2021
States are easing social distancing rules but it’s “too soon” to roll back Covid restrictions, Dr. Atul Gawande warned on CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith.” “We are currently at levels of cases that are still above the highest level of our last surge, so we haven’t even come down below the surge last summer,”
The major indexes may be kicking off the month in rally mode, but PNC Financial’s Amanda Agati sees trouble under the hood. She believes the rotation into economically sensitive market groups from stay-at-home plays is overdone. “The value side of the equation — that ‘go outside’ trade — has really moved way too far and
Yellow Dog Prod. | Image Bank | Getty Images After a wild final week of a volatile month, it’s becoming increasingly clear that something is spooking investors. That something is the potential for a surge in inflation later this year. Investors are justifiably concerned that the combination of sustained Fed interest-rate suppression and trillions in
Hispanolistic New $1,400 stimulus checks could be on the way to millions of Americans now that the House of Representatives has passed the latest coronavirus relief bill. The fate of those payments now rests in the hands of the Senate, which is due to begin considering the proposed legislation this week. The terms have called
Frustrated shocked man having problems, feel confused looking at laptop screen at office getty It’s the beginning of every American’s favorite time of the year … to hate: tax season. Starting on Feb 12th, the IRS started accepting tax returns for the 2020 tax year. Here are three of the most common tax season mistakes
Robert Reffkin speaks at a conference in New York City in 2019. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for Fast Company) Getty Images for Fast Company Compass, the real estate brokerage with more than 19,000 agents on its platform, filed its IPO prospectus with the Securities & Exchange Commission on Monday. The filing showed significant growth
Nick Gregory, a 26-year-old manager, vapes on a JUUL at Botany Bay in Lexington, Ky. Charles Bertram | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it requested five e-cigarette makers provide the agency with sales and advertising data for 2019 and 2020. The companies cited by the FTC were
Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden’s choices to run the Securities and Exchange Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — Gary
On Friday, Samantha John pitched Hopscotch, an app that teaches kids how to code by building games, to the Sharks on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” Over the last nine years, John turned her passion for programming into a profitable business. But “when I was a kid, I never thought that coding was for me. I was
A visual representation of digital currencies. Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a blistering warning to investors and industry members about the dangers of cryptocurrencies on Monday. “We’re sending a clear message to the entire industry that you either play by the rules or we will shut you down,”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., holds a news conference to announce legislation that would tax the net worth of America’s wealthiest individuals at the U.S. Capitol on Mar. 1, 2021 in Washington. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images A slew of Democrats on Capitol Hill — including progressives Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and
Virojt Changyencham | Moment | Getty Images The self-employed and gig workers are anxiously waiting for the Small Business Association to update guidelines to its Paycheck Protection Program, which could mean bigger loans for the group. The Biden administration announced last week changes to how the SBA will calculate forgivable loans for sole proprietors and
paper bag with groceries handed to needy elderly person in vehicle getty In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, Rebecca Thompson of Prosperity Now, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected low-income communities and families of color in the United States, and what tax policy tools could help them. The post
KB Home, the Well-Living Lab, and Delos feature a “MindBreak” microenvironment in a new concept home … [+] showcasing pioneering health technologies in Phoenix. Image provided by KB Home To no one’s dismay, safer, healthier living through science has taken a firmer hold on Americans’ still widely-burning dream of homeownership. One homebuilder’s marketing website features
Johnson & Johnson Coronavirus vaccine illustration Dado Ruvic | Reuters An advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Sunday to recommend the use of Johnson & Johnson‘s one-shot Covid-19 vaccine as the federal government prepares to ship out millions of doses this week. Once CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky accepts the
A customer uses a bitcoin automated teller machine (ATM) in a kiosk Barcelona, Spain, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Images Citi thinks bitcoin is at a “tipping point” and could one day “become the currency of choice for international trade” as firms like Tesla and PayPal warm to it
You’d know a chicken nugget if you saw one, right? How about one grown from a single cell, with no animals harmed in the process? Josh Tetrick is betting not. He is trying to win over consumers with his lab-grown chicken bite following the world’s first approval of his company’s cultured chicken in Singapore at the end of 2020.
A Spire satellite pictured in orbit. Spire Global Small satellite builder and data specialist Spire Global is planning to go public, announcing on Monday that it is the latest among multiple space companies to merge with a SPAC. Spire Global is merging with special purpose acquisition company NavSight. When the deal closes, which is expected
Brothers91 | E+ | Getty Images One year into the coronavirus pandemic, women are not OK. More than 2.3 million have left the workforce since February 2020, bringing their labor participation rate to levels not seen since 1988, according to the National Women’s Law Center. In December alone, women accounted for 100% of the jobs