No one was cool like Steve McQueen. It stands to reason that the legendary actor owned a Malibu beach house back in the day; like riding a motorcycle away from Nazis or driving a green Mustang hell-bent-for-leather over the vertiginous streets of San Francisco, he set the standard for how to do it with utter
Month: May 2021
A car dealer shows a vehicle to customers at a dealership in Jersey City, New Jersey. Angus Mordant | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chase Weldon spent weeks researching new SUVs to get for his family. To his surprise, he spent even longer attempting to purchase one. Dealer lots were scarce and salespeople, who can sometimes
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Estee Lauder (EL) – The cosmetics maker reported quarterly earnings of $1.62 per share, 30 cents a share above estimates. Revenue came in slightly below forecasts, however, as sales of Estee Lauder’s higher-end products were impacted by people continuing to work from home.
Leon Cooperman Scott Mlyn | CNBC If you have accumulated more wealth than you need, there are a number of things you can do with the excess money, according to billionaire investor Leon Cooperman. Founder of the Omega Family Office, Cooperman — who has an estimated net worth of $2.5 billion — shared his views
IRS Commissioner Charles “Chuck” Rettig recently testified before Congress that while the official estimate of the “tax gap” is $400 billion, “it would not be outlandish to believe that the actual tax gap could approach and possibly exceed one trillion dollars per year.” The “tax gap” is the difference between how much should be paid
Dave Panozzo is the co-founding owner of The Panozzo Team-HomeSmart, a real estate team in Phoenix, Arizona. Arizona is known for many things — namely its desert climate and stunning natural features. As a top travel destination, it’s not surprising that many tourists ultimately decide to make Arizona their home. Having lived in Scottsdale, located just
Indonesian ride-hailing app Gojek has announced plans to make every car and motorcycle on its platform an electric vehicle (EV) by 2030 in an ambitious three-pronged sustainability strategy. Dubbed the “Three Zeros” agenda, the company aims to reach zero emissions, zero waste and zero socio-economic barriers by the end of the decade, co-founder and co-CEO
Traders on the New York Stock Exchange Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures moved higher in overnight trading on Sunday as investors readied for the first trading day of May. Dow futures rose 95 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.34 and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.28%. Monday marks the first trading day of May. Despite Friday’s
Taking risks can feel a lot easier if you have a safety net. For Tori Dunlap, founder of the woman-focused financial education company Her First 100K, that security came in the form of $100,000. Dunlap, 26, landed an entry-level marketing job after graduating college and soon learned that the corporate grind wasn’t for her. She
By Richard Eisenberg, Next Avenue Editor Odds are, you want to age in place — living in your home later in life, rather than in a long-term care establishment. There are three ways to make that dream more likely to be a reality. My “Friends Talk Money” podcast co-hosts and I, plus “Retirement Secrets” author Kim
Frustrated that savvy rich people will hide from the White House’s newly proposed tax hikes last week and sock it away into Bitcoin? Don’t worry. They can’t. And neither can the rest of us. If you’re selling Bitcoin for dollars, especially on a U.S. exchange, Uncle Sam will find out about it. President Joe Biden
Signs and age groups are shown for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines at a vaccination center as California opens up vaccine eligibility to any residents 16 years and older during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Chula Vista, California, U.S., April 15, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters Former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott
urbazon | E+ | Getty Images It’s one of those debates that rarely seems to have a clear-cut winner: Should retirees pay off their mortgage or continue making those monthly payments? The answer — probably somewhat annoyingly — is that it depends. Of course, there are a couple of immediate benefits to paying off a
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images April Harris of dessert company Keeping You Sweet, Melissa Butler of The Lip Bar, and Gwen Jimmere of Naturalicious share several things in common: they are Black female entrepreneurs who have succeeded building businesses on their own, and they have succeeded in winning deals with national retail partners including
The Federal Reserve says not to worry about the 2.6% jump in the CPI. But the bond market is skeptical and it may be time to get yourself some protection. In the past year: —house prices have gone up 12%. —lumber prices have tripled. —shares of mediocre companies like The New York Times, American Water
Today’s column addresses questions about whether Congress will correct an issue caused by Covid-19 that could mean lower lifelong benefits for those born in 1960, potential repercussions of Social Security overpayments and withdrawing a retirement benefit and reverting to survivor’s benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and
Hold on to your Stetsons because the real estate dirt is flying high in Texas, spurred this time, by a familiar real estate name from The Big Apple. On April 27, The Eklund | Gomes Team at Douglas Elliman Texas Real Estate made their first sale in the Lone Star State, and boy, howdy, was
Astra VP of manufacturing Bryson Gentile, left, and CEO Chris Kemp take a protective cover off a rocket fairing half. Michael Sheetz | CNBC ALAMEDA, California — Rocket builder Astra wants to simplify the launch business, with the soon-to-be-public company on a quest to both cut manufacturing costs while dramatically increasing the number of launches
In this article DARK-GB A Darktrace cybersecurity software demonstration shows how a global problem can start with just one employee’s work station. Michael S. Williamson | The Washington Post | Getty Images LONDON — British cybersecurity start-up Darktrace saw its shares surge as much as 43% in its highly-anticipated London debut Friday. The company priced
A selection of food that is on the menu at the Jack in the Box on Campus Drive in Irvine, Calif. Glenn Koenig | Los Angeles | Getty Images First-quarter earnings season is well underway, with several tech heavyweights reporting their financial results for the most recent quarter this past week. There’s more to