Month: August 2023

Electrical workers repair power lines leading into the fire ravaged town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii, August 15, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Electric companies in the western U.S. are facing mounting lawsuits alleging that their failure to prepare for extreme weather has resulted in repeated, catastrophic wildfires that have taken
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Boston Scientific Corp. Chitose Suzuki Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. RPT Realty — RPT Realty shares surged 17% after Kimco Realty, an operator of open-air shopping centers, said it would acquire the real estate investment trust in a roughly $2 billion all-stock deal. Kimco CEO Conor Flynn said, “Approximately 70% of
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Terry Vine | Getty Images Higher earners who maximize retirement savings now have more time for pretax catch-up 401(k) contributions, thanks to new IRS guidance.  Currently, “catch-up contributions” allow savers 50 and older to funnel an extra $7,500 into 401(k) plans and other retirement plans beyond the $22,500 employee deferral limit for 2023. A change
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Google, Meta, and several tax prep companies, including H&R Block and TaxAct, are fielding an escalating number of U.S. lawsuits alleging that they allowed tracking pixels to unlawfully collect taxpayers’ confidential information as they filed their federal income tax returns online. The claims, which were first reported in November 2022 by investigative news outlet The
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For a growing number of families, financial aid is key when it comes to paying for college. With tuition on the rise, most college-bound students now rely on a combination of resources to make it work, including income and savings, free money from scholarships and grants, and, of course, student loans, according to education lender Sallie
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In this article SWBI RGR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People fire an assortment of guns at the annual Machine Gun Shoot sponsored by Shooters Gauntlet on June 03, 2023 in Monroe, Pennsylvania. The shoot, which has been held since 2016, lets gun enthusiast and others shoot machine guns at targets in a controlled
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