Valentines Day brings up the subject of romance and finding a partner for those who are alone. Many turn to social media, dating apps, and any online resource they can find. Clever scammers know that there are endless opportunities for them to find and fleece naive older adults. Those who are most trusting of others
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In this article DKNG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration the DraftKings logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images DraftKings on Thursday posted quarterly results that missed Wall Street estimates on the top and bottom line, but it increased its revenue by
A screen displays the company logo for Toast Inc. during the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2021. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Toast, maker of restaurant management software, said on Thursday it will let go of 550 employees, about 10% of its workforce. The company
After nearly four years, the Eastern & Oriental Express is back on the rails. The train, which is operated by the luxury travel company Belmond, this week welcomed its first set of passengers since it stopped running as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The luxury train has been operating in Southeast Asia
Vasily Pindyurin | fStop | Getty Images Consumers lost a record $10 billion to fraud in 2023, and imposter scams were the most prevalent swindle, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Nearly 854,000 people filed complaints to the FTC about imposter scams in 2023. This represents 33% of the total consumer fraud reports filed to
I know; you’re probably ready to come at me with a million reasons why my assertion in the title is emphatically untrue. But retirement planning is not the complicated problem that you imagine. No, no, retirement planning is complex. What does that even mean? And why does it matter? We have to be careful about
In this article SHAK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Chicken Shack sandwich from Shake Shack. Shake Shack Shares of Shake Shack surged 26% on Thursday after the burger chain delivered strong fourth-quarter earnings results. The stock reached a new 52-week high of $98.90 and is up more than 67% in the last 12
In this article CBK-DE .BBKA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Commerzbank on Thursday reported a 55% hike in net profit for 2023, as high interest rates helped the German banking giant report its best results in 15 years. Net profit for the year beat expectations to come in at 2.2 billion euros ($2.36 billion),
In this article WFC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Wells Fargo President and CEO Charlie Scharf attends The Future of Everything presented by The Wall Street Journal at Spring Studios in New York City, on May 17, 2022. Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Wells Fargo said Thursday one of its
Younger generations grew their wealth much faster than older Americans after the pandemic began, thanks largely to stocks, according to a new study. The total wealth of Americans under 40 surged by 80%, to $9.5 trillion, between the first quarter of 2019 and the third quarter of 2023, according to a study by the New
IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel speaks at a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images After vowing in September to “substantially” reduce audits on a low-income tax credit, the IRS confirmed it’s taking steps to address the inequity. “We’ve announced a significant and dramatic reduction
What’s the most you can receive from Social Security? The answer is…it depends on your age, your work history, your marital status, and your retirement decisions. Let’s start with answering the immediate questions about the maximum Social Security benefits payable in 2024, then we’ll explore how you can maximize your Social Security benefits. What Is
A True Religion brand storefront. True Religion The hedge fund that owns True Religion is exploring a sale of the Y2K-era jeans brand as it returns to growth and profitability after emerging from its second bankruptcy, CNBC has learned. True Religion sales jumped about 20% to around $280 million last year, and it brought in
In this article STLAM-IT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT (L-R) United Auto Workers (U.A.W.) members Kaleb Delfine, Bryan Broecker, Michael Gatto and James Triplett picket outside the Jeep Plant on September 18, 2023 in Toledo, Ohio. Sarah Rice | Getty Images Global auto giant Stellantis on Thursday reported a 10% year-on-year fall in profit
Skyline view of the City of London financial district. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. economy slipped into a technical recession in the final quarter of last year, initial figures showed Thursday. The Office for National Statistics said U.K. gross domestic product shrank by 0.3% in the final three
Andresr | E+ | Getty Images It looks like 2024 could be the “Year of the Layoffs.” The Los Angeles Times, Google, Amazon, Macy’s, Paramount and other companies have recently shed substantial numbers of employees. Could your company be next? Over the past two decades in my work as an advisor, I have helped scores
The Social Security retirement program will be unable to pay full promised benefits in about 10 years. To address this, two highly-respected experts would slash tax subsidies for private retirement savings and use the money to shore up the public system. Andrew Biggs, a former deputy administrator of the Social Security Administration and Alicia Munnell,
Varda’s first manufacturing satellite and reentry vehicle attached to a Rocket Lab Photon bus. Rocket Lab Space startup Varda received long-awaited approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to bring its first spacecraft back to earth after a stint manufacturing drugs in space. Varda’s small W-Series 1 capsule, or W-1, has been stuck in orbit since
In this article TAP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Coors beer is displayed on a store shelf on February 13, 2024 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Brewer Molson Coors said on Tuesday that it expects to maintain its market share gains in the year ahead. The company, which makes Coors
Customers shop at an RC Willey home furnishings store in Draper, Utah, Aug. 28, 2023. George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images Inflation has pulled back significantly from its pandemic-era peak. In fact, some categories have fallen into outright deflation, meaning consumers are seeing the prices decline instead of rise. Deflation has largely occurred among physical goods
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