As Covid-19 cases continue to rise and businesses struggle to adapt to their new normal, many Americans are stepping up to help people in their communities. From personal gestures to financial contributions, experts say giving back in many ways — big and small — can have a significant impact on your own well-being, emotionally and
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TOPLINE The market opened lower on Thursday, with more big banks reporting second quarter earnings, as investors grappled with the latest economic data showing the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Stocks fell as major banks continued to report earnings. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images KEY FACTS The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.6%,
The IRS warns about the top 12 taxpayer scams. Getty Tax season is finally over, unless you opted for a filing extension until October 15, but tax scams are still brewing. The Internal Revenue Service released its annual Dirty Dozen tax scams today with a warning about aggressive and evolving schemes related to Covid-19 tax
Famed theme park economist Buzz Price (left) and Walt Disney’s nephew Roy Ask.Buzz Developing a theme park is far from child’s play, especially in the current economic climate. The coronavirus brought dark clouds to the industry as parks around the world temporarily closed their doors and froze their expansion budgets. It has driven the development
DoorDash announced a partnership Thursday with Walgreens Boots Alliance to deliver over-the-counter medication and other products from the drugstore chain. The service is launching in the Chicago, Atlanta and Denver areas, with plans to expand to other markets throughout the summer, according to a news release. More than 2,300 products from the store are available for
An employee moves a pizza to an oven at a Domino’s Pizza Inc. restaurant in Chantilly, Virginia. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Domino’s Pizza on Thursday reported that its quarterly U.S. same-store sales soared 16.1% as more consumers ordered pizza delivery and takeout during the coronavirus pandemic. Shares were down 1.5% in morning
A pedestrian passes in front of a Charles Schwab Corp. bank branch in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Christopher Dilts | Bloomberg | Getty Images Charles Schwab’s trading activity and new accounts continued to surge in the second quarter amid a boom in retail investing during an unprecedented time for financial markets. The broker managed 1.62 million
Warren Buffett. Gerald Miller | CNBC An off-brand move to pile into Apple shares might have been Warren Buffett’s greatest trade ever. Berkshire Hathaway‘s Apple stake — which has claimed 40% of its equity portfolio — is up a whopping $40 billion since the market bottom in March. The investment in the tech giant played a crucial role
Christie’s gamechangers sale includes rare Michael Jordan sneakers. The 1984’s game worn Air Ship sneakers are expected to fetch between $330,000 – $550,000. Source: Christie’s Michael Jordan game-worn collectibles continue to reach new heights, nearly two decades after the Chicago Bulls icon hung up his laces for good. On Thursday, Christie’s Auction House and Stadium
A vehicle is seen in a caravan protest asking the state of Florida to fix its unemployment system on May 22, 2020 in Miami Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Florida’s unemployment office is cutting nearly 1,000 workers from its call center — around a quarter of its representatives — at a time when the state’s jobless claims
Getty Are you just out of college and beginning a new career? Do you want to save money to buy a new car or home, or get married and eventually start a family? Or perhaps you just want to have a financial buffer for emergencies or know when and how you can start saving for
Drivers wait in line for boxes of food from the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida at a drive-through event at the City of Destiny church in Orange County, Florida. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images ‘Horrendous time’ “This is a horrendous time to have a lapse in benefits,” said Wendy Edelberg, senior fellow
Are you watching for your tax refund? The July 15 tax deadline is now behind us, so unless you extended to October 15 to cut your audit risk, you might be thinking about a juicy tax refund that you hope will come quickly. The day after tax day, the IRS is quick to remind everyone
Aaron Galvin is the CEO & Founder of Luxury Living Chicago Realty, a multifamily consulting, marketing, branding and strategy brokerage. Getty Apartment hunting as we know it has changed. As the owner of a brokerage firm specializing in apartment leasing, I have seen the current pandemic dramatically shift how apartments are being marketed and leased. And
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a “Vaccine COVID-19” sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Over 100 prominent scientists, including 15 Nobel laureates, are calling for healthy volunteers to be exposed to the coronavirus to see whether vaccines against Covid-19 actually work. The
Travelers itching for a change of scenery amid months of lockdowns and stay-at-home orders brought on by the coronavirus pandemic now have a new option. The Maldives reopened to international visitors this week, after being closed to visitors since March 27. While much of the world has shut its borders or enacted strict measures on
Users of Monzo’s premium account, Monzo Plus, will get sent blue cards with holographic foil to make Monzo British financial technology start-up Monzo is giving paid-for checking accounts another go, with a revamped premium service it hopes will help generate a new source of revenue. Monzo, which provides banking services through an app, initially tried
Small-business owners are struggling to stay afloat as coronavirus cases spike in many parts of the country — even with stimulus aid from the government. Despite that, worker headcount among small businesses was nearly back to pre-Covid-19 levels, according to exclusive data compiled by human resource provider Gusto and based on more than 100,000 small
Source: Jessica Kennedy Shopping during the pandemic can run the gamut from panic-buying of canned sardines to scooping up a coop’s worth of lively chickens. Some retail sprees in the era of Covid-19 are simply about finding ways to feel good during a difficult time — and people have wildly personal ways of doing that.
By Cristina Rouvalis, Next Avenue Contributor Mary Ellen and Mark Meyer are drinking up strong sales at their Wigle Distillery Courtesy of Mark and Mary Ellen Meyer Running a small business can be daunting in the best of times. Throw in a pandemic and it can be devastating. But some older entrepreneurs are thriving during Covid-19