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Constantine Johnny | Moment | Getty Images There’s still time to avoid a penalty if you didn’t pay enough taxes in 2022 — but the clock is ticking. If you are self-employed or receive income from gig economy work, investments and more, the deadline for your 2022 fourth-quarter estimated tax payment is Jan. 17. Your

As inflation spiked, Americans in the middle class were particularly hard hit. For them, prices increased faster than their income, according to a September report by the Congressional Budget Office. Households in the lowest and highest income groups saw their income grow faster than prices over the same time period, the report found. Even though

Occupy Wall Street Over 200 millionaires are urging the elite echelons in attendance at this week’s World Economic Forum in Davos to “tackle extreme wealth” and “tax the ultra-rich” to help relieve the cost-of-living strain off ordinary households.   The Patriotic Millionaires — self-described as “a group of high-net worth Americans who share a profound

From catching Covid-19 to getting caught in a blizzard, traveling can be risky business these days. But just how risky often depends on the destination — and how you define the risks. Safest cities: people’s perceptions A report published by the U.K.-based insurance company William Russell ranked the “safest cities in the world,” according to

Peter Cade | Stone | Getty Images Luxury shoppers are getting wealthier and younger, with purchases by some of the newest consumers expected to grow three times faster than older generations over the next decade, according to a new report. Generation Y, also known as millennials, and Generation Z accounted for all of the luxury

Singapore is welcoming them back, but a full return of Chinese tourists isn’t likely in 2023, Singapore Tourism Board executives said at a press conference Tuesday. Singapore Tourism Board’s CEO Keith Tan cited limited flight capacity and the speed of China’s border reopening as some of the reasons a full recovery from Chinese tourists isn’t

Skyline in lower Manhattan. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Over the last two years, the richest 1% of people have accumulated close to two-thirds of all new wealth created around the world, a new report from Oxfam says. A total of $42 trillion in new wealth has been created since 2020, with

Wedding ceremonies are held differently even within India with some couples choosing big religious ceremonies, while others lean toward a more intimate celebration. Rvimages | E+ | Getty Images Indian weddings are big business. But some of them may not be quite so big this year as they once would have been. The celebrations are

Every big idea likely has a few detractors at some point. Startups that become multibillion-dollar companies are no exception. Take Broadcast.com, the pioneering audiov streaming company that made Mark Cuban a billionaire. When Cuban and his friend Todd Wagner took over the company in 1995, it was one of the first streaming platforms in existence,

Just off the coast of Miami Beach, on ultra-exclusive Fisher Island, there is one crane on one construction site. It is the last plot of land available for development and an unlikely bet on luxury real estate at a time when the housing market appears to be in freefall. Jorge Perez, also known as “the

Mykhailo Polenok / Eyeem | Eyeem | Getty Images After another challenging year for the IRS in 2022, the agency may be primed for a better 2023 tax season — but improvements may take time. The National Taxpayer Advocate on Wednesday released its annual report to Congress covering last year’s biggest issues at the IRS,

Porsche shares rose in their stock market debut Thursday, in one of the biggest public offerings in Europe ever. Bloomberg | Getty Images Porsche managed to increase its global deliveries last year by 2.6% despite worldwide supply chain issues that crippled other carmakers as well as sales of its first all-electric car. The German sports

Fatih Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images There’s a chance a Mega Millions player is on the verge of joining a very short list: winners who snag a jackpot worth more than $1 billion. The grand prize is an estimated $1.35 billion for Friday night’s drawing. That’s how much you’d win if you were

In this article SIAL-SG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Singapore’s Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung told Parliament Monday that the government is not imposing new restrictions on travelers from China because limited flight capacity, combined with its current border policies, have resulted in few imported cases — and even fewer severe cases —

Handbags displayed in a Chanel SA store window at the Avenuel department store, operated by Lotte Shopping Co Ltd., in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Whether it’s calf-leather Italian Prada bags or classic, checkered British Burberry trench coats, South Koreans are the world’s biggest spenders

In this article DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Sky Lounge during a tour of Delta Air Lines Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Delta Air Lines plans to curb employee access to

mediaphotos | E+ | Getty Images Tax season is almost here, and there are key things to know before the IRS begins accepting individual returns, experts say.  While tax filing for business returns kicks off on Jan. 12, the IRS hasn’t announced the opening date for individual filers. Last year, the tax-filing season began on

Scott Olson | Getty Images You may face long odds of hitting the Mega Millions jackpot — now worth $1.35 billion — but the taxman is always guaranteed a slice when there’s a winner. The jackpot jumped again after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night to land the grand prize. If won

South Korea on Tuesday hit back at claims that its Covid rules for Chinese travelers are “discriminatory,” saying more than half of its imported cases are coming from China. In a response to CNBC, Seung-ho Choi, a deputy director at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said that up to 80% of “imported confirmed

Scott Olson | Getty Images If you’ve never had family or friends hit you up for money, that is likely to change if you were to win Tuesday’s $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot. The grand prize has been climbing through twice-weekly drawings since mid-October, with no ticket matching all six numbers drawn to land the