Maybe your uncle had a heart attack as soon as he retired. Or your newly-retired friends feel depressed and lost without structure to their day. A cheerful article in Harvard Health News arguing that working longer provides mental stimulation and staves off chronic disease may have led you to believe that retirement killed your uncle
Scott Peterson of Avalara discusses the South Dakota v. Wayfair decision, including how companies and states are faring five years later and what could be next with sales tax nexus. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes
Forbes Global Properties Woodstock Ranch in Santa Ynez, California, is a private equestrian community offering peaceful country living within some 2,400 acres. Old-growth oak trees dot hillsides green from the winter rains. Spring brings bright patches of wildflowers. Cattle meander lazily in the summer sun. For some homeowners, whose parcels range from about 20 to
Chicken produced in a laboratory from chicken cells. Terry Chea | AP The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the sale of cell-cultured chicken in a landmark decision that clears the path for consumers to try it out themselves, the two startups that received the first approvals said Wednesday. Cultured meat, also known as cultivated,
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks Wednesday to the House Financial Services Committee in the first of two days on Capitol Hill where he will be testifying on monetary policy.
Between his own business success and his investments in hundreds of startups, Mark Cuban knows what it takes to be highly successful. There’s one trait you should cultivate above all others if you want to be successful too, he says. “The one thing in life you can control is your effort,” Cuban, 64, recently said
Grashalex | Istock | Getty Images I started working on Wall Street in the late 1990s, and it was the heyday of the initial public offering fever. Those IPOs peaked in 2020. To that point, there were 480 IPOs on the U.S. stock market in 2020, which was an all-time record. This was 106.9% more
More than half of Tal Thompson’s 46 employees are teenagers. The owner of the Art Factory in Midlothian, Virginia, said this summer, more than ever, she’s been inundated with applications from high school and college students looking for work. The pay for jobs at the studio and coffee shop, which hosts art classes, summer camps,
Many of the nation’s bigger cities confront a surplus of aging Class B and C office buildings. They also suffer from a deficit of affordable apartments. The solution would seem obvious. Convert obsolete, empty office structures to needed housing, achieving a more environmentally respectful solution than building apartments from scratch. Murphy’s law being what it
In this article PFE MRNA NVAX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A pharmacist prepares to administer Covid-19 vaccine booster shots during an event hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the Southwest Senior Center in Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 9, 2022. Scott Olson | Getty Images The U.S. Food and Drug Administration‘s Covid
Ole Kaällenius (front, r), CEO of Mercedes, signs a memorandum of understanding on cooperation on June 20, 2023, alongside Zhimin Qian (front, l), Chairman of the State Power Investment Corporation, in front of Li Qiang (back, l), Premier of the People’s Republic of China, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD, back, r). Picture Alliance |
Daniel Grill | Tetra Images | Getty Images The start of the year was plagued by waves of layoffs: through the end of May, companies announced plans to cut 417,500 jobs, up 315% from the same period last year, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Big names like Disney, Google, Lyft and Meta were among
Medicare Advantage PPO (preferred provider organization) plans give members the flexibility to choose physicians, so they have coverage wherever they go within the United States or its territories. Even though non-contracted physicians don’t have to see every member (except in emergencies) and out-of-network services can cost more, PPO plans are a popular option, making up
“Man cave (noun): a room or space (as in a basement) designed according to the taste of the man of the house to be used as his personal area for hobbies and leisure activities,” explains MerriamWebster.com. Teddy Roosevelt had one filled with hunting trophies. Winston Churchill’s was an art studio where he enjoyed painting, and
In this article NOVO.B-DK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, boxes of the diabetes drug Ozempic rest on a pharmacy counter on April 17, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Novo Nordisk on Tuesday sued five medical spas and wellness clinics for allegedly selling cheaper, unauthorized versions
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with China’s President Xi Jinping (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. Leah Millis | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored the importance of the economic aspects of the bilateral U.S.-China relationship during his
Erin M. Collins, National Taxpayer Advocate. Source: IRS After a flood of business returns with a pandemic-era tax credit, the IRS is weighing guidance for those who wrongly claimed the tax break. The employee retention credit was created to support small businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. There’s still time to amend returns and claim the
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin After months of speculation, Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has been charged with tax and gun charges. According to court documents, he is expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges as part of a plea deal. In a letter filed in
Why is it so hard for people in their 60s, 70s and even 80s to admit they are changing with age? Believe me, I hate “ageism” as much as the next person, but fighting ageism doesn’t need to be synonymous with denial of the reality of aging, especially by those who have crossed the age
Owning a second home or vacation property can sound enticing. But it can also be very expensive, both in terms of time and money. There are also hidden costs associated with owning a second home. For some individuals and families, buying a vacation home makes a lot of sense. It’s comfortably affordable and the home