It’s been a stellar year for the travel industry, according to Morning Consult. The market research company, in a new report entitled “2023 Holiday Travel Trends,” summarized the year by stating: “leisure volume soared, airplanes were packed, and hotel bookings were high.” But heading into the year-end peak travel season, consumers are showing increased price
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Scott Olson | Getty The Powerball jackpot has jumped to an estimated $543 million without a winner from Saturday night’s drawing. It’s the fourth Powerball jackpot to rise above half a billion dollars in 2023, and there are two grand prize options: a lump sum payout of $272.2 million or an annuitized payout of $543
Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign event at the Hyatt Hotel on December 13, 2023 in Coralville, Iowa. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images The judge presiding over the high-stakes civil business fraud trial of former President Donald Trump harshly questioned the credibility of a key expert
Transcript There’s one word that has impacted virtually every era of recorded history. From the rise and fall of entire nations, to the food you eat and the car you drive. From revolutionary wars, to revolutions in fashion. That word is…taxes. Yep, taxes. It turns out that many of our most basic tax types have
In this article SIG WMT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT SECAUCUS, N.J. — Here, shoppers can browse engagement rings, tennis bracelets and pendant necklaces displayed behind glass. Then, they can walk a few yards to grab milk, cereal or socks. Welcome to Walmart. During recent inflation, the world’s largest retailer attracted new and higher-income
In this article KWS-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Herman Narula, co-founder and CEO of Improbable, speaks during a session at the Web Summit in Lisbon. Henrique Casinhas | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Metaverse company Improbable has sold one of its key gaming ventures to London-listed video game developer Keywords Studios
Mark Cuban believes in the power of silence and patience — until he’s so tempted during a negotiation that he just can’t help breaking one of his biggest rules. That happened on Friday’s episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” when couple Fred Zwar and Kirsten Maitland pitched their artisan vegan cheese company Rebel Cheese. The pair
Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty Images Like it or not, generative artificial intelligence has arrived on Wall Street — and experts expect it to transform the way firms do business. To be clear, artificial intelligence, like natural language processing and machine learning, has been used by wealth management and asset management firms for years.
Bymuratdeniz | E+ | Getty Images In October, the pandemic-era pause on student loan payments expired, and the bills resumed for some 22 million people. Just 60% of those borrowers had made a payment by mid-November, new U.S. Department of Education data shows. In a recent blog post on the findings, U.S. Department of Education
In this article NKLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola Corp., exits court in New York, US, on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Stephen Yang | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nikola Founder Trevor Milton is set to be sentenced Monday in a New York courtroom on three charges related to defrauding
A Federal Reserve official said Monday that the market may have misunderstood the central bank’s intended message last week after stocks and bonds rallied sharply. The Fed voted last week to hold rates steady once again, and its updated projections showed an expectation of three rate cuts in 2024. That caused a rally in stocks
A patient waiting for an appointment at a medical clinic. Drs Producoes | E+ | Getty Images Most employees sign up for the workplace health-care plan during open enrollment, and then don’t think much about it afterward. But there are steps you can take at the start of the new year to get the most
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images Moving to another country to eventually retire requires a lot of careful research and planning, taking into account social security, health care, and finances. U.S. consultancy Mercer issues a closely-watched annual report that analyzes 47 different retirement income systems around the world — with European
In this article SIAL-SG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Modern aircraft, comfortable seats and unflappably pleasant flight attendants. These are factors many rankings consider in determining the world’s best airlines. But they overlook a crucial element, according to the passenger rights company AirHelp — how airlines treat customers when problems occur. “We believe that
Singapore city skyline on September 18, 2016. Rustam Azmi | Getty Images News | Getty Images Asia’s family offices used to have a far bigger appetite for risks compared to their global counterparts — but that could be changing, according to a recent survey. A Citi Private Bank global survey in the third quarter of
Market optimism over the potential for interest rate cuts next year is dangerously overdone, according to former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair. Bair, who ran the FDIC during the 2008 financial crisis, suggested Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was irresponsibly dovish at last week’s policy meeting by creating “irrational exuberance” among investors. “The focus still needs
Presented by: Erica York Tom Gannon The Tax Foundation is hosting a Talking Tax Reform webinar to discuss potential policies that could constitute a tax package from Congress. With the expiration of major provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) looming, the upcoming debate is colored by policies that already expired or will
In this article PFE NOVO.B-DK LLY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Weight loss drugs exploded into the public eye this year, and 2024 will bring more change to the evolving market. The drugs skyrocketed in popularity in 2023 as they helped patients shed significant weight, despite hefty
In this article OMF DVN CVS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A person walks by a CVS pharmacy store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Several dividend stocks had a rough year due to elevated interest rates. With the Federal Reserve signaling rate cuts in 2024, dividend stocks
Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty Images While some recent reports have painted Generation Z as taking a relaxed “soft saving” approach to retirement, new research finds this generation is the most confident they’ll be able to retire. Gen Z women are especially optimistic. Almost two-thirds, 65%, of Gen Z respondents are confident they’ll be