Dartanian Stovall looks at the house that collapsed with him inside during the height of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans. Michael DeMocker | USA TODAY Network via Reuters If you’ve winced at the destruction caused by Hurricane Ida along the Gulf Coast, you may want to consider whether you’re prepared in case the next big
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Kameleon007 | iStock | Getty Images The national eviction ban is no longer in effect, after the Supreme Court struck it down last week, leaving the more than 11 million Americans still behind on their rent at risk of being forced out of their homes. However, at least four states and Washington, D.C., will continue
As lawmakers look for ways to pay for trillions in new spending, they are considering changes to prescription drug pricing under Medicare Part D. As explained here, H.R. 3, the Elijah Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, would use the leverage of steep excise tax penalties to make drug manufacturers lower their prices, generating about
People wearing masks wait to cross a road in the Shibuya district on Feb. 2, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty Images SINGAPORE — The world may not be prepared for an impending wave of dementia and the additional cases that Covid-19 could bring, according to a group representing
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Aug. 3, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. stock futures opened slightly higher Tuesday night after the S&P 500 notched a seven-month win streak in August. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 45 points, or 0.13%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq
When I was 25, inspired by the energy and excitement of the New York Stock Exchange after a visit when I was in college, I started my own investing firm, Caffey Investment Group. Prior to launching my business, I worked at my father’s insurance agency for three years and then worked at two other investment
FatCamera Most workers over age 40 don’t have sufficient retirement savings and aren’t setting aside enough to catch up, according to a survey from the Insured Retirement Institute. Despite the nest egg shortfall, many still expect to retire early and believe they will have ample retirement income. More than half of older Americans have less
zimmytws | iStock | Getty Images A new report released by the Social Security Administration on Tuesday reveals new estimates of just how much the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the program’s already ailing trust funds. The results show the funds from which the program pays benefits have been “significantly affected” by both the pandemic and
Jianbi Chen | iStock | Getty Images Now that struggling renters are no longer protected by a national ban on evictions, it has become even more pressing for those households to get approved for federal rental assistance. Congress has allocated more than $45 billion in rental assistance to address the crisis hitting tenants and their
Ben Rains dives into the broader market as we head into September. The bullish outlook remains in place despite various concerns and all three major U.S. indexes are trading right near their all-time highs. Given this backdrop, investors might want to consider buying two highly-ranked technology stocks trading at huge discounts at the moment. (0:30)
2019 Ram 1500 Mack Hogan/CNBC Ram trucks topped J.D. Power’s ranking of new vehicles by quality for the first time ever. Across the industry, the annual study showed drivers complained the most about new high-tech features, such as infotainment systems. Dodge landed in second place, with Lexus and Mitsubishi tied in third for new vehicle
OLIVIER DOULIERY | AFP | Getty Images Millions of people are poised to lose their unemployment benefits this weekend, when federal pandemic-era policies will end. Congress authorized a historic expansion of the country’s safety net for jobless individuals in March 2020 to manage the fallout of the Covid-fueled economic downturn. Lawmakers twice extended those temporary
Visoot Uthairam | Moment | Getty Images Scammers have bilked Americans out of $545 million in Covid-related fraud since the beginning of 2020 in a range of schemes from online shopping to travel, according to the FTC. The agency received almost 589,000 consumer complaints associated with the pandemic from Jan. 1, 2020 to Aug. 30,
Deciding if and when to expand a business isn’t an easy task. When partners disagree, it also adds some tension into the mix, especially if they are married. For Chris and Emily Elias, it was a debate over whether to broaden their existing mobile dog-grooming business, Massapequa, New York-based The Ruff Life, into other cities
Real estate agents Rosa Arrigo, center, and Elisa Rosen, right, work an open house in West Hempstead, New York on April 18, 2021. Newsday LLC | Newsday | Getty Images Home prices rose 18.6% annually in June, up from the 16.8% increase in May, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index. That
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Taiwan is banking on a homegrown Covid-19 shot to speed up its inoculation program as the island and many countries struggle to secure vaccine deliveries from major drug companies. The locally produced Covid vaccine from Medigen Vaccine Biologics was rolled out last week, with President Tsai Ing-wen receiving her first shot of the two-dose vaccine
A Meituan food courier delivers a bag of food to a resident of a neighborhood under lockdown due to the recent COVID-19 outbreak on August 11, 2021, in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province of China. Yang Huafeng | China News Service | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s services industry contracted in August for the first time since
Adina Eigen took her first trip to the British Virgin Islands in December 2020. Around that time, it had one of the world’s lowest Covid rates among islands that had reopened. The 42-year-old mother of four from Sands Point, New York, has since returned twice, checking infection rates — and vaccination statistics — before her
Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Even as the delta variant of Covid-19 upends return to work and school plans, many parents who are now sidelined are plotting a return to work. About 81% of parents who are looking for job openings are planning to do so for financial reasons, according to a new survey conducted