Crypto bull Meltem Demirors said Wednesday she believes the recent turbulence in bitcoin and ether are positive long-term developments, contending the optimistic story around the digital assets remains intact. “It’s been really frothy. There was a lot of leverage in the markets. Some of that got taken out in April,” the chief strategy officer at CoinShares
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In this article BBY TFC BLK MoMo Productions | Stone | Getty Images Many Americans do not have the cash on hand to cover an unexpected emergency expense, a reality that has become more apparent during the Covid-19 pandemic. That has led to a growing call for companies to step in and adopt programs to
Learning from subprime, health care and electricity. Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor of Texas, is clearly what my father would have called a piece of work. Early in the pandemic he made headlines by saying that older Americans should be willing to risk death so that younger people could “get back to work.” More recently,
Property taxes are an important source of revenue for local and state governments. In fiscal year (FY) 2018 (the most recent year of data available), property taxes generated 31.1 percent of total U.S. state and local tax collections and 71.7 percent of local tax collections. Local governments rely heavily on property taxes to fund schools, roads, police departments, and
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, delivers remarks during a press briefing with Press Secretary Jen Psaki at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2021. Tom Brenner | Reuters Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the White House, said Wednesday that Covid-19 infections are decreasing
In this article CSCO In this image released on May 2, 2021, from left, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins and Chief Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability Officer of Coca-Cola Company Bea Perez speak onstage during Global Citizen VAX LIVE: The Concert To Reunite The World at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Kevin Winter | Getty Images
Federal Reserve officials at their April meeting said a strong pickup in economic activity would warrant discussions about tightening monetary policy, according to minutes from the session released Wednesday. “A number of participants suggested that if the economy continued to make rapid progress toward the Committee’s goals, it might be appropriate at some point in
It’s taken Elon Musk decades to amass his more than $160 billion fortune. But a new online game lets you try to spend it all in under 30 seconds. The game, called “Spending Elon’s Money,” is available to play for free on the website of Leasing Options, a British car rental company. Players start with
In this article ECL TMO MSFT GOOGL ESGU PRBLX Visitors pass by the logo of Google at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech, in Paris, France May 16, 2019. Charles Platiau | Reuters Funds that invest sustainably love tech companies – and Alphabet in particular. MSCI studied the year end
Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Joe Biden wants to raise taxes on wealthy households to fund part of his infrastructure agenda. But some of those tax hikes are poised to happen even if Biden’s legislative push isn’t successful. That’s due to the way in which lawmakers structured the 2017 Tax
When the Covid pandemic hit, small business owners across the country scrambled to stay afloat. Those who managed to stay open were the fortunate ones. As of May 5, the number of U.S. small businesses that are open decreased by 33.8% compared to January 2020, according to Opportunity Insights, a Harvard-based economic tracker. Here’s how
Here’s a guide to avoiding unnecessary taxes on withdrawals made last year. Retirement savers need to pay close attention to their income tax filings this year because of pandemic-related changes to rules for required withdrawals. Even in normal times, the rules for mandatory minimum withdrawals can be confusing, and are even more so this year
In this article PHM @LB.1 A customer wearing a protective mask loads lumber onto a cart at a Home Depot store in Pleasanton, California, on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lumber futures fell for an eighth-straight day on Wednesday and threatened to derail a monthslong frenzy that pushed
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People wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, are seen in front of the Giant Olympic rings at the waterfront area at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan, February 27, 2020. Athit Perawongmetha | Reuters Arthur L. Caplan is the founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU School of
In this article TGT Shoppers at a Target store in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Target will report its fiscal first-quarter earnings on Wednesday before the bell. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, according to Refinitiv consensus estimates: Earnings per share: $2.25 Revenue: $21.81 billion The big-box retailer saw significant growth during the pandemic,