In this article LULU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Black Friday shoppers at a Lululemon store at the Garden State Plaza in New Jersey. Mike Calia | CNBC Lululemon on Thursday said it saw strong third-quarter demand, but the retailer’s shares fell as it gave a tepid holiday outlook. Though sales grew across North
Wells Fargo (WFC) had to make some tough calls to stay on course with its turnaround plan. It’s one of three industry developments that impact Wells and our other bank name, Morgan Stanley (MS). Wells Fargo said this week that more layoffs are on the horizon for 2024, as the bank doubles down on efficiency
zimmytws | iStock | Getty Images There’s renewed focus on the Social Security retirement age, thanks to recent Republican presidential debates. The Social Security board of trustees projects the program’s combined funds will run out in 2034, when just 80% of benefits may be payable. To prevent that, lawmakers may generally raise taxes, cut benefits
Hong Kong residential prices could fall by another 10% in 2024, according to DBS Hong Kong. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hong Kong’s property market has plunged nearly 20% since its peak, and it may be a good time for homeowners to buy — but investors might want to think twice, according to Peter
SALT Deduction Cap Design Options: Details & Analysis Skip to content Home • Blog • Policymakers Must Weigh the Revenue, Distributional, and Economic Trade-Offs of SALT Deduction Cap Design Options Heading into 2024, Congress is inching closer to a raft of taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national
President Joe Biden speaks about protecting Social Security, Medicare, and lowering prescription drug costs, during a visit to OB Johnson Park and Community Center, in Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Nov. 1, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration on Thursday asserted its authority to seize the patents of certain costly medications in a new
In this article RACE-IT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Don’t call the Ferrari Purosangue an SUV. For one, the company doesn’t, omitting the moniker from its launch materials and press announcements, dubbing it instead “the first four-door, four-seater Ferrari.” Ferrari’s mystique is built on racing and rarity. Slapping the famed prancing horse on just
In this article GME Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A GameStop store in a strip mall in Chicago on March 16, 2023. Scott Olson | Getty Images Struggling retailer GameStop is giving its CEO and chair Ryan Cohen even more control, including the ability to use company cash to buy other stocks. In its
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images You may want to think twice before scanning that QR code. The codes — a digital jumble of black and white squares, often used for storing URLs — have become seemingly ubiquitous, found on restaurant menus and in retail stores, for example. However, they can pose risks for the
In this article RDFN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Redfin sign in front of a home for sale in Atlanta on Nov. 10, 2022. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images This year was the least affordable year for homebuying in at least in the past 11 years, according to a Thursday report
In this article CERE ABBV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign stands outside a Abbvie facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 20, 2021. Brian Snyder | Reuters AbbVie on Wednesday said it will acquire neuroscience drugmaker Cerevel Therapeutics for roughly $8.7 billion. Under the terms of the deal, AbbVie will pay $45 per share
Robinhood logo displayed on a phone screen and representation of cryptocurrencies are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on January 29, 2023. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Online brokerage giant Robinhood on Thursday said it’s launching a cryptocurrency trading feature in the European Union,
U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he delivers remarks on aid to Ukraine from the White House in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it would forgive an additional $4.8 billion in student loan debt, for 80,300 borrowers. The relief is a result of the U.S.
Indiana Local Income Taxes Compatible with State Tax Reform? Skip to content Home • Blog • Are Local Income Taxes Compatible with State Tax Reform? Insights from Indiana Local taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government
In this article MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT McDonald’s CosMc’s Restaurant. Courtesy: McDonald’s McDonald’s will open the first location of its new spinoff brand CosMc’s this week in Bolingbrook, Illinois. The fast-food giant plans to open 10 CosMc’s locations, including nine restaurants in Texas, by the end of 2024 in a test. McDonald’s
In this article C JPM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT (L-R) Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO of Bank of America; Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase; and Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup; testify during a Senate Banking Committee hearing at the Hart Senate Office Building on December 06, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Alistair Berg | Digitalvision | Getty Images For years, interest rates were low, inflation was steady and both financial markets and economic conditions were relatively stable. Then the Covid-19 pandemic turned everything on its head. Inflation began to soar and central banks around the world hiked interest rates in an effort to halt rising prices.
Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty Images About 8 million Americans rely on federal benefits that provide income to the elderly, blind and disabled who have little or no income or resources. Yet the program — Supplemental Security Income, or SSI — has not been updated in about 40 years. A bill called the SSI
Residential buildings under construction at China Vanke Co.’s Isle Maison development in Hefei, China, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. China is ramping up pressure on banks to support struggling real estate developers, signaling President Xi Jinping’s tolerance for property sector pain is nearing its limit. Source: Bloomberg Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — China
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel speaks during an IRS event on August 2, 2023 in McLean, Virginia. Alex Wong | Getty Images The IRS is sending more than 20,000 rejection letters to taxpayers who wrongly claimed a pandemic-era tax break as the agency continues its crackdown on “dubious” filings. Created to support small businesses during the