Many Americans seem to be addicted to income tax refunds, even though financial planners often advise having less tax withheld from your pay throughout the year as the better way to manage your cash flow. Nearly two-thirds of taxpayers — more than 111 million Americans — received a refund from the Internal Revenue Service last
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Andre Iguodala, Golden State Warriors and author. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Andre Iguodala has built a reputation that goes far beyond his on-court defense. The three-time NBA champion also has amassed an investment portfolio of more than 40 companies. Iguodala has invested in Allbirds, Casper and Jumia, but he told CNBC on Friday his best
Wall Street used to be full of traders. Buying and selling stocks or bonds used to happen on the phone, in person or in the packed trading pits in Chicago, New York and London. Prestigious investment banks boasted of trading desks the size of football fields. Now, they’re losing money on trading operations and laying
Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images AstraZeneca forecast a likely slowdown in revenue growth this year, assuming a hit from China’s coronavirus epidemic lasting up to a few months, although it added there had been limited disruption to its operations so far. Shares in the company, one of the world’s major drugmakers, tumbled as
Shoppers walk through the King of Prussia mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Jennah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Simon Property Group is on a buying spree as America’s mall operators grapple with declining foot traffic and some struggle to keep their doors open. The biggest mall owner in the U.S. is close to
With thousands of store closures in the last three years and petitions against Subway from its franchise owners, the fast-food chain with the most locations globally seems to be on the rocks. We unpack what’s going on and where Subway’s headed from here. MORE FAST FOOD CONTENT: Animated Map Shows Where Your Favorite Coffee Actually
► Visit our brand new YouTube channel, FT Life at: http://bit.ly/2qzoKSt Prime Minister Theresa May has brought forward the UK’s next general election. The FT’s Henry Mance explains why and how the country votes for its government Credits: Graphics by Russell Birkett. Produced by Seb Morton-Clark. ► Subscribe to FT.com here: http://bit.ly/2r8RJzM ► Subscribe to
The horror author says writing is a form of self-hypnosis and having a daily routine helps him fall into a trance.
For a long time it’s been said “fusion is the energy of the future. And always will be”. But now, with an influx of private investment, fusion startups are in the race for the holy grail of energy – limitless, clean power. A company based in Oxford, U.K. believes they’re close. #BloombergGiantLeap #Science #Technology ——–
Tetra Images | Getty Images In a world where much of consumer banking has gone high-tech, the most costly scams involve an old-school tool: checks. At about $2,000 a pop, fake-check scams cheated consumers out of more than $28 million in 2019, according to the Federal Trade Commission. That per-instance amount is more than six
Tesla has a long way to go before it justifies its current stock price, New York University finance professor Aswath Damodaran told CNBC on Thursday. Damodaran, known as the “dean of valuation” for his company analyses, said the electric-auto maker would need to have revenues comparable to the Volkswagen Group in 10 years, margins similar
Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and Block Island are classic New England islands. Framed by white sand beaches, these photogenic locations are dotted with Victorian architecture and Federal-style brick mansions built by sea captains and industrialists who profited from the once-thriving whaling trade. Lighthouses, dramatic bluffs and windswept dunes complete the alluring picture that keeps tourists coming
People pass by a video sign display with the logo for Roku, a Fox-backed video streaming firm, that held it’s IPO at the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York, September 28, 2017. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Roku – Shares of the streaming company jumped 5% in extended
PepsiCo on Thursday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped analysts’ expectations. Shares of the company rose less than 1% in premarket trading. Here’s what the company reported compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by Refinitiv: Earnings per share: $1.45, adjusted, vs. $1.44 expected Revenue: $20.67 billion, vs.
Barbie dolls for sale at a Target store. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Mattel turned in mixed fourth-quarter results after holiday revenue was weighed down by continuing sales declines in its American Girl and Fisher-Price brands. The company’s stock initially dropped, but now was up about 5% in extended trading, after posting the results. Sales during
As taxpayers roll into the second tax-filing season under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, one question remains: “Will I come out ahead in 2019?” The IRS began accepting 2019 tax returns on Jan. 27 and anticipates it will receive more than 150 million individual returns this year. Thus far, the agency has delivered 4.3
Tesla shares slid after the electric automaker said it plans a $2 billion common stock offering, just two weeks after CEO Elon Musk said the company would not take advantage of its surging stock to raise more capital. Musk himself will buy as much as $10 million of stock in this offering, while Tesla board member Larry Ellison
St. Clare’s Hospital was everything to Jerry and Kathy Adach. They married after meeting at the Schenectady, New York area hospital, where both worked, in the early ’80s. Their two daughters were born there. The couple, who devoted a combined 59 years of service to the facility, had expected to retire with a good pension
Kraft and Heinz products Scott Olson | Getty Images Kraft Heinz said Thursday it would be pushing back the unveiling of its turnaround plan from March to May. The announcement came as the company saw its sales decline in the fourth quarter, despite higher prices. Net sales fell 5.1% to $6.54 billion, missing Wall Street’s
A man pushes a man on wheelchair past a propaganda banner on a wall in a hutong, following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, in Beijing, China February 11, 2020. The Chinese characters on the banner read, “Strengthen self-protection, do not panic, believe in science, do not spread rumours”. Tingshu Wang |
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Luxury cousins to the mushroom, truffles are an indulgent food enjoyed across the world. But these fragrant fungi will cost you. For more, visit: https://www.englishtruffles.co.uk/ —————————————————— #Truffles #SoExpensive #BusinessInsider Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/businessinsider BI on Facebook: https://read.bi/2xOcEcj
George Hotz, the first person to hack the iPhone, says he built a self-driving car in a month. How did he do it? Bloomberg’s Ashlee Vance went to Hotz’s home to find out… and took his retrofitted Acura for a test-drive. (Video by David Nicholson)
Venture capitalist Peter Thiel tells Google Chairman Eric Schmidt the company has no idea how to invest its money.
Sandy Nurse doesn’t see why she needs to be $120,000 in debt “just for trying to improve my understanding of the world.” And so, after a decade of struggling to repay her student loans, she plans to stop trying. She hopes others will join her, too, in a national strike against the country’s outstanding student
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday blasted Bed Bath & Beyond‘s decision to announce disappointing same-store sales figures well ahead of its fourth-quarter earnings release. However, Cramer said investors could use the subsequent stock plunge as a buying opportunity. “I would buy it,” he added. Bed Bath & Beyond shares sank about 25% on Wednesday after
Exhausted road warriors look to airport hotels for convenience. But increasingly, those hotels want travelers to visit for reasons that go beyond ease of access. Essential needs remain constant, but a growing number of amenities, such as lavish spas and farm-to-table dining, tell of an evolving trend. Airport hotels, like Grant Hyatt at SFO, are
DBS Group Holdings in the central business district of Singapore. Nicky Loh | Bloomberg | Getty Images The ongoing spread of a new coronavirus disease, recently named COVID-19, could hit the revenue of Southeast Asia’s largest bank this year, its chief executive said on Thursday. Piyush Gupta, the CEO of Singaporean bank DBS, said the
Airplane fuselages bound for Boeing’s 737 Max production facility await shipment on rail sidings at their top supplier, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc, in Wichita, Kansas, U.S. December 17, 2019. Nick Oxford | Reuters Boeing warned Wednesday that the coronavirus outbreak could hurt aircraft deliveries in the first quarter of the year, as traffic in Asia
Shoppers enter a Kohl’s store in Peoria, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Kohl’s is laying off 250 people as it restructures parts of its business following a dismal holiday season. The changes will help Kohl’s streamline communications and eliminate the overlap of management positions, Kohl’s senior vice president of communications, Jen Johnson,
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