Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Travelers – The insurance company earned $3.45 per share for its second quarter, easily beating the consensus estimate of $2.39. Revenue also topped forecasts, with Travelers benefiting from higher premiums, improved investment returns and lower catastrophe losses. Nasdaq – Nasdaq shares rose 1% in the premarket after
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Power plant querbeet | E+ | Getty Images Only a small chunk of governments’ recovery spending in response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been allocated to clean energy measures, according to the International Energy Agency, with the Paris-based organization forecasting that carbon dioxide emissions will hit record levels in 2023. Published on Tuesday, the IEA’s
Sam Edwards | Getty Images When it comes to planning for retirement, it’s important to consider how taxes could gnaw away at your nest egg once you reach your golden years. Assuming you’ve left work earnings behind you, any amount owed to the IRS will come out of your retirement savings or income. So the
Virojt Changyencham | Moment | Getty Images Stocks took a steep dive on Monday amid fears that the coronavirus pandemic will be hard to pull out of. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed more than 700 points by mid-day. The S&P 500 is down 1.9%, and the Nasdaq Composite has lost 1.6%. Despite the uncertain
In this article 1060-HK Joe Tsai, co-founder and executive vice chairman, Alibaba Group. S3studio | Getty Images News | Getty Images Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai is the mystery buyer behind a $157 million apartment deal in Manhattan’s most prestigious condo tower, according to people familiar with the deal. Tsai, who also owns the Brooklyn Nets
In this article .VIX Market bull Art Hogan is looking beyond the trading week’s rough start. The National Securities chief market strategist expects the violent moves will set the stage for a massive comeback that will prompt him to hike his S&P 500 year-end target. “Here we are with everything for sale in a risk-off
In this article IBM Wired senior staff writer Cade Metz and Arvind Krishna, IBM CEO and then senior vice president and director at IBM Research, speak onstage at the Wired Business Conference in New York on June 16, 2016. Brian Ach | Wired | Getty Images IBM shares rose 3% in extended trading on Monday
A medical worker receives the Covid-19 vaccine at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University on April 7, 2021 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. Southern Visual | Visual China Group | Getty Images A federal judge ruled Sunday that Indiana University can require its students to get vaccinated against Covid-19 in the first
Saied Hussain has been hand making tiles out of cement for over 50 years. He says he’s one of the last still doing this work in Egypt — most other workshops couldn’t withstand competition from marble and ceramic tiles. We went to Cairo to see how his business is still standing. Saied does not have
The LEGO NINJAGO World section of LEGOLAND Florida Resort in Winter Haven, Florida. LEGOLAND/Merlin Entertainments Theme parks are set for a big rebound this summer as much of the country starts to exit Covid restrictions. And many of the high-tech, low-touch solutions parks implemented during the pandemic to enable limited reopenings are here to stay
Whether transitory or not, inflation has investors rattled. “Many clients have brought up inflation as a concern,” said Jimmy Lee, the CEO of Wealth Consulting Group in Las Vegas. “They’re hearing it all over the place.” Inflation last month accelerated at its fastest pace in 13 years. The consumer price index rose nearly 1% in June,
In this article SPCE AMZN An uncrewed New Shepard rocket launches on the company’s NS-14 test flight in January 2021. Blue Origin VAN HORN, Texas — Near a small town in the West Texas desert, a quartet led by the world’s richest person is preparing to launch on a historic flight to the edge of
Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said Monday that the spread of the delta variant doesn’t pose a threat to the economic reopening, seeing interest rates rising on the back of the big comeback. “I hope what it does is that it motivates anyone
Two people hug in the middle of the dancefloor at Egg London nightclub in the early hours of July 19, 2021 in London, England. As of 12:01 on Monday, July 19, England will drop most of its remaining Covid-19 social restrictions, such as those requiring indoor mask-wearing and limits on group gatherings, among other rules.
Alistair Berg | DigitalVision | Getty Images If you’re among the workers who plan to continue working remotely, you may want to evaluate your 2021 tax situation. While many states offered a pandemic-related reprieve that generally resulted in no tax filing obligation for remote workers who worked temporarily in their state, the leniency was for
In this article UAL AAL U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading on Sunday, after the major averages posted their first negative week in four. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 48 points. S&P 500 futures were down 0.12%, while Nasdaq 100 futures were marginally lower. The Dow
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the start of a roundtable discussion on voting rights on July 14, 2021 in Washington. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Sunday for a routine doctor’s appointment, a White House official
bymuratdeniz | iStock | Getty Images Intuit, the company behind popular tax filing software TurboTax, announced that it will no longer participate in the IRS Free File program, which helps millions of Americans submit tax returns at no cost. “With the Free File program surpassing its founding goals of e-file and free tax preparation, and
Co-founder and director of Netflix Reed Hastings delivers a speech as he inaugurates the new offices of Netflix France, in Paris on January 17, 2020. Christophe Archambault | AFP | Getty Images As second-quarter earnings season kicks into gear, Wall Street analysts are highlighting the stocks that are poised to deliver impressive quarterly performances. The
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has been testifying on Capitol Hill this week, and it’s pretty clear that he is not a fan of digital coins – especially stablecoins. During a two-day congressional hearing, the Fed chief said the main incentive for the U.S. to launch its own central bank digital currency, or CBDC, would
England’s forward Jadon Sancho (C) is consoled by his teammates after missing a penalty during the UEFA EURO 2020 final football match between Italy and England at the Wembley Stadium in London on July 11, 2021. Laurence Griffiths | AFP | Getty Images A university has withdrawn an offer to a student following racist abuse
Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Sasha Demskie received a welcome deposit in her bank account this week: a $250 payment from the government as part of the new monthly child tax credit payments. The money will go to pay basic bills, said Demskie, 46, of Conway, Arkansas, who lost her job in April while she
Vanessa Rivera (left), Azuri Moon (center), Candace Koole (right) all say their unemployment insurance was stolen from their accounts. Source: CNBC As millions of Americans received unemployment payments to get through the crisis, scammers developed a new way to steal cash directly from recipients’ accounts, according to an investigation by CNBC. When one single mother’s
Serhii Shleihel | iStock | Getty Images Signs are mounting that student loan borrowers could get more time before they need to resume their payments. For more than 16 months now, most borrowers’ bills have been on pause, thanks to a break offered by the U.S. Department of Education because of the financial struggles wrought
Companies are in desperate need of workers across the country as the economic reopening collides with a tight labor market, but the boom in manual labor job wage growth pre-dates the pandemic. Donna Kauffman, co-owner of a landscaping design and construction company in Colleyville, Texas, said a tightened labor market has pushed her starting wage
RyanJLane | E+ | Getty Images The pandemic sparked charitable giving among wealthy families, and some who are eager to give more may score a bigger 2021 write-off by leveraging money from pretax retirement accounts. Here’s how it works: Certain retirees with excess pretax retirement savings — meaning they’ve saved more than they expect they’ll
In this article ABG sturti | E+ | Getty Images Company: Asbury Automotive Group Inc. (ABG) Business: Asbury Automotive Group is an automotive retailer in the United States. It offers a range of automotive products and services, including new and used vehicles; and vehicle repair and maintenance services, replacement parts, and collision repair services. The
A view of the Norwegian Encore cruise ship during its inaugural sailing from PortMiami, which took place from Nov. 21-24, 2019. Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. State Street — The financial firm’s shares rose 2.6% after beating on the top and bottom
ENSIVAL, BELGIUM – JULY 16: Citizens clear up their flood damaged houses on July 16, 2021 in Ensival, Belgium. Olivier Matthys | Getty Images News | Getty Images Heavy rainfall and flooding have wreaked devastation across parts of western Europe, with rescue workers currently trying to prevent further damage. The death toll rose above 150
A restaurant worker at a May 26, 2021 “Wage Strike” demonstration organized by One Fair Wage in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images The coronavirus crisis has cast new attention on wages and income. It’s been 12 years since the last federal minimum wage increase, and whether a hike in