With money at the root of a lot of relationship issues, it’s no surprise that most people won’t swipe right on a date with bad credit. More than one-third, or 38%, of adults would reconsider a romantic relationship because of the other person’s debt, a 12% jump from a year ago, according to a recent study
urbazon | E+ | Getty Images It’s one of those debates that rarely seems to have a clear-cut winner: Should retirees pay off their mortgage or continue making those monthly payments? The answer — probably somewhat annoyingly — is that it depends. Of course, there are a couple of immediate benefits to paying off a
A selection of food that is on the menu at the Jack in the Box on Campus Drive in Irvine, Calif. Glenn Koenig | Los Angeles | Getty Images First-quarter earnings season is well underway, with several tech heavyweights reporting their financial results for the most recent quarter this past week. There’s more to
Traders on the New York Stock Exchange Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures moved higher in overnight trading on Sunday as investors readied for the first trading day of May. Dow futures rose 75 points. S&P 500 futures gained 0.27% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.22%. Monday marks the first trading day of May. Despite Friday’s
Employees during a press visit to the first shale gas exploring site started by Chevron in Pungesti, Romania, April 2014. Mircea Restea | AFP | Getty Images After a brutal year for the energy sector, Chevron reported a profit for the first quarter of 2021 as a recovery in oil prices boosted operations. The company’s
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images April Harris of dessert company Keeping You Sweet, Melissa Butler of The Lip Bar, and Gwen Jimmere of Naturalicious share several things in common: they are Black female entrepreneurs who have succeeded building businesses on their own, and they have succeeded in winning deals with national retail partners including
Tyler Marks, his wife, Maranda, and their daughter, Layla, 3, and two sons, Hayden, 7, and Atticus,1. Courtesy: Marks family His name is Tyler Marks. But he showed up on the gray screen during his eviction hearing as Call-in User_3. Unemployed for most of the pandemic, Marks couldn’t afford to buy a laptop or computer
Avishek Das | LightRocket | Getty Images Robinhood, the free-trading app that helped drive a surge in retail investing during the pandemic, has switched to using JPMorgan Chase to handle crucial money transfers into customers’ accounts. The start-up emailed customers this week to say that it is now using JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank by
In this article XOM .CRBQX A view of the Exxon Mobil refinery in Baytown, Texas. Jessica Rinaldi | Reuters Exxon Mobil returned to profitability during the first quarter, beating top- and bottom-line estimates for the period, as the company recovers from the havoc wreaked on the energy sector by the coronavirus pandemic. The oil giant
President Joe Biden speaks while visiting Smith Flooring, a small minority-owned business, to promote his American Rescue Plan in Chester, Pennsylvania, on March 16, 2021. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Several top policy priorities in President Biden’s agenda seek to rein in the wealth and power of the biggest companies. But as the
A concert at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre outside Denver. John P Kelly | The Image Bank Unreleased | Getty Images When Riley Cash, 31, of Denver, received his second vaccine shot earlier this month, the next big event on his agenda was a concert at nearby Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre. The outdoor venue
Charlie Munger at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Los Angeles California. May 1, 2021. Gerard Miller | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Charlie Munger’s distain toward bitcoin has only intensified amid the digital asset’s record run this year. “Of course I hate the bitcoin success,” the 97-year-old Munger said during a Q&A session at Berkshire’s annual
Warren Buffett Gerard Miller | CNBC Legendary investor Warren Buffett believes millennial-favored stock trading app Robinhood is contributing to the speculative, casino-like trading activity in the stock market and benefitting from it. Robinhood has “become a very significant part of the casino aspect, the casino group, that has joined into the stock market in the
In this article BRK.A Warren Buffett. Gerald Miller | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway‘s operating earnings rebounded as the conglomerate’s businesses recovered from the pandemic hit. Chairman Warren Buffett kept buying back Berkshire shares aggressively in the first quarter, but at a slightly slower pace. Berkshire reported operating income of $7.018 billion in the first quarter, up
Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards After months of a steady climb in vaccinations, the U.S. is experiencing its first true slowdown in the rate of daily shots, an indication that the nation is entering a new phase of its inoculation campaign. More than half of American adults have now received at least one dose, a
President Joe Biden speaks during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Some business owners may have breathed a sigh of relief when the White House released details of President Joe Biden’s tax plan. That’s because he indicated family owned businesses and farms
Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Amazon — The e-commerce giant saw its shares gain 1% in midday trading after it reported a record first-quarter profit. The Seattle-based firm said profits more than tripled to $8.1 billion and January-to-March sales soared 44% to $108 billion. The results
In this article GOOGL MSFT AMZN AAPL FB Gwyn Photography | Digital Vision | Getty Images The tech industry is really two industries. There are the five giants, which operate at an almost unimaginable scale, and then there’s everybody else. Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft all reported March-quarter earnings this week, and some of
In this article DIS ETSY Visitors walk between plexiglass as they enter Touch of Disney at Disney California Adventure in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, March 18, 2021. MediaNews Group/Orange County Register | Getty Images There are few things so iconic that a simple silhouette can be instantly recognizable to anyone in the world. That’s the
eric1513 | iStock | Getty Images Things are looking up for the 44 million Americans saddled with student loans. President Joe Biden has said he supports cancelling $10,000 in student loans per borrower. Facing pressure from other Democrats, progressives and borrowers, Biden has also now asked his education secretary to prepare a memo on his
President Joe Biden attends the Democratic National Committee’s “Back on Track” drive-in car rally to celebrate his 100th day in office at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth, Georgia, April 29, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters People who earn more than $400,000 would be subject to the 3.8% Medicare tax, if President Joe Biden’s new
Leon Cooperman at the 2019 Delivering Alpa conference in New York on Sept. 19. 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman told CNBC on Friday he expects the stock market will be lower than current levels one year from now. Cooperman’s comments came one day after the S&P 500 notched yet another record close
The list of places that’s welcoming vaccinated people is growing by the week. Proof of vaccines is easing travel restrictions to some places, and is the only way travelers can gain entrance to others. Yet from health forms to testing protocols, travel remains complicated even for the immunized. Rules differ from one country to the
zhongguo Sustainability-focused funds attracted record inflows during the first quarter, pushing global assets under management in ESG funds to nearly $2 trillion, according to a report from Morningstar released Friday. The rise underscores the momentum behind ESG investing, or when environmental, social and governance factors are considered. Assets in these types of funds first topped
Warren Buffett (L), CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger attend the 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 3, 2019. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Warren Buffett will kick off Berkshire Hathaway‘s annual shareholder meeting this Saturday riding high, with shares of the conglomerate at a record and its
In this article KSS TGT WMT AMZN Amazon Prime delivery vans sit parked near a Walmart store on September 03, 2020 in Richmond, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Amazon on Thursday confirmed that its annual Prime Day deals event will be shifting earlier this year, as the e-commerce giant looks to boost spending in
Paying for college was a problem even before the Covid pandemic. Now, with families under increased financial strain and a higher education more expensive than ever, some parents of college-bound students have reached a breaking point. Most have to borrow to pay for much of the cost of their degree. That has already propelled student loan
In this article PLTR Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir arrives ahead of a “Tech For Good” meetup at Hotel Marigny in Paris on May 15, 2019, held to discuss good conduct for technology giants. Bertrand Guay | AFP | Getty Images Palantir CEO Alex Karp earned compensation worth about $1.1 billion in 2020, primarily through
In this article DARK-GB A Darktrace cybersecurity software demonstration shows how a global problem can start with just one employee’s work station. Michael S. Williamson | The Washington Post | Getty Images LONDON — British cybersecurity start-up Darktrace saw its shares surge as much as 43% in its highly-anticipated London debut Friday. The company priced
In this article AMZN Amazon logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Igor Golovniov | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Amazon‘s ads business grew at an astonishing pace in the first quarter. Amazon’s “other” unit, which is primarily made up of advertising but also includes sales related to other service offerings , grew revenue