The World Heritage Committee has named 37 new sites to UNESCO’s World Heritage List — including one in Israeli-occupied West Bank. The newly inscribed properties were announced during the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee being held from Sept. 10 to 25 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Of the 50 “candidate sites” being considered, these
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Unexpected medical bills can cost as much as $1,000 or more. Sometimes, these expenses are unavoidable. Still, you can take steps or ask questions of medical providers or your insurance company to avoid overpaying or getting saddled with charges you can’t afford to pay. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, about $88 billion of
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testifies before the House Small Business Committee on July 17, 2013. James Lawler Duggan | Reuters The IRS is shifting how it examines tax returns of lower earners as part of its broader effort to fix inequity in enforcement. Starting in fiscal year 2024, the agency will “substantially” reduce the number
In this article WBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A person walks past the headquarters of the Cable News Network (CNN) on November 17, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Brandon Bell | Getty Images When former CNN Chief Executive Officer Chris Licht started running the news organization last year, he had a mission from his
The Carnival Miracle cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line is docked at Pier 27 in San Francisco, Sept. 30, 2022. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Carnival, Royal Caribbean— The cruise lines both gained about 2% after being upgraded by Truist. The Wall Street firm moved
Svyatoslav Balan | Getty Almost regardless of how much you have in the bank, it’s hard to feel financially secure. Across the board, households are facing surging child-care costs, ballooning auto loans, high mortgage rates and record rents amid economic uncertainty and recessionary fears. Of those with more than $1 million in investable assets, as many
Moyo Studio | E+ | Getty Images It used to be when you talked about marriage and the “golden years,” the picture was a traditional one. Get married, work hard, buy a house, have children and retire surrounded by family and some grandchildren. Divorce was a hush-hush topic and a rare occurrence. However, as the
Woman going over her finances Damircudic | E+ | Getty Images Ready or not, student loan bills are restarting in a matter of weeks. Most borrowers haven’t made a payment on their education debt since Donald Trump was president and the coronavirus was starting to spark concerns. The pause on the bills and the accrual
United Auto Workers members attend a solidarity rally as the UAW strikes the Big Three automakers on September 15, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. Bill Pugliano | Getty Images DETROIT – The most recent contract proposal by automaker Stellantis to the United Auto Workers union could lead to the closure of 18 U.S. facilities, but it
A DoorDash Inc. delivery bag sits on the floor at Chef Geoff’s restaurant in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. PayPal – Shares of the payments giant fell more than 1% premarket after MoffettNathanson downgraded the stock to market perform from outperform and
A pedestrian passes a smoke shop in New York City on June 16, 2023. New York authorities are cracking down on unlicensed smoke shops that are selling cannabis. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images New York officials are ramping up efforts to stop the statewide proliferation of unlicensed smoke shops selling marijuana,
Pictured here is Shenzhen in southern China. The city is sometimes considered China’s Silicon Valley. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — In the years since Alibaba’s U.S. listing in 2014, early-stage investing has drawn tens of billions of dollars into China with relatively little to show for it. Among China-focused investment firms, only
Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Pay transparency is on the rise for job applicants — and momentum suggests that trend will continue, experts said. In August, 50% of online job listings advertised salary, up from 18.4% in February 2020, according to Indeed Hiring Lab, the economic research arm of career site Indeed. Such businesses
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Feb. 15, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters As the IRS pauses on processing new claims for a pandemic-era small business tax break, some filers are in limbo as the agency works on further guidance. The IRS on Thursday temporarily halted processing for amended payroll
In this article MS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logo of Morgan Stanley is seen in New York Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Morgan Stanley has officially kicked off the generative-AI era on Wall Street. The bank plans to announce Monday that the assistant it created with OpenAI‘s latest generative AI software was “fully
In this article VLO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In an aerial view, the Valero Houston refinery is seen on August 28, 2023 in Houston, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Oil stocks — Petroleum refiners Valero Energy and Marathon Petroleum gained 1.5% and 1.2%,
Planning a holiday can be stressful — that’s where travel agents come in. But now, travelers have another option: chatbots like ChatGPT, Bard AI and Microsoft Bing. Simply input a prompt and watch the travel recommendations pour in. The best parts? It’s instantaneous and, for the most part, free. But which is better when it
Marco Vdm | E+ | Getty Images The wage gap costs women in the U.S. about $1.6 trillion a year, a new report finds. Women earned 78 cents for every dollar that men made in 2022, according to National Partnership for Women and Families. Researchers calculated the total cost to women of the wage gap
Artistgndphotography | E+ | Getty Images The Federal Reserve is likely to pause its aggressive interest rate hikes when it meets this week, experts predict. But consumers may not feel any relief. The central bank has already raised interest rates 11 times since last year — the fastest pace of tightening since the early 1980s. Yet recent
U.S. homebuilders are feeling pessimistic about their business for the first time in seven months, thanks to stubbornly high mortgage rates. Builder confidence in the single-family housing market fell 5 points in September to 45 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. The decrease follows a 6-point drop in August. Anything