Although many Americans continue to face financial uncertainty due to the pandemic, the outlook for retirement savers is only improving. Retirement account balances, which took a sharp nosedive in 2020 when the coronavirus outbreak caused economic shock waves, are now at new highs, according to the latest data from Fidelity Investments, the nation’s largest provider
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If you have ever wondered about the tax consequences of opening a bottle of wine in Europe, today’s map will provide you with some insights. As one might expect, southern European countries that are well-known for their wines—such as France, Greece, Portugal, and Spain—either don’t tax it or do so at a very low rate.
Flood waters stream down the road in Muhlenberg Township, Pennsylvania, after a major storm last August. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Climate change and its devastating impact are accelerating faster than ever, according to a new report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Hurricanes are becoming stronger, rainfall heavier
In this article BTC.CM= ETH.CM= The logo of cryptocurrency exchange Binance displayed on a phone screen. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images When Canadian cryptocurrency trader Fawaz Ahmed saw the price of ethereum dropping, he knew it was time to get out. Unfortunately for him, he couldn’t. Ahmed was trading on Binance, the world’s
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Rescuers evacuate stranded people in the waterlogged urban area of Weihui City in Xinxiang, central China’s Henan Province, July 27, 2021. Li An | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Severe rainstorms and flooding in China are hurting the profits of insurance companies, and highlight the shortfalls of the country’s natural disaster insurance system. Flooding
Commemorative dogecoins on display in Yichang, China on May 14, 2021. Barcroft Media | Barcroft Media | Getty Images Robinhood said its crypto revenue accounted for more than half of all transaction-based revenue in the second quarter, as retail investors turned to the app for purchases of bitcoin, ethereum and other digital currencies. In its
John Ewing | Portland Press Herald | Getty Images More than 100 million U.S. households, or 61% of all taxpayers, paid no federal income taxes last year, according to a new report. The pandemic and federal stimulus led to a huge spike in the number of Americans that either owed no federal income tax or
@Sabi32 | Twenty20 One in 3 American families couldn’t handle a mid-sized financial emergency before the pandemic, according to a report from the Stanford Center on Longevity and the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center. Roughly 27% of American families couldn’t cover an unexpected $2,000 expense within a month, and 33% were struggling to make ends
Brothers91 | E+ | Getty Images About 36 million American families have received a second batch of monthly child tax credit payments worth about $15 billion. Yet a survey from personal finance website MagnifyMoney finds that many Americans are still confused about how the payments work. Those who were most likely to lack clarity were
This week’s map shows the five states that have an Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) in their individual income tax codes: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, and Minnesota. Under an individual alternative minimum tax, many taxpayers are required to calculate their income tax liability under two systems and pay the higher amount. The federal AMT was created in 1963, after Congress
12 of Beloved Community Village residents, formerly homeless people, are now live in the tiny-house community in Denver, Colorado. Hyoung Chang | MediaNews Group | The Denver Post via Getty Images Demand for tiny homes, either stand-alone or backyard dwellings, rose significantly during the coronavirus pandemic, as some homeowners looked for additional space and others
Beijing office towers, including Alibaba’s, are illuminated with Chinese characters reading ‘blessing to China’ to celebrate National Day in October 2020. Zang Zhihao | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — American investors’ shock at an ongoing regulatory crackdown in China points to a fundamental difference between the two countries that many didn’t seem
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Denise King, a staff member at Crown Heights Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from Walgreens Pharmacist Annette Marshall, in Brooklyn, New York, December 22, 2020. Yuki Iwamura | Reuters U.S. officials plan to withhold federal funding from nursing homes that don’t fully vaccinate their
Vlad Tenev, co-founder and CEO of Robinhood rings the opening bell at the Nasdaq on July 29th, 2021. Source: The Nasdaq Robinhood’s revenue more than doubled in the second quarter to $565 million, bolstered by a massive surge in crypto trading, the stock trading app said Wednesday. In its first earnings report as a public
Billionaire venture capitalist Chris Sacca has a message for anyone who will listen: “The climate is f—ed. Even worse than it seems,” he said in a 12-page letter to potential investors, obtained by Axios on Monday. Sacca’s climate-focused firm Lowercarbon Capital announced a new capital raise of $800 million on Thursday, which Sacca said will
JEFF KOWALSKY | AFP | Getty Images Federal unemployment benefits officially expire on Labor Day — but state administrative rules require that aid to end a few days earlier than some workers may anticipate. All states pay weekly benefits according to a schedule that ends on a Saturday or Sunday. However, the American Rescue Plan
People line up outside a newly reopened career center for in-person appointments in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 15, 2021. Amira Karaoud | Reuters In just a few weeks, enhanced federal unemployment insurance put in place during the coronavirus pandemic will end as the delta variant continues to threaten the economic recovery. Some 7.5 million Americans