When it comes to getting into college, every little bit helps. Often college hopefuls turn to applying early to their top school to gain that edge. By demonstrating a preference to a particular college, studies have shown, an early application can give you a leg up, which goes a long way in the hyper-competitive world
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S3 Studio | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Snap — Shares of the Snapchat parent company cratered 28.1% after it missed revenue estimates and saw its slowest sales growth since going public as advertising spending slows. The results from Snap hit other ad-reliant stocks, sending shares of Pinterest and
Caroline Purser | The Image Bank | Getty Images The Biden administration could start discharging millions of Americans’ student debt as soon as Sunday. This is possible as some of the legal challenges brought against the sweeping policy by critics have failed in courts. A taxpayers group in Wisconsin earlier this week requested that the
Team Captain Brooks Koepka of Smash GC and caddie Ricky Elliott shake hands on the 18th green during day three of the LIV Golf Invitational – Jeddah at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club on October 16, 2022 in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. Charles Laberge | LIV Golf | Getty Images The PGA
Electric buses at a charging station. Koiguo | Moment | Getty Images Business owners will be able to avail themselves of a new tax credit for electric vehicles starting next year — and it should be easier to get than a similar tax break for consumer households buying “new clean” passenger cars, according to tax
Getty Images If you’re eager to save more for retirement in 2023, there’s good news from the IRS, which just announced higher limits for your annual 401(k) plan and individual retirement account contributions. The employee contribution limit for 401(k) plans is increasing to $22,500 in 2023, up from $20,500, and catch-up deposits for savers age
Xavierarnau | E+ | Getty Images Social Security benefits will go up by more than $140 per month on average in 2023, as a record 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment kicks in. Exactly how much of an increase the approximately 70 million Americans who rely on the program for income will see will vary. More than 65
In this article HA AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Air cargo containers with the logo of Amazon are seen at Miami International Airport, in Miami, Florida, United States on June 16, 2021. Marco Bello | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Amazon has hired Hawaiian Airlines to fly the first Airbus cargo planes in
In this article BAC AXP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Shoppers carry bags in San Francisco, California, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. consumers have demonstrated a willingness to continue to pay higher prices in the face of a sluggish economy that could be tipped into
Becoming a billionaire means caring a lot about making money, right? Wrong, says Mark Cuban. As Cuban built the tech companies in the 1990s that would eventually make him exorbitantly wealthy, he never prioritized personal riches, he told GQ on Wednesday. “I never, ever thought in terms of money,” he said. Instead, Cuban said his
Under any conditions, families don’t like to skimp when it comes to the holidays. But with rising prices and fears of a recession, holiday shoppers are feeling less generous this season. Many consumers are planning to make fewer purchases — and at a discount, according to a recent holiday retail report by Deloitte. Still, households
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In this article NFLX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc in “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story.” Netflix Netflix backtracked on advertisements. Should theatrical releases be next? Some theater owners and industry analysts are wondering whether the streaming giant will rethink its resistance to the traditional Hollywood movie release
In this article ASML-NL 2330-TW Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Dutch firm ASML makes one of the most important pieces of machinery required to manufacture the most advanced chips in the world. U.S. chip curbs have left companies, including ASML, scrambling to figure out what the rules mean in practice. Emmanuel Dunand | AFP
In this article IBM ALL T NVDA TSLA DDOG KMI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk looks at a robot display during a tour of the new Tesla Motors auto plant, formerly operated New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI), in Fremont, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2010. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty
Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. Department of Education’s application for student loan forgiveness, which officially went live earlier this week, is surprisingly easy to fill out. Borrowers just need to provide some basic contact information and their Social Security number. That’s it. Well, for some. More from Personal Finance:How to save
Real estate broker Rebecca Van Camp places a “Sold” placard on her sign in front of a home in Meridian, Idaho, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Darin Oswald | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Existing homes are selling at the slowest pace since September 2012, with the exception of a brief drop at the
In this article USEA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT United’s check-in area at Washington Dulles International Airport. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Cheap airfares are hard to find, and it might not get much easier in 2023. Between staffing shortages, aircraft delays and airlines’ conservative schedules after costly travel meltdowns, available seats are limited. Airlines
In this article SNAP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Snap shares plummeted more than 25% in extended trading on Thursday after the social media company reported weaker-than-expected revenue for the third quarter. It’s Wall Street’s first peak into the current state of the struggling online ad market. Here are the key numbers. Earnings per