This month, more than 200,000 first-generation American and low- and middle-income high school seniors will receive something unexpected: proactive college acceptance letters. As part of a strategy aimed at expanding college access, roughly 1 in 8 first-year students with a Common App account will get at least one offer of admission before they even apply.
Month: November 2023
In this article AMZN AFRM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alain Jocard | AFP | Getty Images Amazon is unveiling its first buy now, pay later checkout option for the millions of small business owners who use its online store, CNBC learned exclusively. The tech giant confirmed Thursday that its partnership with Affirm is
A sign ‘FOR SALE’ seen outside a house in Edmonton on October 22, 2023, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The National Association of Realtors announced Thursday that CEO Bob Goldberg will resign earlier than expected, as the group contends with the fallout from
Marketplace Facilitator Laws: Past, Present, and a Better Future Skip to content Table of Contents Key Findings For decades, Supreme Court precedent held that marketplace facilitators (remote sellers) were not subject to state and local sales taxA sales tax is levied on retail sales of goods and services and, ideally, should apply to all final
In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Starbucks logo at a location in New York, Aug. 17, 2023. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Starbucks on Thursday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped analysts’ expectations. Shares of the company rose more than 6% in premarket trading. Here’s what the
In this article PTON Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Peloton Bike inside a showroom in New York, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Peloton Interactive Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on November 2. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Peloton plunged about 8% in premarket trading Thursday after
Nikolay Storonsky, founder and CEO of Revolut. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images European fintech firm Revolut on Thursday said it appointed former Barclays executive Francesca Carlesi as its new U.K. CEO. Carlesi, who also worked at Deutsche Bank and has 15 years of experience in financial services, was most recently
Revenge travel after the pandemic may be over for many countries, but the urge to hop on a plane has not dwindled for travelers from India. Indians could be the fourth-largest global travel spenders by 2030, according to a recent report by Booking.com and McKinsey. However, they pointed out that outbound travel only accounted for
In this article ZIP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Filadendron | E+ | Getty Images Applying to multiple job openings can increase your chances of landing a new gig. However, if you’re thinking of sending out what one economist called a “firehose of applications” all at once and then just waiting for responses, think
The late Ivana Trump’stownhouse in New York has sat on the market for one full year with no takers. In September, it took a $4 million cut from its original asking price, down to $22.5 million. The extravagant residence remains virtually untouched since her death in July 2022. In fact, very little has changed since
In this article DIS CMCSA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Disney said Wednesday that it had agreed to buy Comcast‘s one-third stake in streaming service Hulu, a long-expected outcome. Disney said it expects to pay Comcast’s NBCUniversal about $8.61 billion by Dec. 1, reflecting
In this article QCOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Cristiano Amon, president and CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated, speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, April 28, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Qualcomm reported fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat expectations for sales