A night in China’s Guizhou province at the Cliff Hotel, pictured here, starts around $83, according to Trip.com, which says the hotel was built in 2023 with 34 rooms. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese travelers are increasingly opting for cheaper domestic destinations over foreign tourist spots. Only 14% of high-income households
Alessandro Biascioli | Istock | Getty Images When it comes to claiming Social Security retirement benefits, experts agree it’s generally best to delay. Yet many people still claim early — either at the earliest possible age of 62 or before their full retirement age. Those early claims result in reduced Social Security benefits for life.
Distilled Spirits Taxes by State | Liquor Taxes | Alcohol Taxes Skip to content Table of Contents Distilled spirits lead American alcohol sales. In 2023, spirits sales (42 percent of market share) outpaced beer sales (41.9 percent of market share) for the second straight year. Newer products like spirits-based hard seltzers and ready-to-drink cocktails have
In this article SBUX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People picket outside of a Starbucks store in New York’s East Village as Starbucks Workers United have announced that they are waging the company’s largest strike Thursday on the coffee company’s Red Cup Day on November 16, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt |
The New York Stock Exchange in New York, March 28, 2023. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Years of work on Wall Street to pick up the pace of trading will be put to the test this week. If all goes well, most people won’t notice the difference. Starting Tuesday, trades of stocks
Civilians board a train as they flee Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Odessa, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. Alexandros Avramidis | Reuters Within hours of Russia’s attack on Ukraine in 2022, the country’s financial system began to show signs of strain. As banks swiftly shut down, the Ukrainian economy quickly spiraled into wartime mode and civilians
March 12 is generally considered equal pay day, the mark of just how far into the new year women have to keep working to make what their male counterparts typically made in just the previous year, also known as the gender pay gap. However, for some groups that date comes much later. For Asian American, Native
A top exchange-traded fund provider is betting on the long-term popularity of GLP-1 weight loss drugs. Roundhill Investments’ GLP-1 & Weight Loss ETF (OZEM), which began trading last week, pairs leaders Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk with players developing new treatments for weight loss and diabetes. CEO Dave Mazza said his firm is capitalizing on
Chris Hemsworth stars as the villainous Dementus in Warner Bros.’ “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” Warner Bros. Discovery In George Miller’s new Mad Max film “Furiosa,” a red paint flare explodes and casts the theater screen in a saturated crimson cloud. Feet away, among the rows of gyroscopic 4DX chairs, plumes of fog roll in,
Alibaba’s international e-commerce platform AliExpress is a UEFA Euro 2024 sponsor and has signed David Beckham as its global brand ambassador. AliExpress BEIJING — Soccer star David Beckham will promote Alibaba‘s international e-commerce platform, AliExpress, in its biggest global brand ambassador partnership to date, the business unit announced Monday. The deal comes against the backdrop
Mixetto | E+ | Getty Images If you’re self-employed, hiring your kids could provide tax benefits — provided you follow labor laws and IRS rules, experts say. Small businesses hiring their own children is a popular topic among social media influencers on platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. But tax professionals say they are
Entrepreneur Grant Cardone said collecting and displaying art gives him more fulfilment than investing. Grant Cardone Multimillionaire Grant Cardone, who has been collecting art for around 15 years, says he’s a spontaneous buyer. “I don’t consider myself a connoisseur. I’m very new to the art world. If I like it, I buy it. I don’t