In this article LOW HD A customer partially wearing a mask at a store in Reston, Virginia, on Thursday, May 21, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg via Getty Images Home Depot on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings and revenue that beat analysts’ revenue as customers spent more on home improvement projects. Shares of the company rose
Stock futures were flat in overnight trading Tuesday ahead of earnings reports from big-box retailers Target and Lowe’s. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 25 points. S&P 500 futures were little changed and Nasdaq 100 futures traded near the flatline. The moves in futures trading come after fresh economic data and corporate earnings
Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., exits federal court in San Jose, California, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images SAN JOSE, CALIF. — A hedge fund manager who put $96 million into Theranos said he thoroughly investigated the company but was still misled by CEO Elizabeth Holmes about
The view from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour of the International Space Station, as well as the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience, as the capsule approached to dock on April 24, 2021. NASA TV The Russian military has destroyed a defunct satellite, showering low Earth orbit with shrapnel and causing astronauts to shelter on the
Real estate talking to couple and showing contact – wearing protective face mask FG Trade | E+ | Getty Images Around five years ago, financial advisor Michael Bisaro started getting questions from some of his clients about bitcoin. “It was a murmur in the background,” said Bisaro, president of StraightLine Group, a firm in Troy,
Ty Wright | Bloomberg | Getty Images If you’re nearing the end of your car lease, don’t assume another one is your best option this time around. While many consumers go from lease to lease — which puts them in a new vehicle every few years — the pandemic has upended the auto industry. This
Today, Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) released the States Reform Act, which would deschedule, regulate, and tax cannabis products with a novel federal excise tax design—based on quantities and predefined categories, not dissimilar from how the federal government taxes alcohol and tobacco. Rep. Mace’s bill would impose a tax of 3 percent on the removal price
YinYang | E+ | Getty Images Do new college graduates need to work with a financial advisor? Based on the number of financial subjects they don’t understand, according to advisors, the answer is yes. “The first thing [new grads] don’t get is that they qualify to work with an advisor,” said Katelyn Bombardiere, certified financial
Workers prepare the stage for the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square New York on December 31, 2020. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Times Square will once again be filled with cheering crowds this New Year’s Eve, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday as he invited hundreds of thousands of revelers to
In this article WMT A shopper carries a bag outside a Walmart store in San Leandro, California, on Thursday, May 13, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walmart‘s fiscal third-quarter earnings on Tuesday topped analysts’ expectations as price-sensitive grocery shoppers flocked to its stores amid rising costs for household staples. The retailer’s
Tetra Images | Tetra images | Getty Images Same-sex married couples may get a tax break from Democrats’ $1.75 trillion social and climate spending plan. The latest iteration of the Build Back Better Act would let taxpayers who were legally married under state law before 2010 claim federal tax benefits that are unavailable under current
In this article TSLA SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s gigafactory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2021. Michele Tantussi | Reuters Elon Musk’s sales of Tesla stock last week came as little surprise to those who have been following the story of