A mechanic works on a motorcycle at a Harley-Davidson showroom and repair shop in Lindon, Utah, on Monday, April 19, 2021. George Frey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Franklin Resources — Shares of the asset manager jumped 12% after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings. Franklin
Bill Koplitz | Moment | Getty Images A retirement tax strategy favored by the wealthy survived in Democrats’ latest social and climate spending plan, after an earlier version had it on the chopping block. So-called backdoor Roth strategies are a way for the rich to skirt income and savings limits that apply to Roth individual
In this article TSLA CNBC’s Jim Cramer expressed wonderment Monday at the continued strength in Tesla‘s stock — up about 50% in the past month and roughly 200% in the past 12 months. “Tesla is actually a phenomenon we have to talk about,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street,” before the opening bell on
vgajic | E+ | Getty Images Women get paid less than men. In fact, it’s been well documented that, worldwide, women make only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. Less well-known, and partially a result of that very pay gap, is the pension gulf between men and women. The gender gap in pensions
HOUSTON, TEXAS – JUNE 09: Employees speak together at a Chipotle Mexican Grill on June 09, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Menu prices at the Chipotle Mexican Grill have risen by roughly 4% to cover the costs of raising its’ minimum wage to $15 an hour for employees. The restaurant industry has been boosting wages in
Tetra Images | Tetra images | Getty Images In a time of record mergers-and-acquisitions activity for financial advisory firms, designing and implementing a succession plan has become a critical element for success. This volume and breadth of M&A activity has increased the pressure on, and options for, firm owners. The median registered investment advisor firm
The recent agreement on a global minimum tax and other changes to tax rules around the world have called into question the future of tax competition. It is difficult to anticipate how tax competition will ultimately be impacted by these changes, although I seriously doubt that the usefulness of Tax Foundation’s International Tax Competitiveness Index
zxvisual | iStock | Getty Images Like many other renters during the pandemic, Trish DaCasta nabbed an apartment that she normally couldn’t afford. The upgrade was a big one: She was able to leave the place she’d been sharing with roommates for more than five years for a studio of her own in a luxury
Two women walk next to graves of people who passed away due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil May 20, 2021. Bruno Kelly | Reuters More than five million people have died from the coronavirus worldwide, according to data collected by John Hopkins University. There have been 5,000,425
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Harley-Davidson (HOG) – The motorcycle maker’s shares soared 9.4% in the premarket after the U.S. and the European Union ended a dispute involving steel and aluminum tariffs. Harley could have paid European tariffs of 56% if the dispute had not been resolved. Spotify
Barry Silbert, Founder and CEO, Digital Currency Group David A. Grogan | CNBC Digital Currency Group is selling shares to SoftBank and Google’s venture capital arm in a deal that values the crypto conglomerate at more than $10 billion. The Manhattan-based, private company announced a secondary round on Monday, in which existing investors are selling
kate_sept2004 | E+ | Getty Images When Sherose Badruddin, 38, joined her local Buy Nothing group in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, five years ago, she did it purely to save money. As a single mom, she was on a tight budget. “I joined my Buy Nothing group in 2016 to get free stuff; I