Mint Images – Tim Robbins As Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill work to bring their new reconciliation bill across the finish line, a proposal to keep the expanded child tax credit could be changed. A more generous child tax credit was authorized earlier this year by President Joe Biden and Congress to help give families
Tourists visit the Bund waterfront area on May 10, 2021 in Shanghai, China. Wang Gang | Visual China Group | Getty Images Investors may need to be more careful when putting money into China, but there are still investing opportunities in world’s second largest economy, according to the chairman of Standard Chartered. Stocks of Chinese
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Christy Gentry and her husband have been dealing with California’s wildfires for the past four years. In 2017, the couple evacuated their Santa Rosa home for three weeks. In 2019, they were forced to cut a trip to Hawaii short and get their animals and stuff out of their house as a fire approached. “It
In this article LVS WYNN BYND FSR DASH CSCO Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Beyond Meat (BYND) — Shares of the alternative-meat maker dipped 2.4% in premarket trading after Piper Sandler downgraded the company to an underweight rating. “Beyond is an early leader in plant-based meat, but we believe its current
If you’re anything like me, you got into debt because you were trying to become a better version of yourself. My story starts with humble beginnings. Both of my biological parents were unsuitable to raise me due to drug addiction and I was immediately placed into foster care at birth. After going through the foster
Halfpoint | iStock | Getty Images Legislation moving through Congress would make 12 weeks of paid family and sick leave available to most workers, and remove the U.S. from the small list of countries that are currently without such a policy. The exact details of the plan could still change, but experts say the historic
Gamers play the video game ‘Star Wars Battlefront II’ developed by DICE, Criterion Games and Motive Studios and published by Electronics Arts on Sony PlayStation game consoles PS4 Pro during the ‘Paris Games Week’ on October 31, 2017 in Paris, France. Chesno Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Electronic Arts — Shares
In this article RY4C-IE EZJ-GB IAG-GB LHA-DE WIZZ-GB Ryanair and EasyJet airplanes. Horacio Villalobos | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — European low-cost airlines have clear advantages over larger flag carriers in a post-pandemic world, analysts have told CNBC, despite the massive support packages deployed from governments around the world. It’s been a
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives at Robert F. Peckham U.S. Courthouse for opening arguments in her trial, in San Jose, California, September 8, 2021. Peter DaSilva | Reuters SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Elizabeth Holmes was the founder and face of Theranos, but when it came to the company’s laboratory, she relied on her highly qualified
In this article GSBD David Zalik, founder and CEO of GreenSky. Chris Hamilton | GreenSky Goldman Sachs is acquiring digital lender GreenSky for $2.24 billion as the investment bank pushes further into consumer finance. The all-stock deal for GreenSky, called the biggest fintech platform for home improvement loans in a release announcing the transaction, is
Sturti | Getty Images Women are more worried than men when it comes to saving enough for retirement. The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t helped. Some 60% of women said they were concerned they wouldn’t be able to achieve a financially secure retirement, according to a February 2021 survey from the National Institute on Retirement Security. That’s