Alibaba.com is a platform run by the Chinese e-commerce company of the same name that focuses on overseas business customers. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is ramping up its global expansion with new services aimed at attracting small businesses in the U.S. and Europe. Alibaba.com — the
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Maca And Naca | E+ | Getty Images Your student loan bill may get smaller next month. Here’s why: A feature of the Biden administration’s latest income-driven repayment plan that will reduce millions of borrowers’ monthly payments kicks in on July 1. For some borrowers, “it’s a dramatic drop,” said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz.
In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Passengers on a Boeing 737 Max-8 plane during a United Airlines flight departing from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Now playing on United Airlines‘ seat-back screens: personalized ads.
Jelena McWilliams, chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images There is an $85 million shortfall between what partner banks of fintech middleman Synapse are holding and what depositors
Alvaro Gonzalez | Moment | Getty Images Despite a strong labor market, some applicants are facing more competition on the job hunt. But prolonged unemployment and lower income for 2024 could offer the chance for tax planning, experts say. One “silver lining” of a job layoff can be a temporary lower federal income tax bracket,
Back in December 2023, when the market was pricing in six or so rate cuts, Apollo Asset Management’s co-president Scott Kleinman had a more contrarian view: He said he’d be betting against any rate cuts in 2024. That call so far has paid off. But higher-for-longer rates haven’t necessarily been a tailwind for the private-equity industry as
Capital Allowances | Capital Cost Recovery across the OECD, 2024 Skip to content Table of Contents Key Findings A capital allowanceA capital allowance is the amount of capital investment costs, or money directed towards a company’s long-term growth, a business can deduct each year from its revenue via depreciation. These are also sometimes referred to
Traders walk the floor during morning trading at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on May 14, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images GameStop, the video game retailer currently riding another wave of trading enthusiasm spurred on by the meme trader “Roaring Kitty,” showed no signs of an operational turnaround in
In this article GM COST Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Customers exit a Costco store in Teterboro, New Jersey, June 28, 2023. Kena Betancur | Corbis News | Getty Images DETROIT — General Motors has a not-so-secret weapon when it comes to getting U.S. consumers into its new all-electric vehicles: Costco Wholesale. The Detroit
The Credit Suisse Group AG headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A group of Credit Suisse bondholders filed a lawsuit against the Swiss government, seeking full compensation over the contentious decision to write down the failed bank’s Additional Tier 1 (AT1) debt. As part of Credit
Justin Paget | Digitalvision | Getty Images The work-from-home trend is here to stay. Many companies have continued to let employees work remotely for at least some of the workweek — four years on from the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic — due to the win-win nature of the arrangement: Remote work is more
B2m Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images The U.S. far outpaced the rest of the world in minting millionaires last year, adding 600,000 new millionaires and powering record fortunes at the top, according to a new study. America’s millionaire population grew 7.3% in 2023 to 7.5 million people, according to a report from Capgemini. Their
A PGA TOUR logo is seen after play was suspended due to severe storms during the third round of THE PLAYERS Championship held at THE PLAYERS Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass on May 14, 2011 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Streeter Lecka | Getty Images The PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf have been
Chinese electric car company Nio launched its lower-cost brand Onvo on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Shanghai, China. CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — Chinese electric car company Nio plans to expand to the Middle East this year, CEO William Li said on an earnings call Thursday, at a time when rivals have been increasing
Andresr | E+ | Getty Images College graduates who recently received their diplomas may be dreading the next milestone: The start of their federal student loan payments. Each year, roughly 2 million people in the U.S. are awarded a bachelor’s degree, according to an analysis by higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. Roughly 60%, or 1.2
Presented by: Will McBride Chris Edwards The Tax Foundation is hosting an online discussion with Will McBride and Chris Edwards on universal savings accounts, their track record in Canada and the United Kingdom, and how they could help Americans save more. According to the Federal Reserve, the portion of Americans with emergency savings to cover
In this article NVDA RIVN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 2025 Rivian R1S Rivian Rivian Automotive has redesigned its all-electric R1 pickup and SUV models to improve range, performance and computing power with the help of Nvidia chips, the company said Thursday. While the 2025 model-year vehicles do not outwardly look too different than
In this article FIVE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A shopper browses a selection of body boards outside a Five Below store in Bloomington, Illinois, on July 25, 2018. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images While inflation is showing signs of easing, consumers in the country may still be feeling its effects for
Jamie Grill | Getty Images Mega backdoor Roth conversions can significantly boost tax-free retirement savings — but this maneuver is not available for all investors and mistakes are common, experts say. When investors make too much to save directly to a Roth individual retirement account, backdoor strategies can bypass the IRS income limits. A mega
Some Americans believe that real estate is the best long-term investment. If you’re among them, real estate investment trusts, or REITs, might be the easiest way to tap the market. About 36% of surveyed Americans ranked real estate as the top long-term investment, more than cited stocks or mutual funds (22%), gold (18%), and savings