Cabania | iStock | Getty Images Plus Despite ongoing challenges, the IRS has sent nearly 30 million tax refunds, worth about $103.2 billion, the agency reported Friday. While 29% of Americans worry about a smaller refund, according to a Bankrate survey, the average is currently $3,473 through Feb. 25, which is $658 larger than last
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Small businesses will be facing growing challenges from inflation and higher wages, Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans said Friday. Even with average earnings flattening out in February, Evans told CNBC that he hears from smaller companies in his district about the challenges from cost increases. “I think there are a lot of business models,
Joaquin Corbalan | Istock | Getty Images Most of the pandemic-era forbearance options for struggling homeowners have come to an end, but a pot of money allocated by Congress is still available to them. The Homeowner Assistance Fund, overseen by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, is a nearly $10 billion federal program established to
This spring, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to announce a national ban on menthol-flavored cigarettes and cigars with a characterizing flavor, an attempt to limit tobacco consumption, and, as a result, improve public health. But given the high level of taxation on tobacco products (on average, excise taxes alone make
In this article MMAT SK Telecom’s “4D Metaverse” ride at Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. Ryan Browne | CNBC BARCELONA — Mobile World Congress made a big comeback this year — but the term on everyone’s lips wasn’t “smartphones” or “5G.” Instead, it was the “metaverse,” a vague concept used to describe vast
In this article SG A Sweetgreen banner on the NYSE, November 18, 2021. Source: NYSE Sweetgreen on Thursday reported widening losses but strong fourth-quarter sales growth and promising performance at its restaurants in its first quarterly report since its initial public offering. The salad chain also issued a strong sales outlook for 2022, although it
In this article COST MRVL SG GPS AVGO TSLA Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Tesla (TSLA) — Shares fell 1.2% in premarket trading after CEO Elon Musk challenged the United Auto Workers union to try and organize his company’s assembly plant in Fremont, California. Sweetgreen (SG) — Sweetgreen
If you’re one of the record number of Americans getting married in 2022, you may have started to consider how you and your partner will handle your finances. “I try not to be too preachy, but in my experience working with couples, in most good marriages there is this feeling of, ‘We are completely in
In this article C Jane Fraser, chief executive officer for Latin American at Citigroup Inc., smiles during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2019. The conference brings together leaders in business, government, technology, philanthropy, academia, and the media to discuss actionable and collaborative solutions to some of
The four-day workweek is gaining traction. It also has a lot of fans. A whopping 92% of U.S. workers are in favor of the shortened workweek, a survey from cloud-software vendor Qualtrics found. The findings come on the heels of an announcement by Belgium’s federal government that it will allow workers in the country’s public
I-R-A. Who knew three letters could be so daunting yet yield so many benefits for our financial lives? IRA stands for Individual Retirement Account. And if you’re like most people, you likely think it sounds like a fancy investment tool that is reserved for people with loads of money and an unattainable level of financial
Nearly all of Afterpay‘s customers repaid their installments in 2021, Block CFO Amrita Ahuja told CNBC on Thursday when questioned about the Cash App parent’s acquisition of the buy-now, pay-later service. “What I will say about losses, is that the team has actually been incredibly deliberate in managing consumer losses as an input rather than
In this article GPS Sale signs are on display in the windows of a Gap retail location. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Gap Inc. shares climbed in after-hours trading Thursday after the apparel retailer offered an upbeat forecast for its profits in 2022, in spite of rising inflation and logistics challenges. Supply chain snarls still remain
An employee brings a television to a customer’s car at a Best Buy store in Orlando, Florida. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Best Buy — The retail stock jumped 8% after the company announced it was raising its quarterly dividend by 26%. The move
A view of the Dilbar yacht owned by USM Holdings founder, International Fencing Federation President Alisher Usmanov. Dibar is the world’s biggest yacht by volume. Vyacheslav Prokofyev | TASS | Getty Images At least two superyachts owned by Russian oligarchs have been seized by authorities in the European Union after the executives were sanctioned following
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Software has been one of the worst-performing sectors this year amid a rising rate environment and geopolitical tensions overseas. This comes as no shock to Orlando Bravo who helms tech-focused private equity firm Thoma Bravo. He says the mantra of ‘growth at all costs’ is over and that
Morsa Images | DigitalVision | Getty Images Today’s teens are thinking differently about their future employment, and many have decided they don’t want to work for anyone else. About 60% of teenagers are more interested in someday starting their own business instead of working a traditional job, according to a March 1 survey from Junior
The rear of the home opens to a massive lawn framed by a moat-like water feature and a 400 ft. running track just below it. Marc Angeles A 105,000-square-foot Los Angeles mega-mansion that was listed for $295 million sold at a bankruptcy auction for $141 million, ending a 10-year-saga of soaring debt and failed dreams.
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Portrait of American fantasy author Brandon Sanderson taken on June 3, 2011. Sfx Magazine | Future | Getty Images Brandon Sanderson asked folks on Kickstarter for $1 million to self-publish four novels he wrote during the pandemic. They funded him in 35 minutes. Two days later, Sanderson’s campaign has topped $19 million from more than