A man gets vaccinated against COVID-19 at a vaccination festival in New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, the United States, on May 29, 2021. Lan Wei | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images More and more people who were once vaccine hesitant in several Southern states are now getting their first shots as the delta Covid
In this article ADS-DE LONDON — Adidas has increased its outlook for the year, despite a drop in sales in China where some consumers have boycotted the sportwear brand for its stance against alleged human rights abuses. In its second-quarter earnings report Thursday, Adidas said revenue had picked up everywhere except Greater China, particularly in
In this article EPC W FSLY BKNG The logo of US cloud computing services provider Fastly is seen on a smartphone screen. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Robinhood — Shares of the trading app dropped more than 14% after the newly
Close up imagery of the dredging operations underway around the Ever Given in the Suez Canal, captured by the company’s WorldView-3 satellite on Saturday, March 27, 2021. Maxar Technologies Space company Maxar Technologies shares dropped in trading Thursday after it announced another delay to the launch of its next-generation imagery satellites. “We have decided to
Peter Cade | Getty Images It looks like some older workers might get a boost in how much extra money they can put in their retirement accounts. So-called catch-up contributions — amounts permitted above the usual contribution limits — would be expanded for workers in their 60s, under legislation pending in Congress. While the details
Photo by Ariel Skelley via Getty Images Investors are piling into municipal bonds — also known as muni bonds or “munis” — ahead of President Joe Biden‘s proposed tax hikes. However, some retirees may be hit with a costly surprise: higher Social Security levies and Medicare premiums. During the first six months of 2021, U.S.
Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published its annual analysis of the distribution of American household incomes and tax burdens, this time for 2018, the year after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was enacted. CBO data shows that the TCJA reduced federal tax rates for households across every income level while increasing the
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In this article MRNA A medical worker from Parrish Medical Center holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a drive through vaccination clinic for employees of Port Canaveral, workers at local hotels and restaurants, and residents of the Port Canaveral community. Paul Hennessy | LightRocket | Getty Images Moderna said its Covid-19 vaccine
In this article W A Wayfair employee works at his desk at the Boston headquarters of Wayfair on July 31, 2018. Suzanne Kreiter | Boston Globe | Getty Images Furniture seller Wayfair reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday that topped analyst estimates, but its revenue fell short. Shares of the company rose nearly 5% in premarket
New Oriental is located at the West Yintai Campus, Hangzhou city, Zhejiang Province, China, on August 2, 2021. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images The Chinese government’s sudden crackdown on after-school education companies is raising costs for many parents and throwing millions of jobs into uncertainty. In a country where parents prize a good
Hopin founder and CEO Johnny Boufarhat. Hopin LONDON — When Johnny Boufarhat founded his virtual events business two years ago, there was no pandemic, no lockdowns and no travel restrictions. That all changed in 2020. The coronavirus outbreak forced a multitude of major events and conferences to be cancelled or postponed, as governments around the
Billionaire American businessman Jeff Bezos walks with Blue Origin’s President and CEO Bob Smith after Bezos flew on the company’s inaugural flight to the edge of space, in the nearby town of Van Horn, Texas, U.S. July 20, 2021. Joe Skipper | Reuters Jeff Bezos’ space company remains on the offensive in criticizing NASA’s decision
Job seekers speak with recruiters at a Job News USA career fair in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 23, 2021. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images About half of U.S. states withdrew federal funds for the unemployed months early to encourage out-of-work residents to find a job. But mounting evidence shows that policy gambit hasn’t yet paid
Today’s map zeroes in on states that have a “marriage penalty” in their individual income tax brackets. Under a graduated-rate income tax system, a taxpayer’s marginal income is subject to progressively higher tax rates. A marriage penalty exists when a state’s income brackets for married taxpayers filing jointly are less than double the bracket widths that
Lucy Nicholson | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday released a new federal eviction moratorium, just days after the previous ban expired on July 31. The new rules bought more time for some, but not all, of the millions of renters facing eviction. It’s also increased confusion for many in danger
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American backstroke Olympian Ryan Murphy told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” that doping remains a huge problem in the sport, and that there’s not enough being done to combat it. “In the U.S. you can see exactly how many times myself or any of my teammates have been drug tested, and it’s not like