martin-dm | E+ | Getty Images When Covid-19 hit early last year and most travel ground to halt worldwide, would-be vacationers scrambled to get refunds from hotels, airlines, cruise lines and other travel suppliers — or to file travel insurance claims for canceled trips. They often hit a wall on both fronts. Suppliers struggled, or
In this article Employees garnish pizza inside a Domino’s Pizza location. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images Domino’s Pizza on Thursday reported that its U.S. same-store sales climbed 3.5% in its latest quarter, despite tough comparisons to its skyrocketing sales during lockdowns last year. Shares of the company rose more than 1% in premarket
[The stream is slated to start at 08:30 ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is giving a press conference after the bank’s latest monetary policy decision. The euro zone central bank revised its forward guidance on interest rates, having
Dave Panozzo is the co-founding owner of The Panozzo Team-HomeSmart, a real estate team in Phoenix, Arizona. As a real estate agent diving back into the post-pandemic era of socialization, are you finding it hard to transition back to in-person meetings and talking directly with clients? Last year, in response to Covid-19 lockdown orders, so many
A rally to prevent Massachusetts evictions in front of Boston Housing Court on Oct. 15, 2020. MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Biden administration officials urged states and cities on Wednesday to move quickly to get federal assistance out to the millions of households that are behind on rent
If you’re used to getting one refund check from the U.S. Treasury after you file your individual tax return with the Internal Revenue Service, you might be surprised this year to keep getting checks—or direct deposit payments. What’s going on? The IRS is still sending out third round stimulus payments, plus-up stimulus payments for those
What do Americans believe about Social Security? A new poll by Nationwide Financial, with splits by generation, gives us some answers. Here are four key items from the survey: Millennials are much less informed about the general nature of benefits: on average, this age group (ages 25 – 40) guessed that the full retirement eligibility
In this article FB CMG Chipotle shares managed to pop double digits Wednesday because of the restaurant chain’s culture, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said. “This company has an extraordinary culture of customer-centric innovation, and that culture has been turbocharged since they hired Brian Nicoll as CEO when Chipotle’s stock was languishing the $200s after a series
Chinese authorities have promoted the use of the yuan worldwide, while the U.S. dollar dominates global transactions. Getty Images BEIJING — When it comes to the investment outlook, one Chinese economist predicts once-a-century opportunities will emerge from a “struggle for supremacy” between the U.S. and China. This game-changing window comes from upheaval on both sides,
Online brokerage pioneer Thomas Peterffy told CNBC on Wednesday he’s invested in cryptocurrencies, while still expressing skepticism over the long-term future of the digital asset class. “Even I myself have put a little bit of money into crypto, because even though chances are, I think, that this is not going to be a viable market,
Glenn is president of Ally Home with more than 35 years of experience in consumer lending, mortgage and capital markets. The combination of a lack of housing inventory, increased building costs and low rates has created an environment of high home prices and fierce competition among buyers. Despite this being one of the most competitive markets I’ve
Getty Images As the market soars and more older workers retire, those sitting on appreciated employer stock in their 401(k) plans may have an opportunity to pay lower taxes on part of that growth. The strategy, known as net unrealized appreciation, or NUA, allows someone to lock in lower capital gains rates rather than paying
LPETTET | iStock | Getty Images About 2.2 million more stimulus checks have gone out over the last six weeks, the government said Wednesday. The latest batch brings the total number of payments disbursed to more than 171 million, with an aggregate value of $400 billion, according to the announcement from the IRS, Treasury Department
I’ve finally been able to travel and have had the opportunity to hear from CPA firms, small and medium business owners and tax-exempt organization managers around the country about their outlook for jobs and growth. Most of the news has been heartening as businesses and tax-exempts look to weather the economic storm caused by the
Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) recently introduced a new bill that could change how the Social Security cost-of-living adjustments are calculated. The bill titled “Fair COLA for Seniors Act of 2021” would require the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly (CPI-E) to calculate what could be described as a fair Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for the
Bed Bath & Beyond’s flagship store in New York City, located at 620 6th Avenue. Source: Bed Bath & Beyond PR On Thursday morning, Bed Bath & Beyond will officially swing open the doors of its newly remodeled flagship location in New York City. For nearly three decades, the roughly 92,000-square-foot location on 6th Avenue
In this article JNJ In this photo illustration a Johnson & Johnson logo is seen in front of a medical syringe and a vial with coronavirus vaccine. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it expects to sell $2.5 billion of its Covid-19 vaccine, even as concerns
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., speaks during the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Square CEO Jack Dorsey has high hopes for digital asset and aspiring currency bitcoin. “My hope is that is
Famed contemporary artist Damien Hirst told CNBC on Wednesday he believes in the staying power of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, the blockchain-based digital collectibles that soared, then sank, in popularity this year. “You look at what’s happening in NFTs, and you can kind of see the galleries disappearing before you see the NFTs disappearing,” Hirst
Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor and her husband, actor Daryl Sabara, have sold their home in the Toluca Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles for $$5.94 million, records show. Listed in May for $5.95 million by Justin Paul Huchel of Hilton & Hyland, the private and gated estate proved to be a hot item in a surging
