Many Americans seem to be addicted to income tax refunds, even though financial planners often advise having less tax withheld from your pay throughout the year as the better way to manage your cash flow. Nearly two-thirds of taxpayers — more than 111 million Americans — received a refund from the Internal Revenue Service last
This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. Total confirmed cases: More than 64,000Total deaths: At least 1,380 9:03 am: Virus risk to US is ‘very low,’ but that could change ‘rapidly,’ Azar says The American public’s risk of getting infected with the new coronavirus is “very low” but that could change “rapidly,”
Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images AstraZeneca forecast a likely slowdown in revenue growth this year, assuming a hit from China’s coronavirus epidemic lasting up to a few months, although it added there had been limited disruption to its operations so far. Shares in the company, one of the world’s major drugmakers, tumbled as
U.S. consumer sentiment figures for February came in higher than expected despite the recent outbreak of the coronavirus. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index came in at 100.9 for February. Economists polled by Dow Jones expected February consumer sentiment to come in at 99.5. Consumers’ assessment of current economic conditions were virtually unchanged from
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks during a ceremony at the company’s Gigafactory in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla priced its secondary common stock offering at $767 a share, raising more than $2 billion, the company said on Friday. The move will
Adrian Peterson #26 of the Washington Redskins looks on after being tackled by the Philadelphia Eagles during the first half at FedExField on Dec. 30, 2018 in Landover, Maryland. Scott Taetsch | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Adrian Peterson is heading to arbitration against Morgan Stanley Wealth Management over an investment dispute, the latest
Jhanilka and Anthony Hartzog say they could have saved an extra $5,000 or $6,000 if they’d hired an accountant in their first year. Source: Jhanilka and Anthony Hartzog If only you could go back in time, but with today’s 20/20 vision. Starting a business is a little like that. You’re fired up with enthusiasm for
Ben Schwartz voices Sonic in Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog.” Paramount Pictures “Sonic the Hedgehog’s” Rotten Tomato score suggests that Hollywood may have finally cracked the code on how to successfully take a video game character onto the big screen, but a closer inspection of critic reviews tells another story. After all, the film currently
A screen displays the transaction volume of the 24-hour Alibaba Singles’ Day global shopping festival at the company’s headquarters in Hangzhou, China, November 12, 2019. Reuters China’s Alibaba beat analysts’ estimates for quarterly results on Thursday, driven by record sales during its annual Singles’ Day shopping blitz and demand for its cloud computing business. The e-commerce
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, August 5, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This is a live blog. Check back for updates. 9 am: Here are Thursday’s biggest analyst calls 8:45 am: Inflation, claims data fails to move market Markets reacted little to Thursday morning data that was close to