Few parts of the tax code seem to generate more widespread misunderstanding than the rules for selling a home. At least, that’s been my experience. The rules are fairly simple, as least compared to most of the tax code. Yet, there’s a lot of misinformation floating around. One problem seems to be that many people
Plastic palm trees and doo-wop styling create the character of the Starlux Hotel Morey Family Archives If you love graphic turquoise wallpaper, kidney-shaped coffee tables, lava lamps and plastic palm trees, then you must spend at least one night at the Starlux. Part of the Morey’s Piers complex, which is celebrating its 50thanniversary, the boutique
A Southwest Airlines jet. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Southwest Airlines is expanding its footprint in Hawaii as the carrier grapples with the fallout from the grounded Boeing 737 by courting tourists with low fares from the West Coast. Starting in January 2020, Southwest will offer a daily flight between Sacramento
J.C. Penney on Thursday reported mixed second-quarter results that showed its sales are continuing to erode. The department store chain reported a net loss of $48 million, or 15 cents a share, narrower than its loss of $101 million, or 32 cents a share, a year ago. Excluding one-time items, Penney lost 18 cents a
Shoppers walking in the Herald Square area of New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images By any number of measures, the U.S. economy is outshining the depressed picture the bond market has been painting of U.S. growth, and a big part of it is the resilient American consumer. The latest batch of U.S.
The Hennessey Venom F5 concept vehicle is displayed during the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach, California, U.S., on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Thousands of classic car fans are rolling onto California’s Monterey Peninsula for what has become one of the year’s most eagerly awaited
Pedestrians pass in front of the New York Stock Exchange, May 24, 2019. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Volatility is back on Wall Street. The average daily point range of the Dow Jones Industrial Average so far this month is about 482 points, which is more than double the average daily range from
Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images It’s only August, yet college students’ best chance at a decent financial aid package is right around the corner. Oct. 1 marks the first day for students and their families to apply for grants and other aid for the 2020-2021 school year through the Free Application for Federal Student
Gold bullion (Photo credit: PAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty Images) photo credit: AFP/Getty Images Getty Gold prices could rally more than 10% in the next 18 months, a new report says. The bullion bounce surge, which has taken off this month, will continue to be propelled by mounting investor worries, according to Swiss bank UBS. “Gold is set
Masses of vehicles on November 22, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto Economists love carbon taxes. According to polls, so do roughly two-thirds of Americans. Yet voters in one of the bluest states in the nation, Washington State, twice rejected a carbon levy in recent years. What’s going