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☆ I travel often with my 5 kids, and it's rarely easy. A scheduling mistake on a trip to Canada almost broke us.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Victoria Marie Lees | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On a trip to Canada, my family missed an important ferry ride, messing up our travel plans. Before we leave home, we usually have several destinations, campground reservations, and various activities in place. On our trip to Newfoundland, we ran into some serious trouble and needed to recalculate our schedules. The campground owner was sweeping the floor of the store. Include extra days into your itinerary when travelingBecause of our difficult Newfoundland trip, we've readjusted our planning for family vacations.

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☆ A millennial dentist with $231,000 in student debt is worried he'll have to sell his home or get a second job if Biden's new repayment plan is axed
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Related storiesShould the plan ultimately be blocked, David said he might have to sell his home or get a second job to afford higher student-loan payments again. But he's highly concerned about his fate with the SAVE plan up in the air. They cited an estimate from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania that found the SAVE plan could cost $475 billion over 10 years. Are you enrolled in the SAVE plan and concerned about student-loan payments? Will student loans influence how you vote in the election?

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☆ Student Loan Payments Paused for 3 Million in SAVE Program
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Tara Siegel Bernard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Roughly three million borrowers with federal student loans will see their monthly payments paused in the coming days, as the Biden administration tries to recalculate their bills to comply with a federal court order in Kansas. The recalculations are necessary because key parts of President Biden’s new student loan repayment program, SAVE, were temporarily blocked by two federal judges on Monday, just a week before many borrowers’ payments were scheduled to be reduced by as much as half. The judges, in Kansas and Missouri, issued separate preliminary injunctions this week, leaving the SAVE plan’s eight million enrollees in limbo until lawsuits, filed in the spring by two groups of Republican-led states seeking to topple the program, are resolved. The Justice Department recently filed a request on behalf of the Education Department to stop the Kansas injunction. “If the injunction takes effect,” the filing said, “it will inflict irreparable harm on the federal government in the form of unrecoverable disruption costs and create extraordinary confusion and chaos for borrowers.”

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☆ Taylor Swift bringing Travis Kelce onstage is the most Swiftian thing she could have done
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementTaylor Swift is joined onstage by Travis Kelce during The Eras Tour in London. This was especially evident during The 1989 World Tour, which ran for nearly seven months in 2015. Mostly thanks to her talent and partially thanks to her self-spun underdog narrative, she had enjoyed years of headlines like "Taylor Swift: America's Sweetheart" and "Taylor Swift Is the Music Industry." Taylor Swift is joined onstage by Serena Williams, Karlie Kloss, and more during The 1989 World Tour in London. Perhaps bringing Kelce onstage felt as natural to Swift as writing a love song about him.

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☆ Taylor Swift knew exactly what she was doing bringing Travis Kelce onstage
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

☆ These 8 stocks will post unexpectedly strong Q1 earnings during one of the best settings for stock-pickers in almost 20 years, according to Evercore
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Evercore ISISurprisingly strong economic growth will fuel a 5.5% year-over-year jump in corporate earnings this quarter, according to Evercore. That would be well above analysts' consensus of about 3% but below the nearly 8% growth rate in Q4. 8 stocks set to outperform soonThough US stocks broadly may be in for a rough ride, stock-pickers shouldn't get too worried. To help with the search, Emanuel and company highlighted eight stocks set to outperform during the Q1 earnings season. Below are the eight companies listed in alphabetical order along with their ticker, market capitalization, sector, expected earnings release date, year-to-date earnings revision, and expected earnings growth rate relative to their sector peers.

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☆ A long-time bull who predicted this market rally warns that gains are unsustainable — but these 20 stocks can outperform anyway
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Brian Belski of BMO Capital Markets was one of the market's most bullish strategists heading into 2024. Market breadth is markedly better in the last few months, according to BMO Capital Markets. For most of 2023, US stocks were disproportionately driven by growth stocks, specifically a handful of top performers. BMO Capital MarketsBelow are 20 stocks with an outperform rating from BMO Capital Markets that look attractive due to their GARP, quality, or value attributes. Along with each name is its ticker, market capitalization, sector, and group or groups that it fits into, according to BMO Capital Markets.

Persons: Brian Belski, It's, Belski, Sharpe Organizations: Business, BMO Capital Markets, Bank, BMO Capital, BMO

With Trump sitting feet away, Trump’s one-time lawyer and fixer described how he manipulated Trump’s financial statements – “reverse-engineering” them to hit an arbitrary net worth. We’re not worried at all about his testimony,” Trump said during a lunch break. The tense questioning is going to continue into Wednesday, as Habba hadn’t even started on the substance of Cohen’s testimony in the civil fraud trial. In the July 2014 letter submitting a bid to buy the Bills, Trump claimed his net worth was $8 billion. Before Engoron’s ruling, the state attorneys and Trump’s lawyers clashed over Michael Cohen’s testimony about the letter.

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Last week, Mr. DeSantis doubled down on his opposition to helping some of the nearly one million people contending with shortages of food, clean water and shelter in the region. The Never Back Down ad from this week spliced the clips from Ms. Haley with comments from Mr. DeSantis criticizing her in an NBC interview. Spokespeople for both Mr. DeSantis’s campaign and Never Back Down maintain that their critiques of Ms. Haley are accurate. But Ms. Haley took an aggressive stance against resettling Syrians in her state after the terror attacks in Paris that same year, citing gaps in intelligence that could make the vetting process difficult. Rick McConnell, a 70-year-old Air Force veteran who heard Mr. DeSantis speak, said he understood that Gazans needed food, water and medical supplies.

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☆ It's official: Student loan payments will restart in October, Education Department says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Annie Nova | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The Education Department posted on its website that "payments will be due starting in October," and a recent law passed by Congress will make changing that plan difficult. As a result of the policy, the average borrower likely saved around $15,000 in student loan payments, Kantrowitz said. They sought to repeal Biden's executive action granting student loan forgiveness, but the Biden administration refused to agree to that. Interest will pick up in September, payments in OctoberThe Education Department says borrowers will be expected to make their first post-pause payment in October. For those who still have a balance after the relief, the Education Department has said it plans to "re-amortize" borrowers' lower debts.

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May 1 (Reuters) - Longtime Kleiner Perkins partner Wen Hsieh is leaving the Silicon Valley venture capital establishment to start a fund with backing from the firm and Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW), sources told Reuters. Hsieh is in advanced talks to raise $200 million from limited partners including Kleiner Perkins and TSMC for the new fund called Matter Ventures. A Kleiner Perkins spokesperson confirmed Hsieh's departure and the firm's participation in the fund. Hsieh, with two PhDs from the California Institute of Technology, has worked at Kleiner Perkins for 17 years, leading investments in Chinese drone maker DJI and 3D printing company Desktop Medal (DM.N). He will remain on the boards of companies he invested in at Kleiner Perkins, including orthodontic brackets maker LightForce.

☆ Moody's outlook downgrade fuels split reaction in Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Steven Scheer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Moody's Investors Service on Friday lowered Israel's outlook to stable from positive while affirming its sovereign credit rating of "A1". The legislative push has sparked weeks of intensifying mass protests and Moody's said it reflected weaker institutions. This would "stop the deterioration of the Israeli economy," it said. Israel's economy grew 6.5% in 2022 but the Bank of Israel foresees 2.5% growth this year. On the heels of Moody's action, Israeli government bond prices were down as much as 1.1%, while Tel Aviv share indexes were down 0.2%.

☆ 'Cracks in the foundation': 3 leading Wall Street strategists reveal the overlooked reason why stocks are on shaky ground right now — and how to invest with a downturn looming
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Instead, they've been propelled by large caps and growth stocks, specifically tech. If not for a small number of mega-cap growth stocks, the S&P 500 wouldn't be staying afloat. Last year investors learned the hard way that narrow markets are dangerous, as tech stocks tumbled during the market selloff. "Breadth has been exceptionally weak as large-cap growth stocks hold up the major averages," Wilson wrote in a late March note. Outside of tech, Lebovitz highlighted traditional defensive sectors like consumer staples and utilities.

☆ Asian stocks rally as bank jitters calm, Alibaba lifts mood
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Ankur Banerjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Alibaba's Hong Kong shares (9988.HK) shot up 15%, while the company's U.S.-listed shares closed 14.3% higher. The news lifted investor confidence in the wider Chinese tech sector, with shares of Alibaba's e-commerce rival JD.com Inc (9618.HK) 7% higher, and gaming giant Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) jumping 5%. "Alibaba's split may pave the way for other Chinese tech giants to do similar," CMC Markets analyst Tina Teng said. "This helps break down the monopolistic power of these conglomerates, which complies with the Chinese government's regulatory overhaul over antitrust issues." Futures indicated European stocks were set to open higher, with Eurostoxx 50 futures up 0.41%, German DAX futures up 0.38% and FTSE futures up 0.08%.

☆ Asian stocks rally as banking anxiety eases; Alibaba surges
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Ankur Banerjee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) was 0.82% higher, while Japan's Nikkei (.N225) advanced 0.49%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index surged over 2%, buoyed by Alibaba (9988.HK) after the Chinese e-commerce conglomerate announced its break-up plans. Alibaba's Hong Kong shares (9988.HK) shot up 15%, while the company's U.S.-listed shares closed 14.3% higher. Worries over inflation have prompted investors to recalculate what they expect the Fed to do in its next meeting in May. In the foreign exchange markets, the dollar index , which measures the U.S. currency against six peers, was mostly flat, having eased 0.3% overnight on improving risk appetite.

The remarks followed recent data showing an unexpected inflation increase in January and an unusually large jobs gain for the month. Traders dramatically raised their bets for a 50-basis-point rate hike in March after Powell's comments, with money market futures last pricing in a more than 70% chance of such a move, up from around 31% on Monday, according to CME Group's FedWatch tool. Data influencing the Fed's rate hiking path will include Friday's closely watched nonfarm payroll additions for February. Meanwhile, the yield on two-year Treasury notes , which best reflects short-term rate expectations, hit 5% for the first time since July 2007. Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS.N) rallied 11% after the retailer forecast annual earnings above Wall Street estimates and more than doubled its quarterly dividend.

☆ Biden administration warns of potential influx of migrants immediately after Title 42 ends
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Administration officials have been bracing for an influx of migrants when a public health authority, known as Title 42, ends next week. In September, Venezuelans, Cubans and Nicaraguans accounted for almost half of encounters along the US southern border, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas underscored the whole of government approach in a statement, noting that mass movement of people around the globe has posed a uniquely difficult challenge. In October, the administration rolled out a humanitarian parole program geared toward Venezuelans to encourage them to apply for entry into the United States instead of crossing unlawfully. But the calculus of migrants may change when Title 42 lifts, the memo says.

☆ ECB's Enria calls time on era of big bank buybacks
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

FRANKFURT, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's top supervisor Andrea Enria appeared to call time on a season of large share buybacks by banks on Thursday as the economy weakens. Banks including UniCredit (CRDI.MI) and Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) have been reporting bumper profits and announcing dividends and share buybacks, boosted by a sharp increase in interest rates and a trading boom after more than a decade of mostly meagre returns. "Banks have been able to distribute big, until recently we had quite a number of hefty share buybacks," Andrea Enria told an event at the Dutch central bank. Reuters reported on Wednesday supervisors were urging banks to preserve capital in the face of a souring economic outlook after finding they were making overly optimistic assumptions about the economic outlook. This year, the ECB has given the green light to all buybacks that were put up for approval, including from UniCredit, Societe Generale and ING (INGA.AS).

☆ BMO: These 42 dividend stocks will provide strong income growth as inflation continues to run hotter than expected
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Brian Belski, the top strategist at BMO Capital Markets, just cut his S&P 500 price target. Here are 42 stocks to consider for strong dividend growth as prices continue to surge. His revised S&P 500 target implies that the index will rise by a "more realistic" 19% in the fourth quarter to finish the year at 4,300. Focus on 42 stocks with solid dividend growth as inflation runs rampantBelski and his colleagues at BMO Capital Markets have nine investing strategy portfolios that can serve as models for investors. Below are the 42 stocks that are currently in the US dividend growth portfolio along with the ticker, sector, dividend yield as of October 10, and rating from BMO analysts for each.

☆ Singer R. Kelly, already behind bars, ordered to pay victims
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) - R. Kelly, the multiplatinum R&B singer convicted twice this year of sex crimes, will be required to pay at least $300,000 in restitution to some of his victims, a federal judge said on Wednesday. Donnelly sentenced Kelly in June to 30 years in prison, after a jury convicted him of racketeering and other charges. The monthlong trial amplified accusations that had dogged the singer of the Grammy-winning hit "I Believe I Can Fly." Kelly was also convicted last month in Chicago on separate charges of child pornography and luring underage girls for sex. Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, is among the most prominent people convicted of sexual misbehavior during the #MeToo movement against such conduct by prominent men.

☆ Începând cu 1 aprilie 2021 toate pensiile vor fi indexate cu 3,89%
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-01 | by ( Redactia Zdg | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Începând cu 1 aprilie 2021 toate pensiile vor fi indexate cu 3,89%, coeficientul de indexare constituind media creșterii anuale a indicilor prețurilor de consum pentru ultimii trei ani. Anunțul a fost făcut de către reprezentanții Casei Naționale de Asigurări Sociale (CNAS), printr-o notă informativă publicată pe site-ul instituției. Din 1 aprilie, cuantumul pensiei minime pentru limită de vârstă va constitui 1188,05 de lei. Totodată, începând cu 1 aprilie, curent, vor fi recalculate şi alocaţiile sociale de stat pentru 66654 beneficiari şi alocaţiile pentru îngrijire, însoţire şi supraveghere pentru 12983 beneficiari, stabilite în temeiul Legii nr. În acest an, la 1 octombrie, va avea loc şi a doua indexare a pensiilor.

Organizations: Casei Naționale de Asigurări Sociale, Guvern Locations: 14.07.1999

Ca urmare a indexării, la data de 1 aprilie curent, mărimea medie a pensiei pentru limită de vârstă va constitui – 2208,01 lei, iar mărimea medie a pensiei de dizabilitate va constitui – 1670,0 lei. Cuantumul pensiei minime pentru limita de vârstă, de la 1 aprilie 2021 va constitui – 1188,05 lei. Totodată, cuantumul pensiei minime de dizabilitate va constitui: în cazul unei dizabilități severe – 891,04 lei, în cazul unei dizabilități accentuate – 831,64 lei, în cazul unei dizabilități medii – 594,03 lei. Indexarea cu 3,89% a pensiilor se va realiza pentru circa 663 mii de beneficiari, iar cheltuielile necesare sunt prevăzute în Legea bugetului asigurărilor sociale de stat pe anul 2021. Complementar, menționăm că de la 1 aprilie curent se va acorda un suport financiar unic în sumă de 1000 de lei, beneficiarilor de toate tipurile de pensii și de toate tipurile de alocaţii sociale de stat, cu excepţia alocaţiei pentru îngrijire, însoţire şi supraveghere, stabilite până la 1 aprilie 2021, al căror cuantum lunar nu depășește 4000 de lei.

☆ Pentru ce cheltuie moldovenii banii: cumpără mâncare, îşi alimentează conturile şi-şi achită creditele
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-31 | by ( ) capital.market.md time to read: +8 min

De menţionat că evoluţia respectivă a fost susţinută de diminuarea practic a tuturor surselor de încasări de numerar. Mărimea medie a veniturilor este determinată de mai mulţi factori, unul de bază fiind componenţa gospodăriei. Modificarea respectivă a fost determinată, preponderent, de creşterea eliberărilor pentru cumpărarea valutelor de la persoane fizice cu 136,2 mil. Totodată, eliberările din conturile persoanelor fizice s-au majorat cu 1,0 la sută, constituind 4,6 miliarde de lei, ceea ce reprezintă 23,0 la sută din volumul total al eliberărilor. Persoanele juridice au plasat depozite cu o rată medie de 0,85 la sută, persoanele fizice care practică activitate – cu o rată de 0,50 la sută, iar persoanele fizice – cu o rată medie de 0,55 la sută.

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☆ Precizările CNAS: cine va beneficia de pensii indexate din 1 aprilie
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-30 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Din 1 aprilie 2021 toate pensiile vor fi indexate cu 3,89%, coeficientul de indexare constituind media creșterii anuale a indicilor prețurilor de consum pentru ultimii trei ani. Din 1 aprilie, pensia minimă pentru limită de vârstă va constitui 1188,05 de lei. Totodată, începând cu 1 aprilie, curent, vor fi recalculate şi alocaţiile sociale de stat pentru 66654 beneficiari şi alocaţiile pentru îngrijire, însoţire şi supraveghere pentru 12983 beneficiari, stabilite în temeiul Legii nr. De menţionat ca, în acest an, la 1 octombrie, va avea loc şi a doua indexare a pensiilor. Iar în calcul se va lua rata inflației înregistrată în primul semestru al anului în curs, coeficientul de indexare fiind stabilit de Guvern.

Organizations: Asigurări Sociale, Guvern Locations: 14.07.1999

☆ Peste 663 mii de beneficiari vor primi din luna curentă pensii indexate
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-30 | by ( ) ziuadeazi.md time to read: +2 min

Casa Națională de Asigurați Sociale /CNAS/ comunică că din 1 aprilie 2021 toate pensiile vor fi indexate cu 3,89%, coeficientul de indexare constituind media creșterii anuale a indicilor prețurilor de consum pentru ultimii trei ani. Pentru indexarea pensiilor a peste 663 mii de beneficiari în bugetul asigurărilor sociale de stat pentru acest an au fost planificate mijloace financiare în suma de 608 mln de lei, comunică MOLDPRES. Astfel, din 1 aprilie, cuantumul pensiei minime pentru limită de vârstă va constitui 1188,05 lei. Totodată, cuantumul pensiei minime de dizabilitate va fi: în cazul unei dizabilităţi severe – 891,04 lei; în cazul unei dizabilităţi accentuate – 831,64 lei; în cazul unei dizabilităţi medii – 594,03 lei. Totodată, începând cu 1 aprilie curent, vor fi recalculate şi alocațiile sociale de stat pentru 66654 de beneficiari şi alocațiile pentru îngrijire, însoțire şi supraveghere pentru 12983 de beneficiari, stabilite în temeiul Legii nr.

Persons: Carabinieri Organizations: Națională, Guvern Locations: 14.07.1999

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