JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it is pausing all corporate political action committee donations to Republicans and Democrats for the next six months in the wake of last week’s riot at the Capitol. The largest U.S. bank by assets is among other companies that announced this weekend they would make […]
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Hopeful for a Big Summer 2021 Trip? 3 Strategies to Save for It
Itching to get out and travel this summer? Make sure money isn’t a barrier. It’s fair to say that 2020 wasn’t exactly a great year to travel. Quarantine mandates, safety concerns, and economic uncertainty caused a lot of people to scrap their travel plans and stay close to home. But […]
Watch for These Big Changes to Credit Cards in 2021
By Sara Rathner The Covid-19 pandemic forced credit card companies to make dramatic changes in 2020, some of which will continue into 2021. Many issuers tightened their underwriting, leaving consumers with fewer card options to choose from if they had less-than-good credit. Balance transfer cards all but disappeared, with some […]
Home Solar Is Growing, but Big Installers Are Still Losing Money
The home solar business is growing fast as thousands of homeowners install panels on their roofs to save money. Yet the biggest companies that install and finance home solar systems are reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. Those losses are an ominous reminder of how hard it can […]
The big online banking mistake you didn’t know you were making
A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture. (INTERNET-ATTACK/ REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Files) When’s the last time you stepped foot in a bank? Yeah, I can’t remember either. It’s so easy to do everything online that I can’t see going back to physical […]
In 2020, big businesses got bigger and small businesses died. The vicious cycle won’t stop until we take action.
Andy Dufresne closed up his barber shop after 60 years in business because of COVID-19 this July, one of many small business owners forced to shutter for good during the pandemic. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe/Getty Images Small businesses owners have struggled during the pandemic, with the number of small businesses […]
Big US mortgage lender drops rate below 2% on low-down-payment FHA loans
Benzinga 6 Reasons Why You Should Not Buy A Home Owning a home might be the epitome of the American dream, but it’s not engraved in stone! So, if you’ve been toying with the idea of giving up homeownership, then, by all means, go for it. However, given that homeownership […]
Sacramento artists get a big boost from site that makes it easy to buy local
When Shira Lane’s landlord encouraged her to develop a cooperative workspace with other creatives, she couldn’t have imagined what came next: a $219,000 grant from the city of Sacramento’s CARES Act and a platform to support makers and crafty business friends. Lane’s passions, creative thinking and circular economy took her […]
WSJ Wealth Adviser Briefing: Big Pharma Checkup, Reviving Zombie Brands, High-End Purchasing
Yields are close to as low as they have ever been. Should you be loading up on debt to pour into stocks, property and other things that might produce a return above the cost of repaying the loan? One notable investor shows how getting everything right can deliver fat returns—but […]
E.U. tech rules could force big changes for Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple
If enacted — a process that could take years — the rules would touch every company that conducts business on the Internet within the 27-nation European Union, from the smallest to the gargantuan. But the very biggest companies, almost all of them American, would be focused upon for particularly aggressive […]
Analysis-China to crank up anti-trust heat on Big Tech after unprecedented fines
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s unprecedented anti-trust squeeze on its technology giants is only just beginning. Having levied fines and announced a probe on Monday into deals backed by the likes of Alibaba Group and Tencent, China’s market regulator is now gearing up to put more transactions under scrutiny, reversing […]
If you’re looking to make a big career change in 2021, then this expert says you must do this
Uncomfortability usually predates growth. Whether this is in our personal lives or careers feeling slightly uneasy about demanding what you’re worth is pretty normal. We usually call this phenomenon “imposter syndrome” but there are ways around it if you follow the expert advice I picked up this past Wednesday at […]
Experts say the antitrust suits against Facebook may not change anything, but they’re still a ‘big deal’ and signal that the US government will no longer look the other way
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Washington DC on Oct. 23, 2019. Andrew Harnik/AP Facebook was slammed with two antitrust lawsuits this week — one from the FTC and one from a group of 48 attorneys general — that take aim at the company’s practices of stifling market competition. They also […]
Surprisingly simple home repairs you can DIY to save big
Surprisingly simple home repairs you can DIY to save big Do It Yourself There are many good things about owning a home, but paying for repairs isn’t one of them. By some estimates, homeowners spend 1% […]
TD Sees Big Role for AI in Fraud Detection, Lending Decisions
Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg Photographer: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg The biggest contributions artificial intelligence can make to financial institutions are ones customers may never see, said Toronto-Dominion Bank’s Tomi Poutanen. While the bank released details of new AI-driven features in its mobile-banking application Thursday — such as digital nudges when a checking-account balance […]
One of My Stocks Just Sold Off Big on No News. Now What?
Over two market days last month, online marketplace operator Fiverr (NYSE:FVRR) lost more than 27% of its value. There was no company-specific news to explain the decline. This left some investors wondering what to make of it all. On this episode of Fool Live that aired on Nov. 10, “The […]
Lesson of the Day: ‘The College Athletes Who Are Allowed to Make Big Bucks: Cheerleaders’
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021. Lesson Overview Featured Article: “The College Athletes Who Are Allowed to Make Big Bucks: Cheerleaders” by Tess DeMeyer The National Collegiate Athletic Association has rules that prevent college athletes from using […]
Atomic Heat in Small Packages Gives Big Industry a Climate Option
(Bloomberg) — The first operators of miniature nuclear reactors described their job as “tickling the tail of a sleeping dragon” because of the danger involved with unlocking the energy in atoms. Those units built more than a half century ago in the U.S. and Europe generated bursts of heat within […]
Atomic Heat in Small Packages Give Big Industry a Climate Option
(Bloomberg) — The first operators of miniature nuclear reactors described their job as “tickling the tail of a sleeping dragon” because of the danger involved with unlocking the energy in atoms. Those units built more than a half century ago in the U.S. and Europe generated bursts of heat within […]
Big Tech’s Auto Dreams Are Stuck in the Slow Lane
This is the final column in a four-part Heard on the Street series on how “smart” vehicles will affect the automotive, tech and insurance industries. Big tech was going to revolutionize the car market. Then reality happened. Just a few years ago, Silicon Valley seemed to have Detroit in its […]