In today’s world, a one-size-fits-all idea of retirement doesn’t fit everyone. Rather than defining retirement as the total conclusion of a 40-year working career, individuals are increasingly retiring early, taking multiple smaller retirements, or working longer and only partially retiring. Thankfully, there’s a savings vehicle that offers specific benefits for each of these retirement concepts. […]
Renters and housing advocates protest Aug. 21 in Los Angeles. The state enacted a new eviction moratorium this week. AFP via Getty Images After California passed a last-minute bill to suspend evictions just before this month’s rent checks came due, the federal government announced a moratorium on evictions just a day later, leaving tenants and […]
The claim: All four living U.S. presidents have publicly denounced President Donald Trump Recent presidents have observed a tradition where they do not criticize their successors. Donald Trump’s presidency has damaged, but not ended, this norm despite some online claims. “Literally, FOUR presidents say he’s unfit,” an Instagram post by @equalitymeansall liked thousands of times […]
The U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AFP via Getty Images) An agreement to keep a temporary government-funding bill clean of extraneous provisions will likely ease fears of another government shutdown. But it may come at the cost of a robust coronavirus-aid package that many economists say is needed to tamp down the possibility of a double-dip […]
Big rallies often come to an ugly end — and that was certainly the case Thursday for tech stocks and other high-flying sectors that have benefited from momentum-driven waves of buying. But that doesn’t mean a full-fledged correction for the most popular stocks — or the broader market — is under way. “It’s very difficult […]
DocuSign Inc. easily topped expectations with its latest quarterly results as it continued to experience a boost from remote-work trends, but shares of the e-signature company fell in the extended session after a considerable run-up in recent weeks. Shares of the company, which enables businesses and individuals to sign documents electronically, were up slightly in […]
In the face of a pandemic that has hit Black Americans harder than almost any other group, while the nation continues to confront the toxic legacy of slavery and Jim Crow, two Georgia women have come together to build a community that will be a place free of oppression, “a tight-knit community for our people […]
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said her visit to a San Francisco hair salon in breach of coronavirus rules was a “setup”. “I take responsibility for trusting the word of a neighbourhood salon,” the top Democrat told reporters on Wednesday. “It turns out it was a setup.” She visited the eSalon SF […]
Getty Following a carefully manicured, four-day convention in which Donald Trump’s chief lieutenants branded him as an avatar of stability and Joe Biden as the pied-piper of race riots, the president did what he always does: he casually disposed of his team’s messaging in the service of nursing personal grudges. This week, it was about […]
A member of crew was rescued on Wednesday – REUTERS More than 40 crew members were missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the East China Sea, the Japanese coastguard said on Thursday. A lone crew member from the Gulf Livestock 1 had been rescued so far. Three vessels, […]