H-6 bomber of Chinese PLA Air Force flies near a Taiwan F-16 in this February 10, 2020 handout photo By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s air force scrambled for a second day in a row on Monday to intercept Chinese jets that approached the island claimed by Beijing as its own, […]
For the 2019 tax year, your friends at the IRS have introduced the new Form 1040-SR (U.S. Tax Return for Seniors). This exciting development is proof that the Feds care deeply about the tax-filing needs of older folks. Not quite. Actually, Congress required the IRS to develop a new form that was simpler and easier […]
New versions of the FICO score are coming, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll have a harder time getting a loan. Fair Isaac Corp. FICO, +0.94%, which creates the widely-used FICO scores, will roll out two new credit scores this summer, the FICO Score 10 and the FICO Score 10 T. The changes FICO has […]
Easing up on animal products might strike fear into some avowed meat lovers’ hearts, but environmental, home-cookery and nutrition experts say the undertaking is both worthwhile and achievable. Twenty-three percent of Americans in a poll published last week by Gallup said they had eaten less meat over the past year, with health concerns topping the […]
Getty Images ’On average women have moved into higher skill jobs — they’ve moved into jobs that were traditional male.’ Women are making gains in the workforce where it matters most, and it’s paying off in the form of bigger paychecks. Over the past few decades, women have moved out of jobs as food prep […]
Two teenagers wearing face masks and signs saying “Caution I have coronavirus” sprayed disinfectant at a Walmart in Joliet, Illinois, as part of a prank, causing nearly $10,000 in damage to the store. Tyler Wallace, 19, and an unnamed 17-year-old are facing charges of disorderly conduct, retail theft, and criminal trespass to property. There are […]
At Friday’s Democratic presidential debate in Manchester, N.H., Sen. Bernie Sanders channeled Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., expounding on his “dream” for the world to come together to solve climate change. “Trump wants to build a wall around America,” Sanders said. “Problem is, if we are going to deal with issues like climate change, not […]
Mike Michael Bloomberg Peter Morrison/AP Billionaire Democrat Mike Bloomberg is doubling his campaign’s advertising budget amid the fallout from this week’s disastrous Iowa caucuses. Part of the added spending will be allocated to influencer content creation via a branded content marketplace called Tribe. In exchange for a micro-influencer’s endorsement, Bloomberg’s campaign is offering a fixed […]
U.S. stocks fell Friday, a session after all three benchmark indexes finished at records, as some investors locked in recent stock gains following a stellar January jobs report that exceeded economists’ expectations. Also on investors’ radar were efforts to contain the fast-moving coronavirus, amid a busy week of corporate quarterly reports. How are the major […]
Uber Technologies Inc. is ready to join the ranks of Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Netflix Inc., and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, one analyst said after the company’s latest earnings report. RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Mahaney reiterated his view that FANGU was perhaps a better acronym for big internet companies than the traditional FANG moniker, adding […]