FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a campaign rally in Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S., December 18, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis Reuters President Donald Trump’s request to block nearly $400 million in military aid from Ukraine was primarily driven by a small group of top officials despite concerns across budget and military offices. A […]
Getty Images The jobs environment is getting rosier, at least judging by the latest jobs figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data scientists were No. 1 on Glassdoor’s “50 Best Jobs in America” for 2019 — for the fourth consecutive year with a median base annual salary of $118,000, according to the BLS (or […]
On a recent weeknight, Dahlia and Adam Brown came home to their spacious Colonial on a quiet cul-de-sac in Marietta, Ga. The Browns both work demanding jobs and have two young sons. They bought the house in June using Knock, a company that’s trying to revolutionize the real-estate industry with a “home trade-in platform” making […]
iStockPhoto Financial trading chart at digital display Have we just experienced the decade of the ETF? In 2010, about $1 trillion was invested in exchange-traded funds. As the decade draws to a close, ETFs have more than four times that amount, according to the Investment Company Institute. But what comes next may dwarf the explosion […]
An Indiana woman who admitted injecting her son’s IV with fecal matter has been sentenced. Tiffany Alberts of Wolcott, was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison and five years probation for six counts of aggravated battery and one neglect charge, according to the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office. In September, Alberts was acquitted of an attempted murder charge. In […]
Five people killed after light aircraft crashes shortly after take off in Louisiana – The Daily Advertiser A small plane crashed into the parking lot of a post office in Louisiana shortly after takeoff on Saturday, killing five people and fully engulfing a car on the ground in flames, authorities said. The two-engine Piper Cheyenne […]
Uncle Sam would like his piece of your nest egg. Tax-deferred accounts are great, until they aren’t—when we have to pay taxes on our withdrawals. Millions of Americans have tax-deferred accounts, pundits laud them, companies help fund them, institutions service them and markets help them grow. But when it comes time to empty them, often […]
What are the highest paid, most in-demand jobs in your state? There’s probably never been a better time since the Great Recession to start looking for a new job. Unemployment hit a 50-year low of 3.5% in November, according to the latest government snapshot of the labor market. Software developers, physical therapists and physician assistants […]
Dear Moneyist, My sisters have for years been giving me hostile, trivial, meaningless gifts for the holidays. I would say that the gifts are less meaningful than what parents would pick out to give their children’s teachers. I want to tell them: ‘No more gifts.’ When can I do this and how? Last year, it […]
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities have arrested a municipal police chief for his suspected links to the killing of three women and six children of U.S.-Mexican origin in northern Mexico last month, local media and an official said on Friday. Suspected drug cartel hitmen shot dead the nine women and children from families of […]