A man fishes on the flooded banks of the River Seine in Paris, France, after days of almost non-stop rain caused flooding in the country, January 27, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol January 28, 2018 PARIS (Reuters) – Nearly 1,500 people have been evacuated from homes in the Paris region, with authorities […]
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Got a Side Gig? Here’s a New Tax Break for You
The recently passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made some pretty significant changes to the U.S. tax code, and one in particular will have a huge impact on “solopreneurs” and taxpayers with side gigs: the qualified business income deduction, also known as the pass-through deduction. Continue Reading Below Unfortunately, calculating […]
What Is a Dividend Trap?
A dividend trap is a high-yield dividend stock whose payout is simply too good to be true or to be sustainable. Often, dividend traps have high debt loads, unsustainable payout ratios, and other red-flag metrics. Many times, the reason for the high yield is a massive drop in the stock […]
Roger Federer wins Australian Open for a record 20th career Grand Slam singles title
MELBOURNE — Defending champion Roger Federer stole another piece of tennis history at the Australian Open on Sunday night when he became the first man to win 20 Grand Slam titles. The second-seeded Federer’s 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over sixth-seeded Marin Cilic allows Federer to join Margaret […]
Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA, dead at 91
STOCKHOLM — Ingvar Kamprad, the IKEA founder who turned a small-scale mail order business into a global furniture empire, has died at 91, the company said Sunday. IKEA Sverige, the chain’s Swedish unit, said on Twitter that Kamprad died Saturday at his home in Smaland, Sweden. “He will be much […]
Mild temperatures for Northeast and mid-Atlantic, Southeast braces for heavy rain
Residents of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, don’t break out the hardcore winter gear quite yet: It will be another mild day on Sunday for most areas in those regions. With temperatures nearing the 50s or higher again, from Washington to Boston, temperatures will be nearly 10 to 20 degrees above […]
Supermoon, blue moon, and a lunar eclipse are all coming to a sky near you this week
Skywatchers will get a rare triple treat Jan. 31: a supermoon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse. How rare is the event? Even without the supermoon, it’s the first blue moon total lunar eclipse in the U.S. since March 1866, less than a year after the Civil War […]
Federer fights off Cilic to win sixth Australian Open
Tennis – Australian Open – Men’s singles final – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia, January 28, 2018. Switzerland’s Roger Federer celebrates winning the final against Croatia’s Marin Cilic. REUTERS/Issei Kato January 28, 2018 By Martyn Herman MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Roger Federer fought off a fierce challenge from Croatia’s Marin Cilic […]
Hackers are launching ‘jackpotting’ attacks on ATMs, forcing them to spit out your cash
Diebold Nixdorf and NCR Corp., two of the world’s largest ATM makers, have warned that cyber criminals are targeting U.S. cash machines with tools that force them to spit out cash in hacking schemes known as “jackpotting.” The two ATM makers did not identify any victims or say how much […]
38% of Pre-Retirees Could Make a Huge Social Security Mistake — and It Could Cost Them Thousands
Social Security provides income to 90% of retirees in America, yet many don’t know exactly how this program works . Confusion is definitely understandable, as a quick search of “how do Social Security benefits work?” turns up more than 72 million results. Continue Reading Below While figuring out Social Security […]