LOS ANGELES – California’s legal marijuana marketplace is coming with a kaleidoscope of new taxes and fees that could influence where it’s grown, how pot cookies and other munchies are produced and the price tag on just about everything. Continue Reading Below Be ready for sticker shock. On a retail […]
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Can Groupon Stock Keep Going After Last Week’s 18% Pop?
The turnaround at Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) continues to impress. Shares of the daily deals leader soared 17.7% last week, moving higher after another blowout financial report. A couple of analysts would go on to pump up their price targets following the encouraging quarterly results, just as Groupon itself would boost its […]
Saudi Arabia detains famed billionaire amid investment push
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Among those detained in Saudi Arabia, no name carries more power in Western financial markets than Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Continue Reading Below The prince, listed by Forbes as the richest Arab with $18.7 billion to his name, long has made big bets in the […]
Anti-coal protesters march in Germany before climate meet
BERLIN – More than 2,500 anti-coal demonstrators protested in the western German town of Kerpen and at a nearby surface-mining site before an upcoming global climate conference in Bonn. Continue Reading Below The dpa news agency reported Sunday that a large group of the initial protesters split off to march […]
2018 FSA Changes: Use a Flexible Spending Account to Cut Your Tax Bill
Millions of workers have access to flexible spending accounts, which are tax-saving vehicles that let you set money aside on a pre-tax basis from your paycheck to cover anticipated healthcare or dependent care expenses. Used correctly, FSAs can produce huge tax savings, and limits on contribution amounts typically get adjusted […]
Trump Vows to Leave 401(k)s Alone, but He’s Broken a Retirement Promise Before
Ready or not, here comes tax reform. Continue Reading Below After being rebuffed at seemingly every turn by members within his own party with regard to healthcare reform, President Trump and lawmakers in Washington have finally turned their undivided attention to reforming the U.S. tax code for individuals and corporations. […]
Are Amazon’s Brick-and-Mortar Plans in Trouble?
Amazon‘s (NASDAQ: AMZN) takeover of Whole Foods stunned many brick-and-mortar retailers, which feared that merging Amazon’s e-commerce ecosystem with hundreds of physical stores could render traditional supermarkets and superstores obsolete. Continue Reading Below Amazon already slashed prices at Whole Foods, started selling Echo speakers in stores, and plans to add pickup […]
How I Got My Credit Score to an All-Time High
It’s one thing to be able to write about how to improve your credit score. It’s another to actually follow through and do it. And while I didn’t follow my own advice exactly to the letter, as my credit score has always been good enough for what I needed, I […]
The Latest: Brussels prosecutor to speak on Catalan warrants
BRUSSELS – The Latest on the Spain-Catalonia political crisis (all times local): Continue Reading Below 12:30 p.m. The Brussels prosecutor has announced he will make a statement at 2 p.m. (1300 GMT; 8 a.m. EDT) about the European arrest warrant and the situation of ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and […]
7 Hidden Changes to Education Tax Breaks in the GOP Tax Bill
In the tax framework the GOP released in September, there was a passage that read, “The framework retains tax benefits that encourage work, higher education, and retirement security.” Continue Reading Below Now that an official tax reform bill, called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, has been introduced in Congress, […]