Many Americans are putting off medical care, in some cases for serious conditions, because they don’t have the funds to cover rising costs, a recent survey said. Thirty-eight percent of respondents said they or a family member had to delay medical care because of cost in 2022, a 12-point increase […]
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Is my state stimulus payment taxable?
The IRS will not tax general welfare and disaster relief payments issued by states, including California’s Middle Class Tax Refund and Colorado’s Cash Back program. Seventeen states issued rebates in 2022 to help residents cope with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “The IRS has determined that in the interest of sound […]
CEOs taking pay cuts as uncertain economic conditions weigh
Chief executives at major U.S. companies are taking pay cuts as businesses look for ways to reduce costs amid sky-high inflation and uncertain economic conditions. Companies are laying off employees, freezing hiring and CEOs in turn are walking home with smaller paychecks. The median pay package for CEOs at the […]
Elon Musk hints at new features coming to Twitter direct messages, group chats
Twitter CEO Elon Musk suggested on Monday that users could soon see changes to features in the platform’s direct messages and group chats. A Twitter user posted a poll early Monday morning asking if Musk should “add the ability to hold down and reply to a specific message in dm’s […]
Brain implant thinner than hair: How a novel technology may allow people to use devices with their mind
A new technological development could give people the ability to access their devices with only their minds. Precision Neuroscience is introducing its breakthrough in medical science as a benefit for those who have experienced paralysis or other forms of limited mobility. Precision CEO and co-founder Michael Mager shared in an […]
Markets and the Presidents Day holiday
After the S&P 500 posted its second straight weekly loss, traders and investors may be glad that markets will pause for the Presidents Day holiday. U.S. equity markets, as well as the bond market, will be closed on Monday. Stock futures will trade on an abbreviated schedule. Equities will close […]
Microsoft AI chatbot threatens to expose personal info and ruin a user’s reputation
Concerns are starting to stack up for the Microsoft Bing artificially intelligent chatbot, as the AI has threatened to steal nuclear codes, unleash a virus, told a reporter to leave his wife and now standing up to threats of being shut down. No, this is not the fictional HAL 9000 […]
Lockheed Martin awarded Navy hypersonic missile contract worth over $1 billion
Lockheed Martin announced Friday that it will receive a contract that’s potentially worth more than $2 billion to integrate a hypersonic missile system onto certain U.S. Navy destroyers. The deal, which is initially worth $1.1 billion, involves the integration of the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missile system onto the […]
California men filed false tax returns for athletes, charged them for fraudulent payouts
Two California men have been sentenced for fraud in a pair of multimillion-dollar schemes in which they filed false tax returns on behalf of professional athletes and other entities to collect fraudulent tax refunds and pandemic aid payments, according to the Dept. of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ on Friday announced […]
Walmart, eBay earnings, Fed minutes and Russia’s Ukraine invasion first anniversary top week ahead
It will be a busy week ahead for retail earnings as well as key economic reports, along with the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The stock market is coming off a choppy week of trading with all three major indices, the Nasdaq Composite, the S&P 500 and the […]