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The Fortune Future of Finance conference will take place May 16, 2024, in New York City. Check back for the livestream here on that date. The financial sector is confronting massive changes in the form of game-changing technologies, including AI and blockchain, and unprecedented political shifts. That’s why Fortune is bringing together executives from the industry’s most important companies to discuss how they are confronting the biggest issues of the day. The invite-only audience will also hear firsthand from industry leaders on how they are using the timeless values of trust and transparency to prepare their staff and customers for…
The agency said the Amazon-owned video doorbell and security provider failed to keep personal data safe, leading to “egregious” privacy violations.
When you receive equity compensation from an employer, it typically requires a comprehensive financial plan — and restricted stock units are no exception. In 2000, only 20% of public companies granted restricted stock or restricted stock units, primarily for senior executives or higher, according to the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals. That percentage, however, has jumped to 94%, and most public companies now extend grants to at least middle managers, the organization’s most recent survey from 2021 found. From a tax perspective, “it’s very similar to a cash bonus,” said certified financial planner Chelsea Ransom-Cooper, chief financial planning officer for Zenith Wealth…
Traders work during the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Stocks tumbled Thursday after the latest U.S. economic data showed a sharp slowdown in growth and pointed to persistent inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 385 points, or 1%, weighed down by steep declines in Caterpillar and IBM. The S&P 500 dropped 0.5%, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.7%. U.S. gross domestic product expanded 1.6% in the first quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said. Economists polled by Dow Jones forecast GDP growth would come in at 2.4%. Along…
President Joe Biden has unveiled a proposal in his 2025 budget that would elevate the top marginal rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends to an unprecedented 44.6%. This proposal would set the top capital gains tax at the highest rate the country has seen in over a century. Currently, capital gains taxes are levied on the profit from the sale of assets such as stocks or real estate, which have appreciated over time. The increase, according to the budget proposal, aims to ensure “that wealthy individuals contribute a fairer share to the economy”. However, this change does not…
Ever since college, Brad Jobling struggled with his weight, fluctuating between a low of 155 pounds when he was in his 30s to as high as 220. He spent a decade tracking calories on WeightWatchers, but the pounds he dropped always crept back onto his 5-foot-5-inch frame. A little over a year ago, the 58-year-old Manhattan resident went on a new weight loss drug called Wegovy. He’s lost 30 pounds, and has started eating healthier food and exercising — the habits behind many commercial diet plans and decades of conventional wisdom on sustainable weight loss. Yet Jobling’s experience also has…
Economists were thrown for a loop on Thursday after new data revealed evidence of persistent inflation and a growth downshift in the U.S. Real gross domestic product (GDP) rose just 1.6% from a year ago in the first quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday. That was well below economists’ consensus forecast for 2.5% growth, and a sizable drop from the 3.4% growth seen in the fourth quarter of last year. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge—the core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, which excludes more volatile food and energy prices—surged from 2% in the fourth quarter…
The Mega Millions jackpot grew to more than $1.6 billion on Aug. 9, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images State taxes can be hefty “None of these winners think about taxes until they have a third of it going right to Uncle Sam and the state government,” said Andrew Stoltmann, a Chicago-based lawyer who has represented several lottery winners. None of these winners think about taxes until they have a third of it going right to Uncle Sam and the state government. Eight states — including California, Florida, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming — don’t levy…
The process of renting a car is no joyride. Not only do you need to be a certain age, you also have to sign a mountain of paperwork and receive a hard sell for additional insurance coverage at the pickup counter. And when the agent asks for a credit card to put on file — you realize all you have is a debit card. So, before you hit the road, get up to speed on whether you can rent a car without a credit card. Why do car rental companies want you to pay with a credit card? With a…
Donald Trump sits in a Manhattan Criminal Courtroom with members of his legal team for the continuation of his hush money trial on April 25, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Via Reuters Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker on Thursday said he believed he would be reimbursed by Donald Trump if he purchased the story of Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model who claimed she had an extramarital affair with the former president. Pecker, the first witness to take the stand in Trump’s New York criminal hush money trial, testified that he told the then-presidential candidate in…
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