A woman sorting medicine in the pharmacy of the Yueyang Hospital, part of the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in Shanghai. JOHANNES EISELE | AFP | Getty Images China’s health-care sector will probably be the next to fall under scrutiny, analysts warn, as the country’s regulators crack down on everything from tech to education
Travel planning usually involves booking a trip to one place at a time. Now a growing number of people are booking two or even three trips over the same travel period in case Covid-related problems ruin their preferred plans. The trend is called “trip stacking,” and it involves booking a more aggressive trip —
Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones on stage during the band’s 1997-98 Bridges to Babylon tour. Paul Natkin | Archive Photos | Getty Images One of the greatest rock ‘n roll bands in the world recently lost their beat. Charlie Watts, who died on Aug. 24, had been the drummer for the Rolling Stones since
David Lees | Stone | Getty Images Most Americans aren’t prepared for retirement. While most non-retired adults have some type of nest egg, only 36% think their retirement savings are on track, according to the Federal Reserve. A separate survey from the Insured Retirement Institute found that most workers don’t have sufficient retirement savings and
A look into a company within a sector you may not expect to find on the OTC market, investment banking firm PHI Group.
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Source: The New York Stock Exchange U.S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday night after the S&P 500 finished the first trading session of the month near the flatline. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 5 points, or 0.01%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100
Property taxes are the primary tool for financing local government and generate state-level revenue in some states as well. In fiscal year 2019, property taxes comprised 31 percent of total state and local tax collections in the United States, more than any other source of tax revenue. In that same year, property taxes accounted for 72 percent of local
Peter Thiel Adam Jeffery | CNBC Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire who co-founded PayPal and Palantir and backed Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, has filed plans to build large complex on a 193-hectare estate that he owns on the South Island of New Zealand. Thiel, who was also an early investor in Facebook and currently
Shares of Chewy sank in extended trading Wednesday after the online pet retailer’s second-quarter results and third-quarter outlook fell short of Wall Street forecasts. The stock was down more than 11% at one point, before parring some of the losses to trade down roughly 9% at 5:30 p.m. in New York. Chewy saw revenue rise
Charnchai | iStock | Getty Images If you’re among the many workers hoping to find a better position elsewhere, be sure to pay attention to the 401(k) plan account you’re leaving behind. Roughly 55% of workers say they’re going to look for a new job in the next year, according to a recent Bankrate survey.
A Social Security Administration office in San Francisco. Getty Images Social Security’s latest report on the status of the trust funds on which it relies to pay benefits has both good and bad news. The good news is that the funds have not been as hard hit by the Covid-19 as was initially feared, due